What would be the first word coming out of your mouth if this happen to you?

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Great hunting story. I enjoy those!👍
that tends to happen with coyotes. They’re pretty smart. Several times ive set up and called for coyotes unsuccessfully. Then when we’re leaving our hiding place they start howling at us from the bushes just over the ridge. I remember one night many years ago we were set up facing an area frequented by coyotes with a road at our back’s. We were calling for about ten fifteen minutes and ready to give up when we discovered two coyotes right behind us looking over our shoulders. Course they lit out once we discovered them.
 
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@Max115 You look pretty fit. Next time maybe do a reverse Dukes of Hazard styled exit of the vehicle through the opened window. Leave the vehicle in park and running with the headlights on. Try and take a shot sitting on the window sill using the top of your vehicle as a rest. Maybe practice shooting that way to see if it’s comfortable if you need to. The biggest problem I read is that you didn’t have a gun within reach and ready to be quickly loaded for a shot. To hell with the camera in this situation.
 
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@airprsr. Thank you. Glad you enjoyed my story. They are definitely a very elusive creature. They need to be smart and careful in order to survive among human. They generally spotted you beforehand.

@Ezana4CE. LOL, not a bloody chance I could move like that without getting a whiplash to my neck and smashing up my vehicle. Ya, my Impact was already inside my case on the backseat. If my gun was available, I might have had a chance to shoot it with the headlights shining at it. Oh well, it wasn't to be but I had a great story to tell, LOL.
 
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@Truucker3573. LOL, no don't that. I was thinking more like banging my head on the steering wheel.

Well, the dead cow has been removed and my opportunity using it as bait was done. I am however, currently setting up my trail cam at another spot along the dyke monitoring the coyote's activities. I have already captured some footages of one of them walking by this pathway. I will continue to leave rats as bait for them each time I collect from my shoot at another dairy farm. Hopefully the routine will get them to drop by the spot more often then usual. Just need to have some dumb luck and eventual I will tag the one that stared back at me that unforgettable night.
 
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Max115 said:
@Truucker3573. LOL, no don't that. I was thinking more like banging my head on the steering wheel.

Well, the dead cow has been removed and my opportunity using it as bait was done. I am however, currently setting up my trail cam at another spot along the dyke monitoring the coyote's activities. I have already captured some footages of one of them walking by this pathway. I will continue to leave rats as bait for them each time I collect from my shoot at another dairy farm. Hopefully the routine will get them to drop by the spot more often then usual. Just need to have some dumb luck and eventual I will tag the one that stared back at me that unforgettable night.
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Since you are establishing a bait pile with rats, don’t overlook adding road killed animals to the pile . Place these piles in areas that are advantageous for you to ambush and or call. Good luck
 
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I think My shooting Partner would have said it Best.....
Several years ago.....
When I was serious into my 22-250 AI 40°.
We were at a ranch with Coyote problems.... attack his dog and her pups.
Hike out about a bit, setup on a hill next to the fence along his property.
My partner was setup near the top of the hill. I was to his right 15 yards lower.

Started to blow on the classic jackrabbit distress call....
About 3/4 hour had pass, start to hear faint barks
Well a pack of 4 came running along the fence line..
I called out the leader and Drop him 200 yards out.

Well I watch them look around, figuring out the escape route on the Run.
Call to my partner to take the next one!
So they veered off the fence line. Started to run up the hill toward my partner's position..
I turn to see which one he was scoping on... He wave to have me take the next shot!
So I end up with bagging 3 of the 4

I walked up the hill to see what happen..
My Partner was leaning against the tree, where he was setup
He had empty his cartridges onto the ground...
All he keep saying was SH*T, SH*T, SH*T
His safety was on his gun and forgot to take it off!!
So he kept chambering another round until it was Empty....

So the Word would be SH*T!!!
 
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Max115 said:
Well, let me paint the picture of what happened to me this Saturday. It is 1:25am now as I am typing this story to share.

The rain finally stopped around 1pm today and I decided to stop by one of my permissions to see if I can do some target shooting and maybe at a few pigeons.
I got to the site around 3:30pm, packed with my FX Crown and Impact. Upon arriving, I saw a bunch of pigeons resting on the roof of one of the barns. Unfortunately I have to drive up to that barn where I normally setup to target shoot into the field. They flew off and scattered elsewhere.

I set up my table and got my target box and spinners out at 50 yards to check my zero. I was shooting my Crown with 18gr AA pellets. After adjusting to the wind pushing from right to left, I was able to confirm my POI was spot on again hitting my 8 spinner targets in a row from 2-1/2" down to the 1/2" size. My Crown never ceased to amaze me with its accuracy.

Happy with my POI check, I grabbed my Primos Trigger stick tripod along with my range finder and proceeded to do some pigeons shoot. I quickly found a few of them gathering on the roof of the adjacent building. I slowly walked towards them and hided behind the concrete barrier and set up my tripod. Used my range finder and lasered them at around 45-55 yards. Turned my elevation turret to 50 yards, powered on my SideShot and had one pigeon in my cross hair. Quickly adjust the parallax to get a clear focus and chambered an 18gr pellet. I was ready to shoot. Well, not quite. My breathing was out of sync as I was both excited to be out shooting again and out of practice for a while. The cross-hair was swirling around the pigeon like a tornado.

I took a few deep breath and calmed my nerve down. The pellet was sent flying downrange and it smacked the first pigeon square in the chest. Some pigeons have flew off but a few were dumb enough to hang around. I quickly chambered another pellet and got on target. This time there wasn't any hesitation in my part and another pellet launched thru the 500mm barrel at 880fps. Another solid hit to the chest. What? Another pigeon still available to give me a chance of a "Hat Trick"? Another smack to the chest of the third pigeon. Wow, I was both shocked and pleased with the outcome. I was grinning with pride and satisfied with my tool and my marksmanship. These pigeons were later picked up by an eagle that was eyeing them from afar.

No, this wasn't the part in regards to my title. Let me continue.

As I patrolled around the farm, I came across a large deceased diary cow left at the back of the barn. I texted the farmer and he told me that the cow had broke her leg and died. What a tragedy and a lost to the farmer. I asked him what was to be done with the body and he told me that someone will pick it up on Monday. Wait a minute, the cow would be left on the farm for two nights. This was an unplanned and wonderful opportunity for me to use it as bait to hunt the coyotes in this location. I was trying to get my Coyote#7 at this farm back in March when there was a still born calf. So I asked the farmer if he minds that I come back in the evening and give it a go. I got a thumbs up emoji.

I continued to shoot for another hour and tagged two more pigeons with my Crown before taking out my Impact MK2 to double check my zero. Using the target box and my DIY spinners, I was able to verify my 50 yards zero was spot on again. The H&N 25gr Gen2 slugs were pounding the steel spinners with authority. I then set up the targets out to 90 yards as I never got to finish my zero test last time out. After a few POI validation, the spinners were spinning with the impacts from these slugs. I was feeling confident and excited to hunt tonight.

So I packed up and went home around 7pm. Did a quick walk with my dog and headed back out to the farm after a quick bite.

I got to the farm at 9pm. Parked my truck 47 yards with a direct view to the dead cow. Mounted my trail cam on the pipe facing the bait. This will help me monitor any activity that might happen in the night. I then setup inside my truck with the window opened. My Impact was fitted with my Pard007S with an external 850IR light mounted on the side of the rail. Chambered a slug and I was ready.

The first hour went by quickly as I was mainly taking a nap knowing that the coyotes might not be able to smell and locate this dead cow yet. Then 12am came around and nothing happened. I continued to scan the area with my binoculars and no sight of any coyotes.

12:25am I decided to pack it up, feeling dejected and disappointed. But I knew hunting coyote was very challenging as I need to have plenty of luck and timing. I was going to give it another try Sunday night. After everything was packed up, I turned on my truck engine and put up my head lights. WTF! My new 14000 Lumens head lights that I recently installed lit up the area in front of me. What did I see with these super bright headlights?

Yup, a freaking coyote walking towards me at about 35-40 yards. It was blinded by my headlights and paused where it stood. We were both startled and surprised.

So, the first word uttered out of my mouth was..., no, not duck and ya. I quickly turned off the head lights and killed my engine. Well, with modern vehicle, the console light lid up inside my cabin like a flash bomb illuminating me like a Fourth of July fireworks. Of course I couldn't see where the coyote had gone, but I am sure it hightailed his ass out of there as quick as you could say SH@T.

I thought this was going to be a good night consider how my day went. But now my cover was blown and if the coyote was smart, it would not be coming back anytime soon.

I will check on the trail cam and the bait tomorrow morning to see if any coyote feast on the large platter of steak.

Sorry for the long winded story, but let me know what your first word would be if this happened to you. LOL.
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Max, I hear ya ! Many times I've been busted by G-hogs at the dairy while getting up from my stool. Also while driving into the farm driveway . I'm permitted to shoot around all the barns & houses . When my head's on straight I have a gun resting on the passenger side ready to put into action w/ a pellet or slug loaded but gun de-cocked. As far as Yotes , the few I see here are just out of range for whatever gun I have and moving w/ speed. I'm not after them anyway as I think they help w/ the chuck problem here. The cows and calves are not bothered by them . Considering the cottontail abundance , I would think rabbit & roadkill is the main Yote tablefare .
 
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@fishing43 Yes, rats and pigeons would be the bait at this location.

@Ca_Varminter LOL, great story.

@Contndr35BB Definitely a missed opportunity for me that night. Lesson learned but key factor to success is still timing. and luck.

Anyway, updates from the past 3 days.
I have retrieved my trail cam footages tonight and got some footages of the same coyote lurking around the bait station. It actually returned at 3:15am the same morning (Sunday)when I flashed my headlights at it around 12:25am. It was too scare to go near the dead cow but it was pacing around the area and then took off. It looked like a young coyote.

I returned Sunday evening 8-10:30pm and saw no sign of it.

The cow was removed on Monday late afternoon. The coyote came by 9:54pm and hung around till 11:26pm. It was just sniffing the ground where the body was. I guess it missed out on a large free meal.

It returned again the next evening 12:57am till 2:59am.

It is definitely lurking around at this farm looking for food. I have set up some rats bait tonight along the dyke area where I think the coyotes use to travel from A to B. Hopefully my trail cam will capture some activities tonight.

My plan is to continue to bait and see what happens. Hopefully I will encounter one in the weekend.
 
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