Coyote sniping rifle questions

set up a bait station and use one of those hog feeder motion activated lights in red or green unless you have a thermal scanner and thermal scope, then just sit in the dark and wait..pew-pew WHACK, thump :)
 
Finally a excuse to buy that pre-1986 M16 full auto you have always secretly wanted ......"honey I'm protecting the homestead, you, your momma, and the sheep" ......., 22K $$$ later and 4k in bulk ammo spent = 2/3 dead yotes. Might work .... (sorry couldn't resist the sidebar humor) ...
 
Sgt_Mike said:
Finally a excuse to buy that pre-1986 M16 you have always secretly wanted ......"honey I'm protecting the homestead and the sheep" ......., 22K $$$ later and 4k in bulk ammo spent = 2/3 dead yotes. Might work .... (sorry couldn't resist the sidebar humor) ...
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@crapshoot dang prices went up again jeeeezzzzz

well you could go HK 91 (10K)

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ok I'll quit with the stupid / or actually silly humor
 
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@moonshine44
Now to get away from my silly humor. And honestly just curious of your decision or thoughts on a build. As I actually like to watch others build some fantastic rifles.,
Best regards in your choosing a path forward.
Mike
 
moonshine44 said:
This one kind of requires some background information, so here goes: I live on a cattle ranch, but my mom in law, my wife and my granddaughters have some sheep as well. The sheep pasture is relatively close to my son and daughter in law's front porch/deck, but the far corner is somewhere in the vicinity of 500 yards away. The pasture is fenced with woven wire but the fence is old enough that it has holes and gaps in it. I have snares set everywhere that I can find to set them, but we still get lambs chewed up by coyotes too often. I spend a fair amount of time on overwatch to keep coyotes out of the sheep.

I have a 16" 6.5 Grendel AR with a suppressor and thermal scope on it that is hyper-accurate (Black Hole Weaponry heavy barrel from the Moses Lake days), but I'm not confident that the shorter barrel will reach quite far enough to take care of a coyote in the far corner of the pasture. And if the weather is hot the thermal doesn't quite give me the sight picture that I want. So I'm thinking I would like to build a dedicated sniping upper with a good non-thermal scope using the same caliber and load but with a longer barrel for more reach.

Am I fooling myself and just looking for an excuse to build another upper? Possibly.

I won't be carrying it, it'll be set on a tripod on the deck any time I'm on overwatch, so I'm kind of thinking 22 to 24 inches. Too much? Barrel manufacturer suggestions?

I plan on laser ranging a bunch of points in the pasture so I have reference points to make it easier to get the right hold. I'm looking at the Vortex Viper HS-T 6-24x50 for a scope. I love Vortex Viper scopes.

Thoughts, folks?

Thanks in advance!
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I use to do a lot of long range shooting on coyotes. You've collected quite a bit of data. The only thing I would focus on is. Do a boatload of target shooting in various wind speeds/wind directions. Know your rifle, know your bullet...Like 2nd nature. Target shoot ALOT at...your maximum yardage. ie 500 yards. Once you become very confident & capable( you know 2nd nature/gut instinct shooting). Then commence to hammer away on them.
 
I have this "problem" regularly, smaller properties with coyote visiting and occasionally quite close to home/barn, livestock and pets. A quick setup for a porch shot(thermal) is fresh blood several feet off the ground and some small chunks of slightly tainted meat scattered around. A side wind if your brain won't allow you to sit upwind(until you give them a reason to fear the house). Unusual noise will get their attention before human scent around barns and shops/houses. I often place scent for 150 yard shot/closer if the wind is strong enough so there is background noise.
 
Sgt_Mike said:
@moonshine44
Now to get away from my silly humor. And honestly just curious of your decision or thoughts on a build. As I actually like to watch others build some fantastic rifles.,
Best regards in your choosing a path forward.
Mike
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I've got a bolt gun in 6.5 Creed coming. Now I just need to get dies and brass headed my way as well.
 
As much as I would like to get them to come closer, baiting really isn't an option. The sheep themselves are apparently bait enough. If I put out a bait station I'd better tell the dogs to move over because I'd be sleeping with them, and I have an aversion to sleeping with fleas and other assorted critters walking on me.

Thanks, folks!
 
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