1.) DParker - 01/05/2014

This is the last weekend of the deer season here so I decided to stay out until sunset in a last desperate effort to contribute some points for my team. But for the first time I've managed to go an entire season without even seeing a deer, let alone getting a shot at one. Sorry, team.

However, at about 4pm I caught some movement out of the corner of my eye and turned my head to see a big, mature coyote casually strolling by about 30 yds away. A couple of seconds after I spotted him he passed through a line directly downwind from me, with a pretty good breeze going. I was well concealed and camouflaged so I didn't expect him to see me, but the area he was walking through had to be chock full of whatever scent I was giving off and I was certain that he'd wind me. But he never broke his stride, changed his demeanor in any way nor gave any other indication that he'd caught my scent. He just continued to amble along his way in a straight line until he was out of sight.

This is the first time I've been this close to a 'yote in the field and I found his inability to detect me (I was on the ground and all). Has anyone else experienced this?

2.) Triton Rich - 01/05/2014

[B]I can only imagine it was lucky weird air currents or a severe sinus condition! They'll usually bust you in a heartbeat. No deer sightings for the season? I will try and never complain again when things get slow![/B]

3.) Ohbuckhunter - 01/05/2014

Yotes are smart but dumb. Kinda like me. I'm going out the next couple days. I have a buck showing his face so hopefully he don't shed his rack n the next 3 days.

4.) DParker - 01/05/2014

As an aside, he/she was an unusually good-looking dog. The 'yotes in these parts are generally a really dull mix of beiges and browns with a smattering of greys and blacks. But this one's coat was mostly a silvery grey color. Very pretty. Between that and the size it had a really wolf-ish appearance...albeit a small wolf.

No wolves here though.

5.) OKY - 01/05/2014

I think you answered your own question. It was obviously old and senile. The sniffer probably stopped years ago, just about the time it got its dentures.:-)

6.) Deerminator - 01/06/2014

It just paid no attention to you. Had something else on it's mind.

Doesn't the females start to come into heat around this time?

7.) DParker - 01/06/2014

[QUOTE=Deerminator;14360]It just paid no attention to you. Had something else on it's mind.

Doesn't the females start to come into heat around this time?[/QUOTE]

Well, now I just feel insulted.

8.) Jon - 01/06/2014

Better question is why did you let it get within 30 yards and not stick an arrow into him?

9.) DParker - 01/06/2014

[QUOTE=Jon;14369]Better question is why did you let it get within 30 yards and not stick an arrow into him?[/QUOTE]

Because the TPWD regulations are very specific when it comes to which species may be taken on each individual public land unit, and predators (coyotes, bobcats, etc) aren't on the menu for this one. I've always thought that not listing 'yotes is particularly odd, seeing as how the state's attitude toward them is otherwise the same as with hogs (kill as many as you can). But, well....y'know....gubmint bureaucracy.