Wisconsin's Bow season opened on Saturday and I didn't make it out in the morning, I wanted to go to my kids football game and went out for the late hunt! I got in my tree around 4:30pm and settled in for the evening. I did a little Turkey calling to pass the time since I do have a tag for that same unit After about 30 minutes I look and out of the corn here comes a flock of birds, 32 total all hens and young ones. They were interested in the calling and came into about 45 yards of my stand, if I would of had decoys out I believe they would of come all they way in to bow range. They walked off out of site! Well after that excitement out of the thick stuff here is a Doe in the field at 40 yards, feeding away. I watch her for about 20 minutes and she if feeding closer and closer to 27 yards, I get to full draw and put my pin on her and release my arrow, thwap, right in the boiler room! She does the mule kick and bounds off into the tall grass and I hear her kinda go down, but not sure so I wait it out in my stand. I have 3 more deer come into bow range but opted not to shoot because of not knowing if my other deer is dead! Well I get down at dark and find my arrow COVERED in blood! I take my stand down and walk back to the truck, drop off my stand, get my other pack and go look for her! We find a good blood trail, she went up hill which was unusual, but not far! There she is at 50 yards from where I shot her! But wait, is this my deer, its mangled, leg chewed off, neck gone, one side is completely skin off, guts are gone just a mess. This is my deer she got eaten by Coyotes with in 2 hours of me shooting her. Needless to say I was BUMMED! My first opening day deer and the ****ing Coyotes eat her! When we walk out of the tall grass we see 2 sets of eyes glowing from the flashlight, 2 coyotes run off[:@]
Sorry for the long story but I needed to vent a bit, I'm still sick about it. I feel I did the right thing in waiting but at the same time kinda bummed I waited???

WOW, that was quick and I'm surprised you didn't hear them. They are usually not very quiet when tearing apart an animal.

Nice shot, bad results but mother nature takes care of her own. I'm sure your not passing on any yotes that walk by are ya? I know I don't, ever.

that sucks.

I've always passed on yotes. I thought that they have their place too. But, now that I'm a landowner and I read about how many fawns they are capable of killing -- the arrows are going to fly.

Besides, what a trophy w/ a bow! I passed on one right under my stand 2 years ago. But he was heading towards my inlaws cat and they have too many cats

coyotes are hard to get with a bow, but i never pass up an opurtunity.
One farm I hunt has always been lousy with them, but was still pretty good deer hunting, well, I declared war on the yotes and have taken over a dozen in the past couple years from about 100 acres. Much less coyote sign the past few months, and more deer sign than ever before. They are part of the natural proccess but i like my bowhunting too much. Take them if you can.

Sorry to hear.

Coyotes are usually not very quiet at all.

Just wondering, did you tag it?

I seriously started predator hunting after I called on in and killed it with my bow last year. I have killed 4 in the past 2 months, 1 in the same field where I killed this Doe and 3 at my cabin. I hooked on predator hunting, fun stuff!
I did hear them Howl as I was walking back to the truck, but they were a longs ways out. The deer fell 50 yards away from my stand. I was gone for a half hour when I heard the howling, they were so far off I wasn't concerned. I have left deer overnight in the same area because of an unsure shot! Maybe it their revenge on me!

I agree there pretty loud tearing apart a animal, I was in stoked when i walked up on the Doe, the in Shock and bummed!

Did I tag it, no! We called the Co and he met us there and said I didn't need to. There wasn't much left! I would of had to tag it, take it in and get it registered then do something with the carcass! It's illegal to dump it on state land! Kinda like a catch-22. The Coyotes got a free meal this time!

Wow, that stinks... Sorry BHFool. Those yotes better look out for you in the future..
Heres to hoping the rest of year goes better for you!

that sucks! but I agree with you guys about not passing on a predator.

Now if that dont bite! at least it did not go to waste, i would have a bounty for some yotes if i were you, score to settle if you know what i mean.