What’s your longest coyote poke

Callingyotes

Callingyotes

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Yesterday morning I was coming in from feeding cows and there was a coyote down by the lakeshore. I ran to the house and grabbed the Tikka 22 creed. Jammed the spartan springbok bipod on the gun and ran over, set my but down and leaned back against a round bale.
I cranked the Trijicon credo to max which is 15x and turned the turret to 550 yards. Took a poke at the coyote and to my surprise it fell over dead.
About an hour later my nephew showed up. He went to the spot where I had shot from and I drove down to where the coyote lay and he ranged the side of my vehicle. I came back up and he made me guess how far it was. After several wrong guesses he said 635 yards.
I had caught the coyote across the bottom of the chest and the 77gr TMK opened it up like a can of tuna. I never used to attempt shots like this when I had the 22-250 with just a plex reticle. Now I’m wishing I’d got a little more top end magnification.
Without a doubt this is my longest coyote shot. Just wondering what your guys longest coyote poke is.
 
I’ve scratched out a couple of them a little over 700 yards. First shot on one, and the second shot on the other, after I saw the first bullet hit the snow just in front of the chest.
That’s the only two I’ve tried at that distance.
 
I taped one sitting on its haunches at 630 yards a year or two ago with my 6mm AI.

Probably 10 or so years ago, I smacked one out close to 800 yards with my 257 Wby. I think I recall it being in the 770s.

Hit one running at 497 yards with my 300 Wby many moons ago. Witnessed too! It was a bit of a fluke. The bullet actually hit the crown of the eyeball. Never touched hide at all. It required a finisher. Just absurd.
 
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