I was checking on my cattle yesterday afternoon after work. A cow had just given birth to a healthy calf. I set out the roll of hay I had on the tractor and went back to the lot for another. I came back by the cow, but the pair was gone. A coyote was standing where the cow was feeding on the afterbirth. The only means I had of killing the yote was my Ruger Single Six .22. He was fifty yards out and I just drew, aimed briefly (he was getting nervous) and fired. Dropped him in his tracks!!!! He is my first of the season and boy, what a way to start!

Born To Hunt: Nice shot there with the pistol! And keep after them! What kind of ammo were you using?
Anyway you can harvest them, is fine with me and the Deer/Antelope populations! I know you don't have Antelope down your way but the Deer fawns will sure appreciate your expertise with the pistol!
I have a Ruger Single Six story to tell you. It was early summer time about 10 years ago and I had taken my father on a Varmint Safari with me through Washington, Oregon and into Idaho. We were up early one morning scouting for Rock Chucks and Coyotes in central Idaho when I see through my binoculars off in a distant field about 3/4's of a mile away a farmer get down out of his tractor with a pistol in his hand! He walks over to a Russian Olive tree (as I am now watching through my spotting scope) and proceeds to shoot 5 Magpies! Yes! With his pistol he shot 5 full size Magpies - I saw them fall! Now those out west know its real difficult to shoot a Magpie with a Rifle let alone a pistol! I could not believe what I had seen so we got in my VarmintMobile and drove over to the edge of the field the farmer was tilling. When he came by I approached him and inquired about Varmint Hunting on his place. He was more than happy to have us Hunt. Then he brought up the fact that he had just cleaned out another nest of Magpies and he showed me his Ruger pistol! I played along a bit and let him tell the story. The Magpies he shot were full size allright but not yet able to fly away! He shoots them as they are nest robbers and eat the Pheasant, Quail and Hungarian Partridge eggs so he keeps them cropped off as best he can! I never did tell him I saw him knocking them out of the tree through my optics! But I was sure amazed when I saw those Magpies falling out of the tree one after another! I had thought at the time this guy must be some kind of Pied Piper of Magpies to get that close to them! It turned out there was a more logical explanation and I was just not up on bird biology enough to figure it out for myself.
Again good for you on the pistoleroed Coyote!
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

Congratulations.
A couple of years ago I was in a tree, bowhunting on an edge where some thick brush met up with some open forest. I heard something coming through the brush so I turned in that direction and made ready for a shot. A coyote popped out of the brush at close range and stopped and stared right at me. I froze and figured it would turn and run. After looking me over, the coyote's eyes left me and started scanning the open forest. I drew quick and let go. The arrow went in the front shoulder and stopped in the hip. I watched the coyote spin in circles, biting at the arrow, then it fell over dead. In the seconds it took to die, it had completely chewed up the end of the arrow.
I considered that to be a "non-traditional" kill. It sure surprised me.