i can see it now,you sit down, start calling suddenly a coyote shows up and decides to sit down 150 yards out and look at you.your sitting there with the shotgun and not even lip squeeks will coax him closer...<img src=icon_smile_angry.gif border=0 align=middle>i carried both a shotgun and rifle to elimanate this situation for a while but man let me tell ya,carrying two guns gets old in a hurry.theres only two ways to fix this,get one of those combo single shot shotgun-rifle guns,i think NEF makes one.or live with the fact that sometimes your going to be out there and get cought with the wrong weapon.shotguns do a good job on fox with minamal damage.unless of course he's right in front of the muzzel,then the tail maybe all thats salvagable.you learned three important lessens that day,#1,the importance of being ready #2,the coyotes ability to pick the slightest movment #3,the coyotes abilty to leave an area twice as fast as he came in and disapear never to be seen again.welcome to the club,this is the good kind of addiction.the kind you don't want to kick.....<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>