Finally going to give it a try

None are Holywood quiet. I've hunted with a friend that has a high end suppressor, I was pretty surprised by how loud it was in the field. Note "I'm going to give it a try", I'm not expecting it to be the end all in coyote hunting, in fact looking at my favorite predator hunting rifles, I doubt it will get a lot of time in the field. It will give me experience with a suppressor. Much like when I bought a big Arken scope to see what all the whoopla over FFP scopes was/is. I experienced, it learned how to use it and found they didn't fit my style of hunting. My Arken now resides on my grandsons LR 308, great fit for him. No suppressor is going to mask sound to the point that a coyote won't hear it, so a few decibel one way or another isn't a deal breaker. I think of the suppressor more as a kindness to a hunting partner or local residents, allowing me to use my 20P in areas I would have taken my 22 WMR.

So in all I bought a well respected but not the quietest suppressor for $500 vs $1000+ for a few decibel quieter.
 
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None are Holywood quiet. I've hunted with a friend that has a high end suppressor, I was pretty surprised by how loud it was in the field. Note "I'm going to give it a try", I'm not expecting it to be the end all in coyote hunting, in fact looking at my favorite predator hunting rifles, I doubt it will get a lot of time in the field. It will give me experience with a suppressor. Much like when I bought a big Arken scope to see what all the whoopla over FFP scopes was/is. I experienced, it learned how to use it and found they didn't fit my style of hunting. My Arken now resides on my grandsons LR 308, great fit for him. No suppressor is going to mask sound to the point that a coyote won't hear it, so a few decibel one way or another isn't a deal breaker. I think of the suppressor more as a kindness to a hunting partner or local residents, allowing me to use my 20P in areas I would have taken my 22 WMR.

So in all I bought a well respected but not the quietest suppressor for $500 vs $1000+ for a few decibel quieter.
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Whenever I first started researching suppressors the OCL Polonium was high on the list. I relied heavily on channels like pew science and such to help me make my decision and I'm not the least disappointed.

I finally put the 6mm cap on the 6mm arc and it does make a difference. I'm pleased.
 
Yeah, forget what motion pictures show as suppression, unless you’re shootings subsonic.
It’s nice not to have to wear protection while shooting. It’s also nice having critters not know where the noise came from. It seems after the first shot, more critters run towards me or a short distance and stop, rather than running away.
 
I personally think we give too much credit to a suppressor. Clap your hands and a coyote know where it came from. Mouse squeaks will catch a coyotes attention at a very long distance. Neither are as loud as a suppressed 223.

Multiple delayed responses while shooting unsuppressed have been pretty common. I think bullet strikes behind a coyote before he even hears the gunshot, can have a lot to do with his directional motivation, the bullet gets there before the sound of the shot.

I will be switching between suppressed and unsuppressed just because I can't put suppressors on most of my favorite calling rifles. Hence "I'm going to give it a try"
 
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From what I have seen shooting during the day at sleepers there is a big difference in the reaction between canned and no muzzle accessory. Pretty dramatic with my 22-250's. A pair sleeping, shoot one no can and the second usually will not stop within range. Windy days there is a better chance of a second shot(makes me think it is sound level related). Since I have been running suppressed, I expect to get a shot at the second, often that coyote will only be 50-75' away from where it had been laying. At night same thing will happen if 2 or more come to call or bait, a survivor will often stop within 100 yards and often one will actually come closer to my location before stopping and looking back where the first is laying. Seldom do they stop and look my way. It's like they don't know where the shot came from. Just observations after several hundred coyotes.
 
"bullet strikes behind a coyote before he even hears the gunshot" Not just yotes either. Shot at an armadillo @ >150 yds at night. It scurried away - from missed bullet hit. Same with a rabbit @ 75 yds, just hopped around not knowing what happened.
 
All I know is I get more after shot opportunities with suppressed vs unsuppressed…especially on hogs and even coyotes on the rare occasion I call in more than one.
 
I have shot ONLY unsuppressed 243 at night and have many multiple kills in the same set of 2's, 3's, a couple 4's (hit a fifth on one of these sets but could not find it), and one 5. On other sets with multiples showing up the other(s) take off like a jet until out of sight and I can't get them stopped. Who knows why they react as they do!
That being said, I just had in hand, paid for, did the paperwork, and am now waiting for approval so I can return to pick up a Lyman Sonicore Paradox 30 DT. Maybe more multiples will be in my future but the main reason I bought one was many places I hunt are close enough to houses that I feel uncomfortable shooting after 10:00ish so hoping that taking the "crack" out will open these farms up to later (more) hunts.
 
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