Coyote Attack

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In the day time we used a lot of visuals like a live chicken or a rabbit fur stuffed with cotton with mono tied to it over a tree limb (I had never seen those battery powered jobs then) when calling varmints it would get down right up close and personal a few feet.
 
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Paul7 said:
A friend here in NM had a mountain lion approach him from behind when calling for coyotes.
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Yep, I've heard of that too. In fact, I had a buddy that killed a couple of black bears that he called in with his crying rabbit call. And he told me about one time when he heard something behind him as he was calling. He said he turned around to see a very surprised looking black bear not over 15 feet away. Luckily, the bear spun and ran off up the hill so fast it was flinging sticks and softball sized rocks behind it as it went.
My buddy never even got a shot. But from that time on, my buddy never called bears unless he had his back against a steep bank, or was sitting back-to-back with a hunting partner - sometimes me.:)
 
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When calling Cougars, I've had one come in from behind me, and to the left, within ten yards of me. He took of so fast and furious that I wasn't able to get a shot at him. As .308 Norma sez, flinging sticks and rocks as he went! Last one came in from my left side, and he's dead. When I used to call coyotes, they often came in from behind and walked past me.

Called in two wolves when calling cougar, but they came straight in. When they saw me (20 yards) one took off, but the other slowly circled around behind me. As I had a good "back stop", I lost sight of him/her/it, and don't know where it went.

Actually being attacked by a 'yote is unusual, but if the animal is extremely hungry, and perhaps had never or seldom seen a human, I can see where the instincts could kind of just take over, and the coyote might think the human was food. ? Or once "committed", couldn't stop. I always have something behind me, rock or tree, and lay a pistol on my right, as it's very hard to swing the rifle hard-right (if right handed) when sitting on the ground.

My K-bar is also always strapped to my right leg, below the knee. !!!
 
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memtb said:
Calling while thoroughly camouflaged, can certainly increase the excitement of the hunt when predators are about! Hopefully the hunter suffers no ill effects from the incident!

Calling in lion or grizzly country will certainly keep you on “high alert”......or it should! ;) Then throw in the potential for a visit from a wolf pack.....you’ve got the perfect trifecta! :rofl: memtb
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Hey, my situation exactly. I call cougar in a Grizzly recovery area, (don't ask why, I just do) and we have lots of wolves, which have come in to my calling. It is exciting, in a good way. And I'd rather get eaten by a bear, than in a traffic accident going to and from my hunting grounds. And besides that, there's a thousand ways to die anyway.
 
Update on the coyote attack .

He set up his decoys and it was very foggy by the river . He hadn’t started calling yet , when he saw something coming towards him and the decoys . As it got closer , he saw that it was a coyote sneaking up to the decoys like a cat . He raised his gun to shoot the coyote and as soon as he raised is gun a second coyote coming in from behind bit him in his bicep on his trigger arm . The bit made him pull the trigger , but he didn’t hit the coyote . He has had 4 rabies shots and he has to get 3 more this week . The local news wanted to interview him , but he declined .
 
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Update on the coyote attack .

He set up his decoys and it was very foggy by the river . He hadn’t started calling yet , when he saw something coming towards him and the decoys . As it got closer , he saw that it was a coyote sneaking up to the decoys like a cat . He raised his gun to shoot the coyote and as soon as he raised is gun a second coyote coming in from behind bit him in his bicep on his trigger arm . The bit made him pull the trigger , but he didn’t hit the coyote . He has had 4 rabies shots and he has to get 3 more this week . The local news wanted to interview him , but he declined .
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While there is no way to know what was going through the coyote's mind, it sounds like the coyote wasn't actually after the hunter, but after a bird...

The hunter was in a limited visibility situation in the midst of a bunch of decoys that were doing their job and had gotten the attention of coyotes. He sees a coyote and raises his gun and arm like a bird taking off from the ground which motivated the second coyote to try to catch it. The coyote caught it, but it wasn't a bird.

If the coyote was trying to attack the hunter as a person, he would have bitten him behind the leg or in the arse (like they do with deer and calves), most likely, and not gone for a high target such as a moving arm.
 
Coyotes don’t require anything special to kill. Any rifle, pistol or shotgun will work as long as they are in range of the firearm. I regularly kill trapped coyotes with a .22 short.
 
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it got closer , he saw that it was a coyote sneaking up to the decoys like a cat . He raised his gun to shoot the coyote and as soon as he raised is gun a second coyote coming in from behind bit him in his bicep on his trigger arm . The bit made him pull the trigger , but he didn’t hit the coyote.
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Clever Girl......

Sorry, had to say it....

I hope he's doing well, I hear those rabies shots hurt something fierce
 
A K-bar wouldn't be out of the question. I keep one, or even a bigger one "Jungle Commando" strapped to my lower right leg. I figure that in a wrestling match, the rifle is useless, and getting a pistol pointing in the right direction, and hoping you don't shoot yourself, might not turn out well.
 
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