How bad did I screw things up?

OK so yesterday morning a Coyote walked in front of me and I didn't want to shoot it because I didn't want to screw up our deer hunting spot. I caught a lot of heat for that. So this morning I'm sitting in my stand, and dad texts me and says coyote coming your way... As I was reading the texts the deer that were in front of me sparring, all of a sudden they ran away about 50 yards. I thought "how could I have scared them I never moved". As I looked up there the same coyote stood on the same path he took yesterday morning. So this morning I decided to shoot, and I got him kind of in the hindquarters. So I got down and looked for my arrow. I eventually found it and then I decided to start blood trailing about 2 minutes after I shot him. Those two books were still in the area and saw me walking around and I really spooked out of there. I knew I shouldn't have shot a coyote in my good spot. I had already gotten made in the dark by some doe in the dark that morning. This is in the suburbs and there are Generally are a lot of people, but not in the stand. Between all the commotion in my good spot this morning and today, how bad will that screw up my spot?

 

If u dont shoot those miserable things they will screw ur hunting up way worse than u did by running those two bucks off!! IMO

 

Long as the deer didn't see you coming down the tree, your fine.

 

I wouldn't worry about it. Deer can't talk to each other. Doesn't sound like you were going to shoot those bucks anyway, if thwy don'tfome back does it matter?

I'd shoot a coyote with deer in the area 10 times out of 10. I wouldn't get down just to track it if the time is still good for deer movement. They're worth nothing here, just a furry compost heap to me.

 

I wouldn't be too concerned about it.

Wolf/coyote gets shot no matter what. Where I am at you shoot and shut up. If any of us were to take a crack at one, no reason to get down and track it....just don't open your mouth about it.

 

I'd pull the trigger on them every time.

 

All YOTES MUST DIE!!!

 

If you hadn't shot him, he'd end up doing the same thing over and over again to those bucks you were watching. I wouldn't have gotten down from the tree and looked for him though. Wait till you can recover your arrow without messing up the deer and let the vote die wherever. The buzzards will clean him up.

 

U do the right thong get the yotes gone

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I've shot 2 deer that came in after a coyote came bye. I would have shot both yotes but never got the opportunity.

 

Shoot the critter and nock up another arrow and go back to deer hunting. You can always retrieve the arrow and coyote later.


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Choot em!!!!!! Take every single opportunity to thin the herd on those critters. Honestly, were coming in to the rut and once that starts you could put up a carnival around your stand and they wouldn't care(Yes, I'm exaggerating). The rut changes everything and smart bucks get dumb so I wouldn't worry too much about it.

 

Exactly right!

 

To me the mistake wasn't shooting the coyote with your bow, it was getting down to check it and track it while deer were still there. For me I would have waited later in the afternoon that day (if morning) or the next day (if evening). I'm there to deer hunt and not blow deer out, the coyote is something that needs to be taken care of but it can be done with less impact in that situation.