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.
 
Nice poke. 15x is plenty for those distances. I run my 5-25x scope at around 15x on moa sized targets out to 1200yrds.
 
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.
 
537 yards.
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Some pretty long shots. They aren’t a very big target beyond 500 yards. Prior to this year my longest coyote shot was with my old 700 bdl 22-250. I had a 6-24 Bausch & Lomb on it and tried to hold roughly a foot above its back and that was only 406 yards. That gun shot the Winchester 50 psp factory consistently at 1/2”. I sold it to buy the Tikka with a stainless barrel and detachable mag.
 
But in the meantime. Six-something. With my .17 Predator. Dumb shot to take. Lot of luck there. But he folded up like a cheap lawn chair on the spot. I don't bother to take those anymore. Four-something and only if everything feels right is about my limit these days.

- DAA
 
I rarely set up for long shots, so rarely get them. For me 300 is a long shot and have't taken one in a long time, to the point I don't remember one if I did. For me the closer I can get them the more fun it is. Killing one at my shoelaces is a rush, anything beyond 50 is just killing something. In 1969 I did shoot a red fox at around 400, rem 600 in 223 with a Weaver 4x scope, surprised the heck out of me when it flopped.

I have rifles that can do it, even practice out to 500 off sticks.
 
I’ve shot a couple at 400+ yards but I’m with DAA, I rarely take a shot over 400 yards anymore. Kinda defeats the purpose of “calling”. I definitely see the trend recently though seems like everybody is building guns that shoot the heavy high B.C bullets with 25 power scopes. But it’s not for me in a calling setup. I’m happy shooting my 12 twist .22-250 Ackley with a 3x10 scope off my 20+ year old Vern Howey sticks. And shooting most of my Coyotes from 0-200 yards.
 
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Many years ago I had a Swift and shot it every day and got pretty good with it. I had a handful of REAL lucky shots with it over the years I owned it. One was a running fox at 880, right in the dead furrow on the 1/2 mile line. The fourth shot it dropped. Luck, not skill.
 
Doubled this year at 760. My buddy killed one at 982 on the same set. Not that it is easy by any means, but scopes with a rangefinder and a ballistic calculator built in REALLY up your odds.
 
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