Flanked Again

Hunter55

Hunter55

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Flanked again​

We re-visited a new property we hunted on the 31st where we saw two coyotes but couldn’t get a shot that night. We waited until the moon was 30% and a cloudy night which made for a better setup as far as concealment goes, and tried again. The temperature was warm, about 60° and we were setup on the Westerly side of the farm by a single old wood post with a bunch of very tall weeds surrounding it. We were facing in an SE direction and expected to see coyotes coming from the SW or SE out of the plot of timber about 250 yards out... My ecaller was about 60 steps out and to the S of us with a 5 mph wind in our face. To the North of us about 200 yards was more timber.

We had changed our point of aim to the West when scanning heat signatures didn’t turn out to be coyotes. I scanned a hard right at 90° and seen a coyote just appearing out of the timber. Quickly I grabbed my tripod, pivoted, and squeezed one off. The coyote took a step just as I squeezed the trigger however, the bullet still found home and the coyote went down.

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alf said:
Nice job....

I'm having the same problem lately with the varmint getting a step on me, or the gun pulled off before dropping the hammer.
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this one definitely got a step on me, but I know what you mean I've pulled on my fair share lately.
 
alf said:
My last one was pretty ugly, took 3 or 4 more shots to close the deal. I have the video, but I don't want to post it.
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i know what you mean. I loaded up some Berger's last year and man would they group. The problem I had was they were not opening up, and were pin holing, not very good for "my average" terminal performance
 
Hunter55 said:
i know what you mean. I loaded up some Berger's last year and man would they group. The problem I had was they were not opening up, and were pin holing, not very good for "my average" terminal performance
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Depending on which Bergers, but the 52 Match I have been using is a fantastic bullet for coyotes.

Still doesn't make up for piss poor shot placement, unfortunately.
 
alf said:
Depending on which Bergers, but the 52 Match I have been using is a fantastic bullet for coyotes.

Still doesn't make up for piss poor shot placement, unfortunately.
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i was shooting .204 40gr. BT. If I hit bone, they'd open up
 
Pa. Mick said:
My 223 had made me a believer in a double tap ! Good shootin 😉 !
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we just started huntinga new farm and they want the coyotes piled up in a given area, and I let one get away from me last week, sucker slithered into the corn. Since then I figure I better put an anchor shot in them...thx
 
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