first yote!

[model 70]

got another from the same area yesterday morning....well, sorta.

was hunting the black berry patches for quail and rabbit when a coyote walked out of some thick brush about 40-45 yards away. all i had was some hi-brass #5 shot but figure to hell with it and let a load fly. see, i shoot these 'yotes in this river bottom because i'm seeing fewer and fewer cottontails, quail and pheasant and more and more sheep kills.

so anyway, i hit 'em square in the side and he whipped around and started bitting at the spot i hit him for a second or two. then he shot into the brush from which he came. found the blood trail until i was crawling through this tangle on my hands and knees. blood trail ran out so i circled the thicket. on one side it was borderd by an over grown, dry creek bed and the other sides by berry bushes. figure maybe he dropped into that creek bed and died but i couldn't go any further.

on my way out i found yet another sheep carcass. damn coyotes.