I had an opportunity to go on a blackpowder quota hunt here in south Georgia this weekend at a place that is really known for holding hogs moreso than deer. I was only going to be able to hunt the second morning of the three day hunt, so me and a friend drove over and set up near a place that we typically jump hogs. I crossed over three sloughs and set up on a small ridge with two nice water holes and acorns falling all around. We walked in just as day was breaking and I had been there for only a few minutes when I heard movement to my left...coyote. Well I let him go by hoping that something else would come along. A few minutes later, a big drove of turkeys comes by. Not long after that I catch movement to my right and see a deer feeding through the cypress flat in front of me. The deer moves behind a group of large cypress trees before I can get the scope where I want it so I wait for him to come wout the other side. When he does it is at a hard angle moving away from me, but finally turns just enough for a shot at about 60 yards. I was using 95 grains of 777, a black harvester crush rib sabot, and a 300 grain .452 gold dot bullet. The deer never budged. I was a little suprised though that the bullet did not penetrate completely - I found it logged in the offside shoulder. I recovered the bullet, but left it in the back of my friends truck. If he still has it on Monday, I will post a pic of it. This is certainly not the biggest deer in the woods, but is pretty typical of our swamp deer.

Congrats on the deer harvest!

IMHO you screwed up big time by letting the Coyote walk! I believe that you could have killed it, quietly reloaded and still seen the turkeys and harvested the deer. Never let a coyote get past.

If you had been hunting my property or any property that my family owns or hunts, it would have been your last hunting visit.

In the last week my brother has killed 6 coyotes within 200 yards of his dairy barn. one was shot out the window of his home at midnight in the light of the calving yard. the previous night 1 calf of a set of twins was killed most likely as the cow gave birth to the second calf. the dead calf was 1/2 eaten by morning when found.

It doesn't matter to us what your hunting, Coyotes get maximum effort to Kill when seen PERIOD.

Congratulations on the buck. Sometimes them smaller bucks are such good eating, it makes us wonder why we hunt the mossy horns out there so hard. Everyone wants a trophy but no one wants to eat it. Although in all fairness, a friend shot a Pope and Young buck and he stunk when I helped get him out. But he was good eating for some reason. They gave me some steaks off it, and I grilled them with great joy!! Happy eating.


Screwbolts -

Some states do not allow the hunting of coyotes during a deer gun season. Wisconsin is one of those States. While I can sure understand your hatred of coyotes, it would boil down to whether or not one obeys the law, or the will of the land owner. And I am guessing that your Department of Natural Resources do not compensate farmers for animal attacks which I think is so wrong. If the DNR claim the wildlife as under their control, then they should be responsible for their actions.

For instance, I hunted turkey on a farm in Southern Wisconsin and the land owner told me to shoot any turkey that walked by. If it were a hen then just throw it in the ditch. That man hated turkey. I had a lot of opportunity to shoot hens but refused. I did get my Tom though.