what would you do

[wtnhunt]

You are hunting with a ml with perfect conditions. What light wind there is, is at your face, and there is a good frost.

The past couple weeks you have seen a really good buck twice, a nice typical 10 pointer, both times he has been with the same 4 pointer. You have a young doe to your left feeding on acorns then you have the same 4 pointer come out and walk out in the field in front of you right now and can hear movement in the woods, but cannot see what it is. The 4 pointer makes his way across your field and you can see him watching something down the hill. You are thinking it might be the big 10 back off to your left still in the woods. Then you see a yote pop out at the back of the field where the 4 pointer had been watching. The yote chases the buck, turns and comes back into the field. You are still hearing movement in the woods and got the doe still back behind you feeding on acorns oblivious to the presence of the yote due to the terrain. The yote gets as close as 125 yards, and offers a few good shots, do you take him and risk blowing the hunt for the good buck you think is lurking just in the edge of the woods or do you hold out for the buck?

[KirkV]

Re: what would you do

Hold out for the buck. The coyote may leave, but I would hate to ruin all of the scouting with a rifle shot.

My personal thoughts.

[VTbowman]

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I too would hold tight and watch what happens.

Many things could transpire.

The yote may wander off, or chase the doe. The buck may then come out.

However...

The buck may not come out of the yote is or had been there.

I would not shoot at the yote until I was sure no buck will appear or if its really doggin a deer.

Good senierio..

[Tominator]

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Personally, I'd shoot the yote just because I never have before.

[Guest silverbullet]

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Let the yote walk as this happened to me and ten minutes after he walked into the woods I shot a buck.

[Guest Finn]

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I'd wait it out for the buck. A yote is a bonus, but not worth dorking up a promising hunt.

[johnf]

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I would wait for the buck. If you were running out of light and the yote was still there and the buck wasn't I would smoke him.

[Guest FISHMAN]

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ID WAIT AND LIKE JOHNF SAID IF HESE STILL THERE AND THE BUCKS GONE THEN WELL HES AT THE RIGHT SPOT AT THE WRONG TIME LET HIM FEEL THE BURN

[wtnhunt]

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Makes me feel a little better seeing most of you would have also held out.

Was a morning hunt Saturday morning, and I let the yote walk. Whatever was in the woods to my left never did come out. But later on a 1.5 year old 7 pointer did come out.

[Guest Xen]

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shoot the coyote - next year there will be another buck and 3 more doe

[SaskMan]

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Without a doubt..........let the yote walk.

[toddyboman]

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yup free pass for the yote.!!

[Guest Danbo]

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I'd shoot the dog twice. We are all eternal optimists and always are hoping the big one is right around the corner. Wishful thinking is what keeps many hunters from killing does and managing the heard. we don't want to kill the yote because the big one MIGHT get away. Killing the coyote will manage the fawn kill in the spring. Since the buck ultimately didn't show, the right choice was to kill the yote.

No question, its hard to do it and potentially wreck your deer hunt for the day, but the deer will be back and you'll have one less rat in the woods.

[sskybnd]

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i would let him walk and hope the buck would walk out but if the noise stoped from behind me like the deer left i would use a fawn distress call and try to call him back. i shot a yote this yr using a fawn call,

[captkb44]

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I had this same problem, but with a little different twist. It was youth weekend and I had taken my son hunting, hoping to get him his first deer. Well we saw 4 coyotes that morning................one in range and I feel the other 3 could have been called in pretty easily. For those of you that don't know me I would rather hunt predators than anything else, but I still love to hunt deer. Now Danbo pretty well sums it up in his reply. Taking out the yote is a big part of managing the deer herd for years to come. My situation was different in that it was MY SON'S hunt and it was his choice to wait to see if we would see a deer. Had it been MY hunt...................dead coyotes!!!!!!

Theres no right or wrong answer to your question, just a matter of preference for each hunter. I hope you get a shot at the big buck this season.

After season I suggest doing what you can to take out as many coyotes as you can to help the deer, turkey, upland game birds and whatever else you like to hunt in the area.

[outdoorsmen1]

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personally, i would probaly have taken the yote, because we dont have many down here in this part of NC, and i dont have that many big deer, i would really rather take my first yote then a deer anyday.

but like captkb44 said, its a matter of opinion.

hope you get your buck.

[GWSmith]

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Personally, I'd shoot the yote just because I never have before.

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Same Here...

240gr Hollow Point all lead Yote stopper = Tanned Full Body Rug for the wall(or for my Wife's Indian CraftWork she makes similar to pic below)

[wtnhunt]

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I have killed several coyotes here over the years, while deer hunting during the rifle season, and have even killed a few outside of the deer seasons, have shot a few out the back door of the house.

I have attempted to call yotes and hunt them in the off season, but have had no luck. Admittedly I stink at calling them. Best luck I have had with calling yotes has been when turkey hunting with a hen call and using the can call as a fawn distress call.

[3whunt]

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never used the can to do that... good idea though...

[Cutter]

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Hmmmm. Buck or yote, buck or yote. Buck wins hands down.