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Game Warden called yesterday to tell me "That coyote wasnt rabid, just dumb". I laughed and he said the same thing, that it's probably been hunting that feeder and assumed I was something to eat. That dude was fully dedicated to getting me no matter what I was by the way he was moving.

AustinBoy wrote:you drew your weapon and used it and on the same day are posting about it!

Wait until the attorney that the coyote's family hires gets a hold of you!

"He was a good coyote. He was only coming over to say hi and see if you had a treat for him."

Seriously, great job.

That's awesome!

SRH78, Honestly I'm suprised I was that accurate, I dont even remember drawing let alone aiming. It all just happened so fast. I deffinatly have to give credit to my instructors. In the academy we spent a lot of time drilling in quick draw and firing in many stances and possitions. These drills are what prepared me for this encounter. It's a great feeling knowing I am capable of doing what I did. I'll have to try and duplicate the scenario next trip to the range to see if it was a fluke.

Unfortunatly I havent seen any keeper deer so far, 2 more days at the ranch. Hopefully I wont go home empty handed......but atleast I got to kill something besides time lol.

He actually appeared to be very healthy, however I'm no doctor. Wild animals (and domestic for that matter) do some odd things, no telling what's going on in their little heads.

At this point I'm just glad that an animal acting as violent as this one will not be around myself, my family or my animals.

I was forced to draw my weapon today and use it in self defense. Not in a situation you would generally think of when talking about a concealed firearm, but none the less.

I've been down at our ranch all week hunting. It is close to the Mexico border and signs of "migrators" are common. I was doing some work on one of our feeders and as always I had my sidekick with me. Typically I open carry one of my full size firearms on the ranch but since I planned on going into town later I put on my concealment rig (XDm 9mm compact) after the morning hunt and carried out my work. While working on the feeder I heard something coming through the brush towards me. I was making noise so I knew whatever it was knew I was there. As I turned to see what/who it was a coyote (the animal kind, not the human trafficker kind) leaped from behind some small cedar trees and charged me! I had never seen a coyote charge a person, especially in broad day light. Before I knew what had happened the coyote flopped over about 15 yards in front of me and was bleeding. My first thought was that my Father-in-law was nearby and shot it. Then I realized I had my XDm in my hands and was standing in the modified weaver. I looked for brass on the ground to see if it was really me that fired, sure enough there laid 4 empty casings! I cautiously closed the distance between the coyote and I keeping my weapon trained on him. It wasn’t long before I could see 2 entrance wounds on his face (one just left of his nose and one just below his eye) and two in his neck.

I was amazed. My training from the military, police academy, and training I have conducted in my own time really worked! In the blink of an eye by the time I identified the thread I had already drawn my weapon (inside the waist band behind an un-tucked button down shirt and jacket) and fired 4 kill shots on a small/moving threat.

I have no idea why a coyote decided to charge me in the middle of the day, but it did, and I was ready. This is defiantly an experience I will carry with me as a reminder and motivation to continue training and never let my guard down....on duty and off.

Hopefully this experience will remind and motivate yall as well to continue training. When you get the plastic in your wallet, DO NOT think that is the end of it and you’r good to go. If you've been to any kind of training DO NOT think that is the end and you are an expert. Continue your training, even if it's just walking around your house when nobody else is there and drawing your weapon at make believe threats (unloaded of course).

This time it was a suicidal coyote, next time it might be the other kind of coyote.