BoomSplat
New member
I got a chance to take out my new R-15 today. I picked it up last weekend at Cabela's and got the optics mounted and sighted it in this week. It's has the 22" barrel and is chambered in 223. I haven't had time to work up any loads for it yet, but the loads I use for my Bushy Varminter have shown promise as it grouped them about an inch or less.
My sweetie had told me she had seen a coyote cross the road in front of her on several occasions while on her way to and from work recently so I called my friend Mitch to see if he wanted to go out for a couple of hours this afternoon. He told me he would be ready when I got there.
The spot is only a couple of miles from the house so it didn't take long to get there and set up. I hung the Scorpion in a sagebrush about 50 yards in front of us and played about a minute of Lightning Jack and a flock of magpies comes swooping in. I muted the caller for about a minute to let the birds disperse some and hit the sound again and this little guy shows up at about 50 or 60 yards out. The 52 grain hollow point did the job as it always does. I went back to the truck to get the camera for a couple of glory shots and we were on our way to the next stand. Hope you like the pics. After retrieving the coyote and getting the camera for the pics, I forgot the caller and left it hanging in the sagebrush. I realized this when we got to the next stand and no caller, crap!!! Guess it was just a little warning as to how the rest of the afternoon was going to turn out. After recovering the caller the rest of the stands turned out dry and it was time to head home.
Me with the first kill of my R-15
My friend Mitch sharing in my success
My sweetie had told me she had seen a coyote cross the road in front of her on several occasions while on her way to and from work recently so I called my friend Mitch to see if he wanted to go out for a couple of hours this afternoon. He told me he would be ready when I got there.
The spot is only a couple of miles from the house so it didn't take long to get there and set up. I hung the Scorpion in a sagebrush about 50 yards in front of us and played about a minute of Lightning Jack and a flock of magpies comes swooping in. I muted the caller for about a minute to let the birds disperse some and hit the sound again and this little guy shows up at about 50 or 60 yards out. The 52 grain hollow point did the job as it always does. I went back to the truck to get the camera for a couple of glory shots and we were on our way to the next stand. Hope you like the pics. After retrieving the coyote and getting the camera for the pics, I forgot the caller and left it hanging in the sagebrush. I realized this when we got to the next stand and no caller, crap!!! Guess it was just a little warning as to how the rest of the afternoon was going to turn out. After recovering the caller the rest of the stands turned out dry and it was time to head home.
Me with the first kill of my R-15
My friend Mitch sharing in my success
