Managed to mostly avoid the rain and the mud yesterday and found a few coyotes willing to give their all in the name of bullet testing
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A brief coyote by coyote synopsis:
First coyote, YoY female, running away at a slight angle, about 100 yards. Hit her low in the ham, bullet went up and hamburged the pelvis area - big hole between the legs. She was spinning, so I hit her again. Big hole on shoulder near neck/shoulder junction. Was basically shooting at a weasel ball, couldn't say whether that big hole was the entrance or the exit. Forgot to take pictures of this one.
Coyotes two and three, killed a few minutes apart on the same stand. First one, adult female, frontal facing shot at 20 yards, bang flop. Big hole in the back. Second one on this stand, YoY female, frontal facing, 25 yards, no exit, zero damage.
Fourth coyote, small adult male, frontal facing at about 40 yards, no exit, no damage.
Group photo before the rain made them ugly...
Fifth coyote, YoY female, frontal facing shot at about 110 yards, she took the bullet right up the nose. She looks kind of ugly because it started to rain during this stand.
And, once the rain started on that stand, it didn't quit, so that was it for calling yesterday.
I did manage to pick up two more on one stand today about noon though, after the sun dried things up a bit. A small very old female and a decent sized adult male. The small female was about 140 yards frontal facing. Bang flop, no damage. The larger male was about 320 yards broadside, bang flop, no damage.
The old females teeth - she was an old one for sure.
And that's pretty much all the news that's fit to print! Oh, except, almost forgot to mention, I missed two...
Getting some craters on my primers with this load, I need to get back and tweak it some. Back off the pressure and the velocity a bit, then go get out amongst 'em again and see what I can see.
- DAA
A brief coyote by coyote synopsis:
First coyote, YoY female, running away at a slight angle, about 100 yards. Hit her low in the ham, bullet went up and hamburged the pelvis area - big hole between the legs. She was spinning, so I hit her again. Big hole on shoulder near neck/shoulder junction. Was basically shooting at a weasel ball, couldn't say whether that big hole was the entrance or the exit. Forgot to take pictures of this one.
Coyotes two and three, killed a few minutes apart on the same stand. First one, adult female, frontal facing shot at 20 yards, bang flop. Big hole in the back. Second one on this stand, YoY female, frontal facing, 25 yards, no exit, zero damage.
Fourth coyote, small adult male, frontal facing at about 40 yards, no exit, no damage.
Group photo before the rain made them ugly...
Fifth coyote, YoY female, frontal facing shot at about 110 yards, she took the bullet right up the nose. She looks kind of ugly because it started to rain during this stand.
And, once the rain started on that stand, it didn't quit, so that was it for calling yesterday.
I did manage to pick up two more on one stand today about noon though, after the sun dried things up a bit. A small very old female and a decent sized adult male. The small female was about 140 yards frontal facing. Bang flop, no damage. The larger male was about 320 yards broadside, bang flop, no damage.
The old females teeth - she was an old one for sure.
And that's pretty much all the news that's fit to print! Oh, except, almost forgot to mention, I missed two...
Getting some craters on my primers with this load, I need to get back and tweak it some. Back off the pressure and the velocity a bit, then go get out amongst 'em again and see what I can see.
- DAA
