Ursus21
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Well its finally warmed up around here a little. Enough to fool us into thinking Spring might actually arrived. There is still enough snow and ice around to make me not fully believe, hence the "sort'a" in my title. Saturday, I just had to get out since it was such a nice day for a change. Anyway I have a .243 that I hadn't killed anything with yet. I bought some Hornady Superformance 58gr ammo and really wanted to see how it would perform on coyotes. I was favorably impressed with it. No big nasty exit wounds. At times no exit at all. Kills coyotes like the Hammer of Thor. I mean kills them RIGHT NOW! I can like that a lot.
Here is my very first kill with the rifle.
A little later that day I called in a triple and was only able to get this one before they the rest escaped. I love this wide open, rugged, type terrain for hunting coyotes!
My partner on this trip is older than me by 15 to 20 years, but he can shoot and contributed his share to the tally. This is a nice big male he killed and the last coyote of the day. Interestingly enough this coyote had a bullet would right on top of his rear, just in front of his tail. The wound was about as long as my ring finger and about a 1/4 inch wide and a 1/4" deep. He'd definitely had a really close call in the last month. Guess he used up all his luck though. On a side note my partner killed this coyote at 261 yards as it was trotting towards us. Killing a coyote on the move at that distance impresses me anyway.
Called in 10 coyotes to within 300 yards or less. Killed half of them. Of the 19 coyotes we saw, only 3 did not take a step towards us. Some others came in but would hold up too far out to shoot. Well at least too far for me to shoot. Overall it was a fantastic day spent with a really good friend.
Got to love the sign, eh.
Here is my very first kill with the rifle.
A little later that day I called in a triple and was only able to get this one before they the rest escaped. I love this wide open, rugged, type terrain for hunting coyotes!
My partner on this trip is older than me by 15 to 20 years, but he can shoot and contributed his share to the tally. This is a nice big male he killed and the last coyote of the day. Interestingly enough this coyote had a bullet would right on top of his rear, just in front of his tail. The wound was about as long as my ring finger and about a 1/4 inch wide and a 1/4" deep. He'd definitely had a really close call in the last month. Guess he used up all his luck though. On a side note my partner killed this coyote at 261 yards as it was trotting towards us. Killing a coyote on the move at that distance impresses me anyway.
Called in 10 coyotes to within 300 yards or less. Killed half of them. Of the 19 coyotes we saw, only 3 did not take a step towards us. Some others came in but would hold up too far out to shoot. Well at least too far for me to shoot. Overall it was a fantastic day spent with a really good friend.
Got to love the sign, eh.