30 minutes later I heard leaf liter noise and looked behind me and a pack of 3 coyotes were walking along together. They came within 20 yards of the dead doe but did not detect her and kept walking at a fast clip. I tried mouth calling to get them to stop but could not. Even after they were out of sight I called for a little more, but to no avail.
10 minutes after that I heard squirrels barking near my doe and heard leaf liter noise again but assumed they were alarmed by the dead doe. I finally turned around and there was a fourth coyote standing on my dead deer starting to pull skin off.
One of my best shots ever as I had to thread the arrow through about a 2' opening. The yote died within 15 feet of the deer. Redemption after missing 2 already this year.
Never had that happen before.
Congrats but you might want to edit this...I assume it's not what you meant to type
Awesome story and great kills!
I shot this one a few years ago and have taken hair off of a few others over the years...
Yes, I think you can tell by the light this was an AM hunt. Also, notice the deer has not been field dressed and I would not have let her lay over night until sun-up the next day. Look how fresh they are.
The timing of right after light was important because many of you know I had back surgery this year. I pack my stand in each time and since surgery have been concerned about how much I might have slowed down. I was at location and up in stand (about 1/2 mile walk) at about 7 minutes longer than the same location last year. I was up well before legal shooting light, and so I was very happy with the outcome.
A few years back I shot a coyote that died 10 yards from the stand and had a flock of hens come by and the dominant one stood on top of the dead dog at 15 yards and started raking him. I took her and 2 deer that all came by within less than 15 minutes. Sometimes it seems like close by harvested game provides more opportunities. Has anyone else experienced something similar?
About 15 min later a 8 pt comes in walks over to the arrow sticking in dirt and smells it , then walks close to the dead yote and stares for about 10 min . I have thew buck on video cool stuff a nice 8pt with a busted rack
We say "eh" not "aye". And then only when there's tourists around.
And we're good enough to kill'em in the daylight, we don't need them Alabama 'luminaters.
Thought I would defend him so his regulars do not have to;)
Even getting drawn on a coyote is an art. You have already done it 3 times this year???
I think you are a skilled predator hunter and also think you have too many coyotes in your area. Keep up the good work.
:-)
Yes, I'm from Alabama too. LOL
Nice shooting and a neat memory.
Luck works on deer, at times on turkeys, never on coyotes.
Our numbers on coyotes seem lower than in the past and only got 4-6 on trail cams this year out of about 150K pics. Not seeing or hearing many either. Not sure if the abundance of small game is keeping them out of the deer areas or only have a few.
So many in my areas were unfortunately strangled in fence lines that it may have done some damage. We are about 90 short over the last 3 years. :)
Only in the Alabama alphabet.....:)
Shot this 3X2 muley from a ground blind in AZ a few years ago. 18 yard pass-through. The buck runs about 50 yards and stops in view with blood draining out both sides. After standing for about 15 seconds, the buck runs around the corner of the wash out of sight.
I try to be patient and give the buck some time, but within 10 minutes time a coyote appears where the buck was standing and starts sniffing the blood on the ground. It then follows the path the buck took out of sight.
I think to myself...this can't be good...so I unzip the blind and go check things out. I get to the blood spot, but can't see around the corner of the wash...so I start to blood trail. I get around the first corner and there is the coyote feeding on my dead deer!
The coyote didn't have much time to work...less than a minute perhaps...but had already chewed a hole in the guts and had eaten a couple of fist-sized chunks of venison off one of the hind quarters from inside the skin. The coyote must have had its head completely inside that deer's chest cavity to pull that off.
Amazing how fast these hungry coyotes get to work on downed game.
Anyway, thought this photo sums it up...if you see one going after your downed game...better get on them quick!
Good hunting.
Mark
How big was the mature doe you shot? Also, what state was it shot in?
Reason I ask, is that the Coyote looks huge next to the doe, and around here in Wisconsin, the coyotes are small compared to even 8 month old fawns.
Just curious, thanks.
The doe was very big with twin fawns. They are all healthy this year due to good moisture. I thought the yote looked big as well, and he was, but it is the camera angle that is deceiving. He obviously was close and looks bigger, but when standing over top of them he was quite a bit smaller. He was also much easier to lift up onto the ATV:)
