I had somthing happen to me this morning that i would like to share.
Being from georgia coyotes are plentyfull, and i really enjoy bowhunting for them. Iam no expert but i have pretty good sucsess doing it. My neighbors son who is 15 asked me last night if i would take him hunting this morning, I thought that would be cool seeing as most of my hunts are solo. I figured with a extra set of eyes we couldnt go wrong. On arriving to pick him up he was still sleeping, that kind of urked me. I try to get in the woods well before sun up and now would be arriving late. But still excited about things to come we took off to my family's farm. I set him up around 15 yards behind me overlooking a brush field on the downwind side, exactly where i expected the yotes to come from. I chose to watch a cornerwhere field and woods intersect, being armed with a bow and him with a 243, I thought this would be a good chance for him to take his first coyote.I waited about 15 min before i started calling.After the first set of soft calling we had a yotecomming well behind me and to my left, I had no chance of a shoot. Excitement began to build as the coyote was on a crash course straight to my partner.I watched as the dog passedjust feet to the right of the guy. What happened next is what has me so upset. As I watchedthe dogpass, i noticed that my partners gun was still sitting in his lap,this is not good i thought. 15 yards later the gun still hasnt moved. Fearing that my youngfreind had forgot what i told him about stoppinga moving yote, I blewthe coyote a kissand stopped him dead in his tracks at 25 yards from my partner. Still no movement from my buddy, after 20 secs the coyote gotthe idea that what ever made that noise wasnt food so he left. My imediate response was to ask the guy if he was asleep, the second the words came out of my mouth i regreted them. My reason for sharing this with you, is that I plan on applying for a job as a guide for a local hunting plantation come the first of the year, after reacting the way i did im starting to second guess my self. Bowhunting is a passion of mine and i wonder ifI have the patience to deal withpeople freezing under pressure. I guess what bothered me the most is the fact thatit meant alot to me to call in the kids first coyote. I dont know you tell me was I wrong about getting upset? How would you react in that situation? Please give me some feed back,Im relly looking forward to that guide job.
Thank for your time