Guys need you advice! Just hit a coyote and need to recover it tomorrow, if possible. Here is what happened-
I went out half hour past sunset. Wind was perfect, I tested my gun at the range for two hours and it was shooting well. (.25 AeA Challenger shooting 47grain solid boattails at 80fpe. Started calling and the coyote came after 10 minutes. I'm using my a Atn 4-8x LT and using my side mount scope-cam because it is cheapest way (sorry for the bad quality image.
So, the call was at 50 yards, and I estimated the coyote to be 70. I lined up the shot on my 2nd gash Mark (which is exactly 70 yards) and pulled the trigger. I heard a solid smack. Coyote went down in circles, rolled once. I thought it was over.....but then he got up and ran? After a desperate shot, I watch him run into an opening, then though i saw him drop. Gave him 45min the started the recovery.
I went to the last location i saw him, but no carcass. I found his prints in some sand, but no blood. I went back to where I shot him, no blood. Then I got worried and pulled out until morning.
What should I do? Does it look good from your perspective? How should I go about this? Did the shot look good in you opinion?
https://youtu.be/NC84EryapNY
I went out half hour past sunset. Wind was perfect, I tested my gun at the range for two hours and it was shooting well. (.25 AeA Challenger shooting 47grain solid boattails at 80fpe. Started calling and the coyote came after 10 minutes. I'm using my a Atn 4-8x LT and using my side mount scope-cam because it is cheapest way (sorry for the bad quality image.
So, the call was at 50 yards, and I estimated the coyote to be 70. I lined up the shot on my 2nd gash Mark (which is exactly 70 yards) and pulled the trigger. I heard a solid smack. Coyote went down in circles, rolled once. I thought it was over.....but then he got up and ran? After a desperate shot, I watch him run into an opening, then though i saw him drop. Gave him 45min the started the recovery.
I went to the last location i saw him, but no carcass. I found his prints in some sand, but no blood. I went back to where I shot him, no blood. Then I got worried and pulled out until morning.
What should I do? Does it look good from your perspective? How should I go about this? Did the shot look good in you opinion?
https://youtu.be/NC84EryapNY