ID#002
I had spent the better part of a year watching the comings and goings of a local pack of coyotes, and was getting a good idea of where they would be and when. Coyotes can be shy at times, but also curious; so I had to find a way to get closer to my subject. Rather than going out a looking for them, I decided I would wait for them to come to me. I determined where the best place for this was and set out before the sun rose. At the time I didn't have the repurposed hunting hide I would later use, but this encounter showed me how much I needed one. I set out before the sunrise of a late winter day and picked my spot. I laid down comfortably and covered myself in loose brush, grass, and branches; and as the sun rose the coyotes appeared!