Many years ago, my cousin and I decided to try hunting Nebraska coyotes at night by moonlight on snow covered ground. We snuck through frozen irrigation ditches to section centers covered up with an old white sheet and tried calling. First 2 sets produced nothing. 3rd attempt we couldp hear the coyote running towards us on the crusty snow. When we thought it was close enough my cousin said “NOW!” And we threw the sheet off and popped up. Him with a 6” model 19 and me with a 12g pump. The big maglight came on and we were looking at a coyote looking at us still about 80 yards away. Too far.
Se we moved a couple miles and made another set in an irrigation ditch. THIS time we heard a coyote running toward us and my cousin whispers “wait, wait..., wait..., NOW!
We through the sheet off and sat up just as the coyote hit my cousin in the chest and jumped right over us. Scared the heck out of us. Between being spooked and laughing at ourselves we never got a shot off.