Run-in with a yote the other day

[boonecountybowhunter]

I was walkin out to put a new trailcam on a tree on the farm. I stopped while I was walking up the mountain to catch my breath. I heard footsteps around the hill and I turned around to see what it was. When I turned around I saw a yote walkin through the brush about 15 yards below me. I always carry a sidearm on me because I am a police officer, and this day was no different. Me and the yote saw each other at about the same timethough and I tried to draw my Springfield XD .45 but by the time it was out of my holster he was high tailing it the other way. I fired one round at him but hit right below him. I would have like to have killed that guy but hopefully he'll think twice before he tries to come back on the farm haha

[Diggerr]

To bad it got away, may be you'll get another shot at it

[Adirondack Hunter]

you gotta start carryin a shotgun, a little slower to the draw, but they have that good wide pattern, hard to miss something

[boonecountybowhunter]

yeah the only reason that I didn't have another weapon was because I wasn't even planning on seeing any animals. It was 2 in the afternoon and I was just going out to put up my trailcam and walk out of there. The guy caught me off guard haha

[Lucky18]

They seem to always catch me off guard. Darn things are so smart and sly.

[leehop]

I never walk the woods or fields with out either a rifle or shotgun. You never know what you might come across. I even have one close by when I go prospecting as I am usually way out in the hills, and it isn't for claimjumpers.