Coyote ugly in NY while bow hunting

South_paw · 11-06-2005, 03:17 PM

I just got in my stand and was settling in for a good morning at about 6:40 when to my left I heard something coming. It was a Coyote[:-]just 15 yards from me. He spotted me right away and could care less. I got up (heart pounding) figured what the hey I got my small game lic

I went to draw my bow and just as I get to full draw the arrow comes off the rest[:@][:@][:@]O'well I blew that one. After a while I kept hearing crows over from where the Coyote came from. Well, on my way out of the woods I searched the areawhere the Coyote came from and found a dead doe.Neighbor gut shot her the other day and couldn't find her.Not much left of her. In over 15 year hunting these parts(Oneonta)this is the first time I have seen a coyote in the woods. It was the only thing I seen all weekend [:'(]

PA GOBBLER · 11-06-2005, 07:23 PM

thats to bad you didnt get him, that would have been cool. well get use to them youll start seeing more. i saw my first one in 1986 and now i see just as many coyote tracks as i do deer.
ive only ever gotten one, seems like i see them at the wrong times.

SPIKEHORN11 · 11-07-2005, 06:18 AM

Seems to be alot around lately. I missed one myself last week,mine was a little closer though. I gave him a hair cut if ya know what I mean. I had my arrow come off my rest about 3 years ago when I drew on a spike. He heard it and picked me out. I did get a shot but he knew I was there and ducked the shot causeing me to hit him high. I never found him but did see him later that season. After that day I started using the whisker bisquit. That arrow stays in place now.

NY Bowhunter · 11-07-2005, 12:26 PM

I hear ya. I've never seen so many on the land I hunt as this year. Every other time I go out I see one. However, there is one less than there was at the begining of the season on my land

NYC OZ · 11-08-2005, 06:29 PM

Saw two the second weekend of bow in Greene County. Mom and pup no shot. Buddy came in the other night and said he could here them behind him as he was coming out at dark. Not a pleasant frelling!!

superflyhunter · 11-09-2005, 03:33 PM

I've tried to hunt otes for a long time. At least you got your bow up...

farm hunter · 11-09-2005, 07:24 PM

Driving to work this morning on a back road - I saw a big Coyote running towards me in an open field. I stopped the car and rolled the window down for a good look. The coyote ran all the way up to me - to about 20 ft away - it stopped - we made eye contact - and he slowly sidestepped around the back of the car and crossed the road. It was neat -an a little creepy! The way he never took his eyes off me - and NEVER looked afraid of me. I wish I had a camera on the front seat.

FH

superflyhunter · 11-10-2005, 02:09 PM

Any one see som otes in putnam county?

tj_cubin · 11-10-2005, 07:05 PM

when i started hunting with my dad, before i was old enough, we used to see coyotes all the time, now we rarely see any. I rememebr one year we saw one that looked pure bred wolf, the colrs were really awesome and the tail was really big around. With its colors, i couldnt see him when it stopped walking through the woods(with snow on), but i was probably 12 at the time.

South_paw · 11-10-2005, 08:29 PM

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ORIGINAL: tj_cubin

I remember one year we saw one that looked pure bred wolf, the colrs were really awesome and the tail was really big around. With its colors, i couldnt see him when it stopped walking through the woods(with snow on), but i was probably 12 at the time.

That's what this one looked like. At first I thought it was a grey fox but it was too big to be a fox.Then I though this thing looks like a wolf but it was too small to be a wolf(no wolves around here anyway). I searched the web for a pic that looked like the one I saw but couldn't find one.He was a beaut for sure.