RE: Please help me feel better about myself..looks like I missed one
Yoiu are not alone... All predator hunters have this happen. If they say they don't... they are lying!
If anything can go wrong while calling coyotes it probably will. There is a reason why coyotes are so successful in the wild. Part of it is their ability to get out of potentially dangerous situations, such as what you describe.
You will be "bummed" again in the future, but when you do successul score a coyote, it will make up for the close calls.