I was out scouting on some gated logging roads using my mountain bike pulling a small trailer. I carry my 30/06 and some water and a few snacks. On this trip I packed along my remote control wildlife calle, and my photography gear.
When I found the meadow I was headed to I dropped off the caller near the road and kept riding for about 40-50 yards. I ditched the bike and trailer in the bushes and climbed the ridge about 20-30 feet above the road and kept the same distance from the caller.
I glassed the meadow for a couple hours but the berries are just not ripe enough yet to be attractive to the majority of bears. I was going to leave to visit another place but decided to turn on the caller for a short time to see if I could generate some interest in the lost baby goat or deer fawn.
I did not have that thing on but a few minutes and I saw the body of a coyote flying low through the brush. He was quite a ways out but moving quick. I grabbed the camera not wanting to shoot him. I heard that guy in the brush not 50 feet from me and staring down at the speaker. I did a lip squeak and he turned to look right at me. I snapped several photos as he blew out of there like his tail was on fire.
I stopped on the way home for lunch and dropped the film at the one hour place. Several of the photo's came out nice. Here are a couple I thought were great. Sometimes hunting with this camera gets me as nice a trophy as actually shooting the animals! Plus this one did not require any skinning or packing out!
