About 4:17 PM I had a nice big deer come running full throttle about 130 yards away in the brush and topped my ridge line. I knew something had been chasing it. At 4:30 a coyote came running straight down the hill about 120 to 130 yards away. I had all of about two seconds to react before it was going to be out of sight. I had my Ruger 77/44 on a dead rest and squeeze the trigger right when the crosshairs touched the front shoulder. That coyote was moving way too fast for my 1575 ft./s bullet and I’m sure it probably hit a foot or more in back of that dog. I went to go look for blood and didn’t see any. I followed the tracks and saw that it ran 20 yards in back of my shack through thick brush and down the trail in my foot prints crossing the road. Hopefully I scared him to the next county and he won’t come back. I can never hit coyotes on the run... Except for the very first one I ever shot at. It was 297 yards running directly away from me so that was easy enough to aim up the tail pipe. But if they’re running broadside and I don’t have a shotgun I can’t hit one to save my life. I normally try And make some lip squeals to stop them but that coyote would’ve been out of sight by the time it reacted to my sound. Oh well, I guess it got lucky.