Good Shooting

As we dropped Mark Johnson off at the blind Elias and I could hear coyotes in the distant barking and howling.   Since Elias and I were going to be on another part of the ranch hunting coyotes, I knew our hunt would be good.   As we drove to the back, we set up by the barn where the other equipment was at.   The rancher has a couple of tractors and some old inoperable vehicles and the plan was to park amongst the equipment so we would blend in.   I figured a coyote wouldn’t know the difference between a John Deere and a Ford.   

As the sun started to rise on this cold morning, our view of the field in front of us was getting better.   Around 0700 I turned the foxpro caller on with the rabbit in distress and hoped a coyote in the area would hear it.   It took about 20 minutes before a coyote came walking in.   I spotted it about 100 yards in front of me and it was coming in to the caller.   It’s ears were up up and it was looking at the caller which was still 120 yards away.  I turned the caller off and whispered to Elias, who was sitting behind me, that a coyote was coming in and where it was coming from.
  Since Elias was very new to hunting I had been talking to him, while we waited, about trying to acquire the target in the scope, and then tracking it with the scope.   And now we were gonna see if he was able to do it.   He whispered, “Ok I see it”, and I asked him do you see it in thescope.  He said no, it’s still too far to the right.   I could see the coyote walking in, still with his eyes fixed on where the sound was at.  Then Elias said, I have it in the scope. The coyote was still slowly walking towards the caller and I was whispering to Elias, when he the coyote stops or slows down shoot it.  Before I finished the sentence there was a loud boom, and the coyote dropped dead in it’s tracks 5 yards from the caller.   It was an awesome shot, good shooting  Elias.