Well my friend John and me have been out calling several times with no luck. Then last weekend we called in three at one time and John shot one, I missed mine and the other ran off. We went back out Sunday morning and hiked thru the snow and cold trying three setups without any luck.
Got home and did the family thing before settling in to watch the superbowl. My neighbor calls me and says "hey, there's coyote walking across the front yard and heading up the hill" . So I went in and got my .223 H&R out of the safe and snuck out the back door. I worked my way up along my driveway about 30 yards to a pear tree that I kept between me and the coyote so I could get a rest. Little did the coyote know but he was in my shooting range( I set up in the same spot to sight in my rifles) except he was higher up the hill. I knew where the 150 yard mark was and he was probably 25 yards farther up so I dialed my scope to 175, centered the crosshairs and pulled the trigger. The shot felt good but he ran around the hillside out of sight. I went back in and took off my slippers, grabbed a flashlight and coat slippped on my boots and went looking. I found her on the backside of the hill with a perfectly centered hole in her right side. She had ran about 50 yards. Man I love that little Handi rifle. Sorry no pics as it was dark by the time I got back to the house.
