Steve--you weren't supposed to notice that red stuff dripping out of the back of that coyote. Dan called in 2 coyotes at this spot. Dan was on the left of the setup and he is responsible for the coyote on the left--I take the one on my side. I had the one on my side all lined up in the scope and was waiting for Dan to shoot. Well Dan had himself situated where he couldn't see from right below where he was laying to about 50 yards out. Guess where the nice colored coyote came and on his side??? Yep, right below him where he couldn't see either coyote. I could see Dan was in no position to shoot the good one, so I swung my rifle over to shoot his coyote. I was twisted around pretty bad and that coyote wouldn't stop for an easy shot. I did the best I could and shot a little high and a little far back toward the rear too. When I went to eject the empty, the extractor let the casing drop right on top of the magazine. I had to tip the rifle over to get the empty out. By the time I got twisted around to the coyote on my side, it was running away. I put two holes in the air as it ran away.
Dan sold his HB .243 to his brother Charlie many years ago. He used a HB 22-250. We usually don't tear them up like I did on this one.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Steve--Just click on the 1st icon at the top of my reply. This is the Profile icon and myy e-mail addy will be listed there. You can also click on the little envelope icon and my e-mail address will be listed at the top of that pop-up window.
Leonard--Thanks for the idea. The handle doesn't rotate much in my hand, just enough to be bothersome, so I'm going to modify my handle following your suggestion so it doesn't twist at all.
For those of you who hadn't seen the coyote with the cauliflower growths in his mouth, he was a very heavy, fat coyote. I'd estimate his weight at well over 40 pounds. I didn't weigh him though. The growths must not have hampered his hunting/eating abilities. A biology teacher at the local high school said these growths were caused by a parasite. It seems walleye get these types of growths somewhere on their bodies too.
Steve or Doc--do you know if this type of growth causes the animal any pain? Does it eventually kill the animal or what???
[This message has been edited by Silverfox (edited 03-13-2001).]
