James White took this coyote opening day of firearms deer season in Westmoreland County.

Local hunter bags coyote

Opening day of firearms deer season found dedicated deer hunter James White heading up a tree with his scattergun in hand.  White was hunting in Westmoreland County that day and hoped to bag a nice deer while enjoying the woods.  At approximately 5:45 a.m., just after getting into his stand, he heard a howl unlike any he had heard before. 

“It was eerie sounding,” he said.

The howls continued for a short time and sounded as if they were getting farther away before abruptly ending just as suddenly as they had started. 

Just before 7 a.m., White heard something coming steadily towards his stand as if on a beeline to his location. 

“I had to be in the right place at the right time I guess,” he surmised.

Knowing from a previous experience the past archery season that the coyotes can be very skittish and fast, he waited until the canine was at ten yards before making his move.  With a lethal load of buckshot, it was the end of the line for the ‘yote.