First off, I didn't bag anything. If you're looking for a victory story, this isn't it. If you're anything like me and you enjoy the outdoors, stick around and imagine being out in these rural Deep East Texas piney woods on this cool autumn night...
I walked my pups just after dusk and we encountered what I thought was a young coyote. He was in a clearing around a structure with decent outside light via high lumen halide light bulbs. All I could really see was a silhouette: furry, somewhat long legs, bushy tail, pointy ears. I am not sure if it smelled us, heard the pups, or spotted us on the side of the road, but it started moving away from us at a distance of around 75-90 yards. At first I thought it was a fox or a feral dog until my brain registered all of the features that I had just seen. So I decided to test the animal as it was leaving the scene. I gave a few lip squeaks. The animal stopped and turned its head directly towards me. I stood and watched and it turned to take off again. I lip squeaked again as it moved into the shadow of a hickory tree and an oak tree and got a similar reaction. BINGO!! It's a young looking coyote. I stood watching as long as I could, but these aging eyes couldn't keep up with the stealth canine. I didn't have a thermal device or any hunting arms. Thankfully the pups didn't spot it or start barking. When I didn't see any more movement, I began to back up and signaled the pups to turn around and follow me. We walked in another direction before returning to finish walking our route. After our walk we returned home. I grabbed my scanner and Huben K1 and checked around the property. I spotted Herby the possum feasting on the last armadillo that I killed; he has a buffet area I set up for him.
Unfortunately the pups pushed him off the carcass and went to investigate the smells. The white spot in the trees on the upper left (above the pup's nose) is Herby waiting to finish his meal.
what manabeknives says, very impressive. How do you like that tripod ?
