Thank you guys for the comments.
Off to the city for meetings that run Monday evening through to Wednesday afternoon this week. Sitting in a hotel room now, I found time to write a more detailed account of today's hunt.
Funny how there was enough time for a Monday morning coyote hunt before my wife and I needed to be on the road.
I went back to the creek valley to try irntercept any of those "dine & dash" coyotes leaving the dead pile near the feedlot.
The wind direction (what little there was) would be best suited for me to sit in the same spot as Saturday. Left the truck in darkness but the easterly sky looked to promise a bright sunshine morning. Following my original foot prints from Saturday was less taxing on the legs and the travel time was greatly reduced also.
Reached my destination and after getting settled in, I glassed the far hills for any four legged brown critters ( cows excluded)
Picked out three coyotes following the rim of the creek bank and two more over by the quarter fence line.
The five joined together and set their bearings for the dead pile which now had three coyotes just show up for some fine dining also.
Switched my attention to the sparsely treed hills and pick out an additional 2 coyotes also heading for Black Angus breakfast. Suddenly the lead coyote humps up with tail between it legs and stiff leg walks up to a third coyote who happens to be going the other direction. Some sniffing of each other before they proceeded on their separate ways.
All this entertainment being viewed at almost a half mile through 10 X glass was a treat to watch on such a fine morning.
Surely with 11 coyotes nearby, something should venture my way. Ten minutes passed, then twenty, then thirty , then forty and I got to watch various coyotes at a half mile the whole time. They all seemed content just hanging around the hills basking in the morning sunlight. More glassing produced two more coyotes with one to the east and one to the west but both were a long ways off.
An hour passed by and I'm questioning my choice of today's location but on a positive note, I have a couple good spots planned for future hunts.
I hear a vehicle coming down the road which I figured to be the landowner and that it was. I watch the truck pull through the yard and head for the calving pens. I see the owner get out of the truck and do a walk through the cows. A flash of movement to the northwest snaps me back to reality and I see a group of five coyotes coming across the valley with the lead coyote setting a fast pace. Bark, bark, howl, bark, howl, howl,bark finally stops the second to last coyote. A 142 yard shot does the trick and that one is down. Chambered another round but nothing else looked to be venturing my way.
Back to the truck and make the loop to retrieve the coyote.
Coyote loaded up and heading home when I see a coyote mousing in the field just south of town.
A perfect spot for me to try make a sneak with rolling hills to hide my approach. Pull in and park on a lease road that hides my truck from view. With rifle and shooting stick in hand, away I go to pull a sneak on this unaware mouser. Almost to the top of the hill when I see two more coyotes a quarter mile to the west, hmmmm interesting!
Change my approach so I don't spook the other two and peek over the crest to see the original coyote a mere 80 yards away. Not a good looking coyote so I switch my attention back to the others. Both look good so a quick scan of the hills to determine the best approach to get within shooting range. Off I go and about to crest the last hill when I see one of them trotting to the north. Not sure where the other coyote is but I best try for this one. The coyote stops and looks around but not concerned so I know it doesn't see me. Rangefinder says 316 yards so I adjust accordingly and touch off a shot. The welcome sound of a solid hit echo's back to my ears.... A bonus coyote in my books
