Shafted by a 4-wheeler !

[Bamadog]

I was set up on an old overgrown fenceline in the top corner of a pasture this morning. Knew some dogs had been using the woodline to move from one pasture to the other so i got downwind and settled in just after daylight. Lip squeeked a few times and within minutes i saw movement through the trees in the upper field. He was a scrawny thing but he looked interested. Im still working on getting my squeeks down so i decided to just watch him for a few moments. He crossed through into my field and froze.
I got him in the scope just as a 4-wheeler topped the far hill. Deer hunter decked out in blaze orange. Needless to say the yote was gone by the time i looked back. Being new to this, i was still happy i got a response so quick. The landowner said the hunter was his neighbor using the field as a shortcut to his other propery.

Oh well, gave me something to think about at work today.

[Nodak72]

Yep, had that happen many time's except up here in the frozen North it's the high pitched whine of those dammed snowmobile's! Coyotes get chased by some not-heads, and can hear the sound for miles on A calm day, and then there gone! I feel your pain!

[bucksnbears]

i would'nt worry about the 4 wheeler. go back in a few days and try again.

[lyonch]

been there done that too many times

[LeviM]

Its all part of the game, it can be a fustrating game at time!

[Prairie Ghost]

that shouldn't have effected the coyote for a later day but it still sucks that it happened