What's Your hunting setup.

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CATM223

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New member, but long time coyote hunter and trapper. I would like to know what firearms setups PM members are using for hunting. I am using two TC Enores, one with a custom 223 barrel and the other with a 204 ruger barrel. I also carry a Remngton 1100 that I have carrying for 40 years. Both rifles are topped with vortex 6-24 scopes and wicked lights. My electronic caller is a Primos Alpha dog and I carry a few assorted hands calls. I mainly hunt central Ohio, and lower Alabama.
Thanks for any responses..
 
Welcome aboard, depending on open-ness of terrain, TC Venture 22-250, 6x6.8 AR, or 300 BO AR.
Same ecaller that you have, plus 2 hand calls.
Just got an ATN-X2 3-14X that needs to go hunt'n at night.
Show us some pics, when you can..

ps: my favorite overall gun is a 1100 20ga LT that I've had since 1970s..
 
Welcome CatM223!!
I have several I hunt with, a few are ....T/C prohunter with a custom Bullberry barrel in .22 hornet 16" with a 2.5X7 Leupold on it.
I have a Christensen Arms Vtac recon semi auto CA-15 with 16" barrel in .223 with a Leupold VX 3i in 4.5x14.
A Christensen Arms BA Vtac bolt action in .223 16" barrel with a ER 2.5x10 Leica scope.
A Sako finnlight .243, 22" barrel with a Leupold 6.5x20 VX3
I have a fox pro shockwave, fusion, and scorpion. I use a Leica 1600 range finder, primos Trigger Sticks, Carver hand calls, synco twitty, twitty, and a few other hand calls.
I hunt in Indiana and Arizona.
And my wife and I are attending the Predator Master Banquet again this year!!
And I am waiting on the Feds to release my Thunder Beast Suppresser ultra 7 from jail...........hence all the short barreled rifles above!
 
Welcome!

I have several different rifies I use.
Remington 700 BDL 222 w/ a 3.5-10x40 VX-3i
Remington 7 Predator 223 w/ a 3-9x40 VX-2
Remington 700 VLS 22-250 w/ a 4.5-14x50 VX-3 LR
Remington 700 CDL Boone & Crockett 243 w/ a 4.5-14x40 VX-3 LR
AR platform 22" BHW barrel in 204 w/ a 2.5-16x42 Bushnell Elite 6500

I also tote along either a 870 or 11-87 in 12 gauge most of the time.

Using a Foxpro Fusion paired with a SP-60 and a host of hand calls from the custom call makers on here.

Bog Pod SB-2c, wicked lights at night, Leupold RX-1000i TBR rangefinder, Mojo decoys if I use one.
 
Main squeeze - Ar15 platform w/ 24" WOA barrel, .223 shooting 55 grain VMax

Spring gun - Custom 6.5 creedmoor on Blueprinted 700 action shooting 130 VLDs

When I'm feeling frisky - Rem 700 .17 Fireball shooting 25 grainHornady HPs

Build in Progress - Ar15 platform w/ 24" XCaliber barrel, .204 plan on shooting 35 Bergers

 
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Thank you for all that replied.. For those of you that are shooting a 243 and up, how much fur damage do you have? I put up and sell my furs so pelt damage is a concern.
Thanks again.
CATM223 (combat arms training maintenance)
 
Welcome

I'm one of the odd-ball predator hunters

BRNO combo gun 12ga/22 Savvage Highpower(5.6x52R) Leupold VX-2 1-4x20mm

Bernardelli combo gun 12ga/5.6x50R Magnum Leupold VX-2 1-4x20mm. My Favorite combo gun.

Wilkes Drilling 16ga/16ga/6.5x58R Sauer Leupold VX-1 1-4x20mm

Savage 11 22-204 Sightron II 1.5-6x40mm. This is my goto bolt gun.

Stevens 200 6mm-204(for shooting 55gr NBT lead frees) Burris Sig. Select 1.5-6x40mm

Rem 722 22-250 Bushnell Elite 4299 2.5-10x40mm

2 Minaska M-1 Bandits and a FP CS-24 RR Open and close read calls and a couple of TT's
 
I just started a couple years ago.
I'm using a Rem 700 VTR in .223, 60gr Vmax, Nikon 3-9x40.
Built an AR with BHW barrel in .264 LBC and plan to shoot 85gr Sierras for coyote but don't have my load work finished yet.

Primos Alpha Dogg caller, no hand calls yet.
Generally use a bipod, but I bought some Primos trigger sticks to try out.

Great sport to be into, welcome to the site.
 
18" midlength SD fluted SPR contour 1-8 twist 5.56 AR15
18" midlength WOA 1-12 twist varmint turned down to .750 straight tapper 5.56 AR15.
20" Rifle length 6.5 grendel AR, 123 grain Amax
16" midlength 6.8 SPCII AR, 110 grain Vmax
Savage model 12 .204 ruger, cut down to 22" barrel with a B&C duramax stock, 32 grain Vmax
Remington 700 BDL 22" .243, 58 grain Vmax loads @ 3900 fps & 75 grain Vmax @ 3400 fps.
 
Winchester m70 lightweight 243
TC Venture 204
Savage bmag 17wsm
Savage 22mag
Remington 870
Have a FoxPro but mostly use Carver Rubber rabbit series of hand calls.
 
Remington 700V 222 Rem with a Vari-X II 3.5x10
Remington 870 Youth 20 gauge with TSS
Winchester 1300 (several) with Indian Creek Chokes and TSS

Soon to be a 7mm-08 bolt action hopefully.
 
Thanks again for everyone's response. I thinks this helps our members by seeing the different equipment that is used.. This is the good part of social media...
Viper- if you haven't already, check out Bellm TC for EVERYTHING TC Encores and Pro hunters.
 
CZ 527 American in 1:12 .223 with Nightforce SHV on top
Remington 700 SPS-Varmint in .223 with Nightforce SHV
Custom built wildcat on M700 chambered in 22-243 Winchester with another SHV on top. Fast twist barrel and 75gr pills for longrange work.
 
I have a Ruger Hawkeye All Weather 22-250 with a Nikon Coyote Special 4.5-14x40 scope. Nice shooting gun I'm really happy with it. With it being a 1:14 twist it loves the 50gr superformance ammo.
 
I traded my shotgun for a Tikka T3X Superlight .22-250. I sent an older Zeiss scope in for repair and they returned a new 3-15 HD model.
I mounted the scope and quickly sighted it in. Then proceeded to score 17 coyotes to 355 yds from the drivers seat of my truck.
 
First coyote gun was TC encore 243 with a japanese tasco world class 3x9. Extensive fur damage with a 70 bk.
700vls 204 w 8x32 burris
AR from predator technology group. 18in hbar 223 3x10 vx3
Benelli sbe
Weatherby mkv syn 300wea. 3x9 burris my go2
Call from varmint al played across a jbl waterproof blue tooth speaker.
 
Originally Posted By: RePete700 Classic 17Rem...VX3 2.5-8



CZ 527 17FB...VX3 3.5-10




I'm jealous. I've got to get a .17 soon.
 


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