Had a visitor this morning.

[jeepasaurusrex]

I'm up at 5am every day. I was sitting at the kitchen table eating my Rice Crispys and drinking some coffee, when my chocolate lab starts growling. I look out the sliding glass door to see a coyote standing by our back fence. He must be infested with fleas because he is constantly digging his belly with his hind leg. His tail looked a little mange also. I hop up and make a bee line for the gun safe. Hit the combo on the first try (must be luck  ) and pulled out the .270 and loaded up a shell. I slide the door open a few inches and I have him dead to rights. Then I realize it is 5:30am, and I am just off 116th in Marysville. That might just wake up a few of the neighbors. 

Plan B.  I return to the gun safe, unload and put away the .270 and grab the .22 and load 3 rounds into in. By the time I get back to the door, he had moved down to my right a little bit and I would have to shoot through two strands of chain link fence to hit him. 

My only option at that point is to try and make it to the back fence and get a shot at him along the fence. By this time Wyle E has decided he had better get out of dodge. He walks a short distance and turns back around to look at me. I decide to not take the shot as there are some houses about 500yds away and about 45° either way of where I would be shooting.

I will be watching for him tomorrow.....

[rasbo]

Damn I used to hate when my wife said that,,,,Hope ya nail the mangy dog

[overunder12]

you should have blasted it. nobody reports exhaust backfires to the police anyway 

[addicted]

psh. everyone needs a 0530 wakeup anyways.

[jeepasaurusrex]

He didn't come back this morning. I was ready for him. Yea, I thought that not many people would be able to figure out where one shot came from. Especially if they are sleeping. 

[Special T]

They key is to keep the end of the barrel inside your house.... It reduces the noise considerably.... now every one else in your house would be awake tho! 

[jeepasaurusrex]

I think I would rather deal with the cops on this issue than my wife if I woke her up. 

[overunder12]

They key is to keep the end of the barrel inside your house.... It reduces the noise considerably.... now every one else in your house would be awake tho! 

lol careful, dont blow out your windows =p

[whacker1]

Maybe an arrow would be a good choice for next time?

[Special T]

My wife would ony be pissed if i missed! 

[jeepasaurusrex]

I don't own a bow..

[whacker1]

I don't own a bow..

Now you have justification to get one

[trippledigitss]

BLAST HIS @SS! Your neighbords probably wouldnt even know what happened by the time they rub the sleep from their eyes & wipe the drool from their mouths! That is until they see you taunting the dead yote in your backyard and dancing around with your finger pointed at his beak!  (wait, am I the only one that does that?)    

[jeepasaurusrex]

Given the chance again, he will have lead for breakfast. 

[trippledigitss]

Given the chance again, he will have lead for breakfast. 

[timberghost72]

Well if your on the west side of I-5 blast away. East side go with the .22

[hrd2fnd]

Well if your on the west side of I-5 blast away. East side go with the .22

[BlackRidge]

I think I would rather deal with the cops on this issue than my wife if I woke her up. 

You're a wise man IMO 

[jeepasaurusrex]

Well, he came by again for a visit this morning. But this time I spotted him at the end of our driveway. The problem is, there is a house directly across the street at the end of it where it meets the main road. One of these day.. I WILL get him. 

[one-eyed Ross]

If he is like the last coyote that I popped, he'll keep to a pretty good schedule.  We had one taking chickens every day - took me a few days to figure out her schedule, but then when I did - well, she doesn't take her pups chicken from my house anymore.

[nontypical176]

I catch coyotes crossing my yard sometimes.  I can lay in bed and look out my window, so as long as its lite............  There is 1 house close to mine though, near that darn bedroom window too, and them neighbors came from the city but are really quite nice.  Long story short, I have a 22-250 and they don't like it at all, that thing is loud.  Problem is if I use my 10-22 sometimes the coyotes/critters run off, so I decided that a new .17 would be a fair compromise......It was the neighborly thing to do.

Had a bobcat crawl off into the bush after I hit him with the 10-22, and it was thick where he crawled into I tell you what.  It ain't no fun stuffing your face into ferns and briars lookin for a pissed off critter with claws n teeth n such, don't care if he did only weigh 17 lbs.

[jeepasaurusrex]

17lbs of spring steel and raw hide ready to whoop your butt. 

I make it a habit to unlock the gun safe when I first get up in the mornings now. That way I have a head start.