First morning on the stand

[GAJoe]

Yesterday morning I went to a favorite location for getting photo's of deer. Before it was light enough to use the camera I saw a pair of coyotes come through on the hunt. The male was darker like the image that I got last year by the lake on a log. As he came closer and down wind it was like he hit an electric fence when he hit my "scent cone". Immediately he did a 180 and was out of sight in seconds. Their sense of smell is probably their greatest survival tool. Saw two bucks together. One looked to be 1 1/2 yrs old with a tiny basket rack. Later with better light the female coyote came back slipping through the shadows. She was a good 40 yards away and heard my shutter and spotted me. I have the shutter in "silent mode" which isn't totally silent but about half as loud.

 

[cohuttahunter]

Excellent photos, thanks for sharing.

 

[Hoss]

Awesome shots from the stand. The ability of wildlife to detect us is nothing short of amazing.

Hoss

 

[wvdawg]

Fine captures - amazing sense of smell on those critters!

 

[rip18]

Sweet shots!

 

[pdsniper]

fantastic pictures I love the ones of the coyote I had them look at me like that many times threw the cross hairs of my scope

 

[GAJoe]

Thanks guys!