This past Friday and Saturday mornings I had close encounters with a coyote....the 2nd time I saw him, I taught him a powerful 10 gauge lesson about sneaking up on hen yelps.....no, I did not kill him but he's probably still running....

I have been listening to coyotes in this one area I hunt. The howling seems to keep the gobblers going for a while....invariably, the gobblers shut up when it appears that the coyote has been spotted...that's when it seems like the coyotes are homing in on the hen yelps...2 years ago I passed on a coyote that was stalking my calls (in the same area)....it's a good thing I didn't take a shot....a little later I got the biggest gobbler I ever shot!

Some years ago I had a fox stalking my decoy just like a cat (belly to the ground)....when he winded me, he jumped straight up, did a 180, and just sailed across the meadow.