highrise37
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I recently moved into a home with many acres of farm land a 2 minute walk out my reloading room door.
I have been active in the shooting sports for 30 years but mostly shooting skeet, trap and handguns.
One day I figured I would take a walk in the field behind the house and stumbled across a pack of coyotes in the distance......well that was all I needed.
Off to the local gun shop and ordered a Savage 2 stainless in .223. The gun came in a few days ago and I am very impressed,,,,I have custom .280 AI's that don't shoot as well,,,,,this gun was a 3/4" gun right out of the box.
That was last week,,,,,this morning I head into the field where I have a stand location picked out and get settled at 6:00 AM.
A few minutes later I blow on the rabbit distress call and hope for the best. Less than 5 minutes later I can't believe my eyes,,,,4 coyote enter the field 200 yards away and are looking toward the sound of the call......
I take aim at the biggest one who is sitting down facing me at this point and begin to squeeze the trigger and the gun goes off. I can see the yote go down as if he were struck by lightning as the other 3 bolt for the woods......6:15 and the hunt is over.
The Hornady Z-Max 55 grain preformed as advertised at a distance of 232 paces.
I am hooked
Thanks to everyone who's threads I have read over the last week for some very helpful information.
I have been active in the shooting sports for 30 years but mostly shooting skeet, trap and handguns.
One day I figured I would take a walk in the field behind the house and stumbled across a pack of coyotes in the distance......well that was all I needed.
Off to the local gun shop and ordered a Savage 2 stainless in .223. The gun came in a few days ago and I am very impressed,,,,I have custom .280 AI's that don't shoot as well,,,,,this gun was a 3/4" gun right out of the box.
That was last week,,,,,this morning I head into the field where I have a stand location picked out and get settled at 6:00 AM.
A few minutes later I blow on the rabbit distress call and hope for the best. Less than 5 minutes later I can't believe my eyes,,,,4 coyote enter the field 200 yards away and are looking toward the sound of the call......
I take aim at the biggest one who is sitting down facing me at this point and begin to squeeze the trigger and the gun goes off. I can see the yote go down as if he were struck by lightning as the other 3 bolt for the woods......6:15 and the hunt is over.
The Hornady Z-Max 55 grain preformed as advertised at a distance of 232 paces.
I am hooked
Thanks to everyone who's threads I have read over the last week for some very helpful information.