re: How many big game animals have you shot that were never recovered.

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was just getting dark when I came back, heard a good half dozen coyotes growling and hollering. So, left him in the woods.

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ell, when we rolled up on them they stood their ground, and the deer had been mauled pretty badly already. Figured they needed it more than I needed to try and take it from them.

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If they truly "stood their ground" then that is what you call a target rich environment.

I have never seen a coyote stand their ground in any situation that involved a human, much less one rolling up on a vehicle.