First day of gun season in Southhampton VA. We killed a bruiser of a 8 point and a nice 9. The 8 pointer was 18 inside and the mass was incredible. The nine was just about 16 inches inside and not that heavy. In the evening I was down in the swamp and had a black coyote walk by me, I shot and rolled it and it got into a downed tree. I watched for it to come out on either side and I did not see it. I waited about 45 minutes and then got down and walk around the tree could not find it anywhere. I found blood and followed it for a while and then it got too dark. That is the first time I have shot at a coyote and I have heard that they are tough but a 3 1/2 OOBuck at 25 yards should have done the job.