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Other Hunting => Coyote, Small Game, Varmints => Topic started by: AceInTheWild on February 22, 2009, 06:38:43 PM

Title: coyotes running uphill?
Post by: AceInTheWild on February 22, 2009, 06:38:43 PM: in summer of 08 i smacked ayote from a little under 100 yards. its back half dropped to the ground stood back up and bolted uphill. to sage brush and we lost it there. has any one ever heard of an animal running uphill after being hit. there was a puddle of blood where he was when i hit him and a small trail up hill but nothing after that. this hill was damn steep too. wasnt just a rolling knoll. any clue ?
Title: RE: coyotes running uphill?
Post by: shoot-em-dead on February 22, 2009, 06:54:13 PM: I bet he had a den close by. :dunno:
Title: RE: coyotes running uphill?
Post by: Gutpile on February 22, 2009, 07:02:44 PM: Why wouldnt they run uphill? They go to the nearest escape no matter where it is.
Title: RE: coyotes running uphill?
Post by: AceInTheWild on February 22, 2009, 07:07:28 PM: ive always been told that wounded animals go down hill with the path of least resistance.
Title: Re: coyotes running uphill?
Post by: Gutpile on February 22, 2009, 07:21:01 PM: Shortest escape route.
Title: Re: coyotes running uphill?
Post by: ThePascoKid on February 22, 2009, 08:00:41 PM: normally the only time I have seen an animal not go up hill if it was the fastest escape route is if they were hit in the back legs, what your describing sounds like that yote may have been hit in the guts, I've seen them run a long ways with their guts hanging out, pretty tough animals.