RE: Coyote with a bow?
I got my first coyote with a bow this past October. I have been wanting one for a long time and finally did it. I have bowhunted about all my life and this is the first one I got close to. She was a really beautiful 38 pounder. Her coat and tail are near perfect. She is gonna be a really nice full mount. I was watching a small buck feeding out in a cornfield that was opened up (picked around the outside rows). He looked back towards the corn that was still standing and all of a sudden he took off into the woods. I thought that a big buck that I had been after in this area ran him off. All of a sudden the coyote came trotting out. She went up to the edge of the woods and stopped and looked in, about 80 yards from me. I started mouth calling her. I was making a fast excited sounding "kissing" sound, then started making it longer and drawn out like something that was injured. She listened for a few seconds and then come trotting to about 12 yards from my treestand. A big limb was between hear head and so I drew back, stood on my tiptoes to get the arrow over the limb, and drilled her right behind the front shoulder. It knocked her right down and almost pinned her to the ground. She rolled off the arrow and went about 30 yards and piled up. It was really exciting. I also called a fox in from about 150 yards to right under my tree 3 years ago doing the same kind of calling.. I drilled that one as if walked away. I got a full mount of that too. So getting a coyote with a bow is tricky but it can be done. It sure is a memorable hunt!