Zombie coyotes

[rookieforever33]

I have had a couple coyotes down recently that suddenly came back to life. Onw was laying on its back not moving for 15 seconds, when I turned my attention away for a minute, poof, disappeared. One I popped this morning bucked, flopped, and layed flat as a pancake for 30 seconds then got up and ran off. Ive shot enough coyotes to know they are tough as nails, and seen them run 100 yard dragging their back end. But this playing possum stuff is new to me. Anyone else see them do this?

 

[Nine Banger]

We trapped 2 coyotes this year on the same night.

I trap on both sides of a dirt road at my place and my neighbors place. He caught one. I caught one.

He dispatched his and then set it aside to show me after work and when we went to look it was gone.

Found it in cover about 50 yards away.

He took it out of trap, moved it, handled it, sat on it for a while, etc. and thought it was stone cold dead at the time.

It was a teachable moment for him about full metal jacket bullets not being good for anything but holes in paper.

 

[rookieforever33]

I found my zombie from this morning. It didnt wander far and decided it liked desth better

 

[Calcoyote]

I have had a couple coyotes down recently that suddenly came back to life. Onw was laying on its back not moving for 15 seconds, when I turned my attention away for a minute, poof, disappeared. One I popped this morning bucked, flopped, and layed flat as a pancake for 30 seconds then got up and ran off. Ive shot enough coyotes to know they are tough as nails, and seen them run 100 yard dragging their back end. But this playing possum stuff is new to me. Anyone else see them do this?

What cartridge and projectile are you using?

 

[waspocrew]

I shot one ~ 50 yards with an 87 gr Vmax from my 6 CM last summer. Watched it go down at the shot and I turned to make sure nothing else had come in. When I scanned back to the downed coyote, he was running off! Never found him, but I'd imagine he died somewhere out in the hills nearby.

 

[Calcoyote]

I shot one ~ 50 yards with an 87 gr Vmax from my 6 CM last summer. Watched it go down at the shot and I turned to make sure nothing else had come in. When I scanned back to the downed coyote, he was running off! Never found him, but I'd imagine he died somewhere out in the hills nearby.

Coyote are of the canine genus and canines are tough. Any 24 caliber cartridge should be DRT (Dead Right There) but sometimes you get a rogue coyote that can soak up a ton of lead and keep on going. I saw one run once after being hit solidly with a Rem 7mm mag. I remember another one that got nailed with a 80g Nosler BT from a 25-06 at less that 50 yards and ran off. They can be tough.

 

[rookieforever33]

What cartridge and projectile are you using?

223. 55 gr varmageddon. Has performed well on others. Great exit wounds. I think I might have spined that one.