The Loner

DoubleUp

DoubleUp

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The night was cool but not cold like we've faced the past few weeks. The 24 inches of snow was mostly melted, and the crisp NE wind was refreshing as I made my way toward my stand. I setup facing east and placed the call about 50 yds. out along a hedgerow. Almost immediately I had a coyote working along the field edge to my NE and doing what coyotes do as she worked to the south. She seemed to be on a mission and even though she was getting closer all the time, she didn't appear to be all that enthused with the bunny blues. I knew there was a crossover point through the hedgerow and into the next field, so when she stopped right in front of the crossover, I was concerned that she would hit the crossover rather than turning toward me along the hedgerow so I took the shot at 166 yds. The hit was solid and she dropped down into the crossover. I didn't entice any more coyotes with vocals or prey distress so I gave it up after 30 minutes and made the recovery.

 
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I just guess she wasn't hungry Owen. Just to show how different folks sight is different, I can't even see that yellow reticle on the critter, green is another that just barely shows up against a white background for me.
Nice shot BTW.
 
jmeddy said:
Just to show how different folks sight is different, I can't even see that yellow reticle on the critter, green is another that just barely shows up against a white background for me.
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I’m with you, Mike. I much prefer the blue or red reticles on my RIX. Even when in Black Hot I do not like Yellow or Green.
 
I agree it shows up much better on black hot, but I can see it well in the PIP. I probably should change it to red for white hot. 6mm06 says they are coming out with a black reticle so some may like that better on white hot. It's funny you should mention the reticle because I was thinking how in the world do you see that little dot in your last video, but again I'm sure it shows up well in PIP.
 
DoubleUp said:
I agree it shows up much better on black hot, but I can see it well in the PIP. I probably should change it to red for white hot. 6mm06 says they are coming out with a black reticle so some may like that better on white hot. It's funny you should mention the reticle because I was thinking how in the world do you see that little dot in your last video, but again I'm sure it shows up well in PIP.
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It does show well in PIP and it is my 'quick' range finder--half the body at 200 and the whole body covered up at just shy of 300 in the PIP when in base mag of 2.8
 
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