Must of been playing possum!! OMG! My first coyote that I called in and shot, the same thing almost happened to me. The bullet went right through the front of his neck across his throat. I went and picked him up and carried him back to my truck tossed him in the bed as I was going to take him to the taxidermist to be mounted. It was still early in the morning so I drove off to another spot to try for another one with no success. Meanwhile, I was walking back to my truck and I noticed something standing up in the back of my truck!! I couldn't believe it!! That SOB was standing up!! So I started running back to my truck, thinking he might get away, but he didn't. I ended up putting my knife through the side of his neck to finish him off, I felt bad!! It was hard looking at it while it was still alive but I had to do it.