fmrleatherneck
12-14-2009, 10:09 PM
OK, I believe it's confirmed! Saw two coyotes out there this afternoon!
It was getting close to sundown when I saw this dark animal crossing about 100+ yards away in a dark spot. Right away I was pretty sure it was the fox I saw Friday afternoon. Got my binocs up and on it and immediately knew how wrong I was!! CLEARLY a coyote! Not very big, but no doubt about it. Black as black, too!
Anyway, the animal (because of it's size, I think it was a female, but what do I know?) looked back over its shoulder, a trick I seem to KEEP falling for! So I swung the binocs in that direction; following quicker was a MUCH bigger, also black, coyote! I quickly tried to switch and get my rifle up. Gun came up right to his shoulder, but he was slipping into the brush... I should've popped him, but I couldn't be 100% sure of the shot; too much brush already and there was only the one split second to decide, so he walked! Next time! Hopefully there will BE a next time. At least I've confirmed that they ARE right there AND I didn't spook or educate them at all, not that they don't know I'm around or anything, but they're not alarmed by that, it seems.
A couple of pretty exciting moments! (For me, anyway! NOT necessarily you old pros!)
It was getting close to sundown when I saw this dark animal crossing about 100+ yards away in a dark spot. Right away I was pretty sure it was the fox I saw Friday afternoon. Got my binocs up and on it and immediately knew how wrong I was!! CLEARLY a coyote! Not very big, but no doubt about it. Black as black, too!
Anyway, the animal (because of it's size, I think it was a female, but what do I know?) looked back over its shoulder, a trick I seem to KEEP falling for! So I swung the binocs in that direction; following quicker was a MUCH bigger, also black, coyote! I quickly tried to switch and get my rifle up. Gun came up right to his shoulder, but he was slipping into the brush... I should've popped him, but I couldn't be 100% sure of the shot; too much brush already and there was only the one split second to decide, so he walked! Next time! Hopefully there will BE a next time. At least I've confirmed that they ARE right there AND I didn't spook or educate them at all, not that they don't know I'm around or anything, but they're not alarmed by that, it seems.
A couple of pretty exciting moments! (For me, anyway! NOT necessarily you old pros!)