Hunter55
Well-known member
Well I’ve been lingering in the shadows for awhile killed several coyotes however, seems there was always a reason I couldn’t post, No Receipts”. This scope doesn’t automatically record when you pull the trigger, and the yotes I’ve shot were either lost, too far to jaunt through the snow or muddy field. Some of them were hit and ran off.
Anyway, last night the planets aligned, finally! I’ve setup on this field many times and killed several coyotes from here. The furthest timber to the SW is 527 yds, the grain silo is about 815 yds. The second timberline to the West is about 260 yds. And from where I’m setup straight due South to the silo is 240 yds. and then the field drops off into a 300 yard trough or low spot, and the silo is at 815. If a coyote gets into the 300 yard low spot he’s home free, he can almost run the the field from East to West undetected. I’ve watched enough of them escape into this low spot to become well schooled on this field. It’s my sincere opinion coyotes are well schooled in tactical evasion techniques, ha.
Last night I hunted from a 6’ elevated position to give me a little better sight picture down into this 300 yd. low spot in the field, and it paid dividends. The coyote came in from the SW and I 1st spotted him at the 527 and he continued to meander and mouse around until he came into about 200 yds from me, I squeezed one off and darn if I didn’t miss, just couldn’t get comfortable leaned over the bench. I racked another one in the chamber, found him in the scope and raised the zoom to 18x. Anyway he lit off like a house afire ran and ran and ran, finally he stopped, turned around and looked and I held my 1st hash mark and squeezed another round off. I thought I missed, seemed like it took forever for that bullet to find its mark but, it did. The Winchester Model 70, in a 22-250 finds home once again!
Anyway, last night the planets aligned, finally! I’ve setup on this field many times and killed several coyotes from here. The furthest timber to the SW is 527 yds, the grain silo is about 815 yds. The second timberline to the West is about 260 yds. And from where I’m setup straight due South to the silo is 240 yds. and then the field drops off into a 300 yard trough or low spot, and the silo is at 815. If a coyote gets into the 300 yard low spot he’s home free, he can almost run the the field from East to West undetected. I’ve watched enough of them escape into this low spot to become well schooled on this field. It’s my sincere opinion coyotes are well schooled in tactical evasion techniques, ha.
Last night I hunted from a 6’ elevated position to give me a little better sight picture down into this 300 yd. low spot in the field, and it paid dividends. The coyote came in from the SW and I 1st spotted him at the 527 and he continued to meander and mouse around until he came into about 200 yds from me, I squeezed one off and darn if I didn’t miss, just couldn’t get comfortable leaned over the bench. I racked another one in the chamber, found him in the scope and raised the zoom to 18x. Anyway he lit off like a house afire ran and ran and ran, finally he stopped, turned around and looked and I held my 1st hash mark and squeezed another round off. I thought I missed, seemed like it took forever for that bullet to find its mark but, it did. The Winchester Model 70, in a 22-250 finds home once again!