bushpilotmexico
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Went to a few regular spots early this morning with no luck so I decided to cruise down to the property of a rancher friend of mine to check out a couple of carcasses.
It was about 9:30 am and while driving the highway I spotted a yote trying to chase off several ravens who had congregated on the carcass looking for an early breakfast.
There is a steep bank on the south side of the roadway so I pulled over and didn't shut the Pathfinder off until a large transport drove by me.
Then I climbed up the bank and slid under the barbed wire fence hoping the coyote hadn't seen me. I crawled over to a pile of rocks and when I looked there were 2 coyotes that were on the hill about 50 yards above the MacDonalds hamburger.
I ranged them at 400 yards and clicked 5 MoA on my Sako 6BR. The coyotes seemed more intent watching the ravens and a couple of bald eagles.
I had a decent rest so I cranked the Nikon Buckmaster up to 18 power, found the first yote in the cross hairs and squeezed off the shot. I could hear the 75 grain Hornady V-max hit and the coyote crumbled to the ground. Naturally the second one took off running.
You can see the carcass just below and to the left of the large pine tree in the distance.
This shot shows the coyote where it fell
The sun was nice and warm with an outside temperature of around 57 degrees so I decided to just nestle down in the rock pile and wait and see if the second one would reappear.
After 30 minutes I decided that it wasn't going to show up so I packed up my gear and started walking over to coyote #1. I had only moved forward 50 yards when low and behold the second yote was on the same hillside moving over to his fallen comrade. He gave his old buddy a sniff and then walked about 20 yards to the left.
I sat down, ranged him at 350 yards, cranked on my MoA, set up the shooting sticks, found the yote in the cross hairs and squeezed off the round. Again I could hear the V-max hit home and the coyote rolled down the hill.
This is where I sat
In the photo the arrows show where the coyotes lay.
All in all a pretty good day
Blood on the old Pathfinder and I'm sporting my blue gloves.
It was about 9:30 am and while driving the highway I spotted a yote trying to chase off several ravens who had congregated on the carcass looking for an early breakfast.
There is a steep bank on the south side of the roadway so I pulled over and didn't shut the Pathfinder off until a large transport drove by me.
Then I climbed up the bank and slid under the barbed wire fence hoping the coyote hadn't seen me. I crawled over to a pile of rocks and when I looked there were 2 coyotes that were on the hill about 50 yards above the MacDonalds hamburger.
I ranged them at 400 yards and clicked 5 MoA on my Sako 6BR. The coyotes seemed more intent watching the ravens and a couple of bald eagles.
I had a decent rest so I cranked the Nikon Buckmaster up to 18 power, found the first yote in the cross hairs and squeezed off the shot. I could hear the 75 grain Hornady V-max hit and the coyote crumbled to the ground. Naturally the second one took off running.
You can see the carcass just below and to the left of the large pine tree in the distance.
This shot shows the coyote where it fell
The sun was nice and warm with an outside temperature of around 57 degrees so I decided to just nestle down in the rock pile and wait and see if the second one would reappear.
After 30 minutes I decided that it wasn't going to show up so I packed up my gear and started walking over to coyote #1. I had only moved forward 50 yards when low and behold the second yote was on the same hillside moving over to his fallen comrade. He gave his old buddy a sniff and then walked about 20 yards to the left.
I sat down, ranged him at 350 yards, cranked on my MoA, set up the shooting sticks, found the yote in the cross hairs and squeezed off the round. Again I could hear the V-max hit home and the coyote rolled down the hill.
This is where I sat
In the photo the arrows show where the coyotes lay.
All in all a pretty good day
Blood on the old Pathfinder and I'm sporting my blue gloves.
