You know u have a coyote problem when..

[Gencountyzeek]

Heard the yotes goin crazy across the street around 830, i went out back with my glock and surefire flashlight. Made some fawn bleats, waited about 10min and came back in. Let the dogs out at 1030, and i look out back with the flashlight and i dont see the deer target... walk out there and its in pieces. Dont think it was a buck, legs bent forward and body pieces forward of the legs. A buck would hit head on. Well thats my csi take until daylight.

Edited October 19, 2017 by Gencountyzeek

[BigVal]

Wow that's crazy

[Gencountyzeek]

Yea, that was part of my sons christmas presant that he got with his bow last year. THIS MEANS WAR!!!

Edited October 19, 2017 by Gencountyzeek

[corydd7]

Wow! Good luck I have a ton by me as well. Have you seen any during the daylight? I have a ton of pictures clearly hunting in two minute intervals at night and morning but few during shooting hours.

[Four Season Whitetail's]

Man i would put that blame on a buck. (As much as i hate the useless vermin!)   I had one do that to one of mine and after it broke it off it pushed it up into a corner of a fence. I would look that over good for jab wounds. Cant believe a yote would be that dumb?        But Maybe?

[Robhuntandfish]

looks like you should put up a cam on your target.  Thats amazing.  Maybe someone thought ti was a deer and used the shotgun on it! lol 

Forensics think it is a buck and the coyotes planned it that way.........hehe

[Gencountyzeek]

Ill be checking it out at sun up. Id like to see the buck that did it if it was one. I had a small 8 look at it this afternoon and wanted nothing to do with it.

[genesee_mohican]

I've have my target out back too and also have big bucks that show up on trail cam here very fall.  I know I've had my target plowed over two years in a row by a buck and the heavy hoof prints in the grass right in front of the target confirmed that.

Also, there is a wood pecker that makes a cavity in my target each fall and the raccoons have pulled it apart a few times trying to get to the bird.

[sodfather]

That’s sucks and is awesome at the same time. Would have been great if ya had a trail cam near it to see who the culprit is

[Pygmy]

I'm betting it was a buck....Never saw coyotes do stuff like that...They wouldn't bother with it unless it was edible...  BEARS, on the other hand, seem to enjoy chewing up plastic or foam items just for the heck of it....They also like to eat trailcams..

[Gencountyzeek]

Well i conducted my investigation. First, the attack happend from behind. No foam behind the legs, or between the legs. So im assuming if a buck hit it head on it would have left sime evidence behind the target or around it. All foam is ahead of the legs.

2nd, there are some small holes in the foam. I am not saying tine marks of teeth marks. They will have to be swabbed and sent out for DNA...

3rd, no evidence of deer tracks around the target. No tore up grass. The fight was quick and delicate...

So inconclusion...i am not prepared to have a final conclusion in the case of the smashed deer target. This will go down in the archives as a cold case...im sure there will be skeptics who come up with conspiracy theroys of local hoodlums smashing it or a crazed night time poacher...Good day everyone.

[chas0218]

20 minutes ago, Pygmy said:

They also like to eat trailcams..

I've had 2 ripped clean off the tree and found about 30 feet from the tree. Not sure what their fascination with them is or why they think they taste good.

[Pygmy]

A buddy of mine lost 2 in one year to bears...I  bought a couple of metal bear boxes for mine...They work...I have had a few FULL FACE pictures of bears with no damage to the cameras..

[Gencountyzeek]

Well, never seen bear tracks, or any pics of bear in my woods. Im 10min from alabama swamps, i know they have been seen around there. No neighbors have ever mentioned seeing any. Now we have a 3rd conspiracy theory, yoogie...

[Robhuntandfish]

Bigfooted aliens! 

[Gencountyzeek]

Bigfooted aliens riding mountian lions

[turkeyfeathers]

4th conspiracy. Definitely a squatch.  I'm guessing he had a little too much to drink and had his way with your target. Those were throws of passion sounds you heard and not coyote howls. 

[chas0218]

1 minute ago, turkeyfeathers said:

4th conspiracy. Definitely a squatch.  I'm guessing he had a little too much to drink and had his way with your target. Those were throws of passion sounds you heard and not coyote howls. 

Beat me to it haha, it's the only logical explanation.

[TACC]

A buddy of mine lost 2 in one year to bears...I  bought a couple of metal bear boxes for mine...They work...I have had a few FULL FACE pictures of bears with no damage to the cameras..

Can you give some insight about these bear boxes and where you got them?

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[turkeyfeathers]

4 minutes ago, TACC said:

Can you give some insight about these bear boxes and where you got them?

Cabelas has them 
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[WNYBuckHunter]

7 minutes ago, TACC said:

Can you give some insight about these bear boxes and where you got them?

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Just do a search for trailcam security boxes. Lots of manufacturers make them. They are usually brand and model specific.

[grampy]

It's clearly a serial foam buck molester!  Knock on doors, to see if any other foam bucks in the area have been molested.  Perhaps a neighborhood foam buck watch group could be formed, to protect all the innocent foam bucks from molestation. These predators will stop at nothing to satisfy their sick passion for foam and plastic antlers!  

[Nomad]

Glock and Surefire good combo !

Ive bow hunted 4 times this season for about 10 hours on stand ( afternoons I sit the last 90 minutes only ) anyways I've seen 4 coyotes , a single and last morning out ,3 in a group .

Im going to,spend some.time hunting them this year,. Nailed one with the 270 in deer season last year , but this year I'll hunt them after deer too .