DoubleUp
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As many of you know, it has been a slow year for me on the coyote killing. Since any hope of equaling or bettering last year's total of 85 is non existent, I decided to switch back to my AR-15 in 223 for a while. It doesn't have the range of the 243, but with a 16" barrel is nice and compact with the Banish 30 suppressor.
I had a pair hit the bait pile early last week. With all the rain we've had it took them until last night to return.
The pair came in just before 10:45. The female went right to the bait pile and started eating. The male as they usually do, kept hanging back and allowing the female to eat all she wanted.
I was hoping to get them in a position to kill both, but since I was shooting my AR-15 with a 50 gr. V-max, I decided to take the closer shot on the female hoping the male might run a few yards and stop to see what happened to her. No such luck as he hit the afterburners and didn't stop till he reached the woods. The 50 gr. V-max shot all the way through her and exited on her left hip. Here is the picture as she lay and the video. Unfortunately again the weather conditions were not really conducive to thermal video.
#31 by Double Up, on Flickr
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I had a pair hit the bait pile early last week. With all the rain we've had it took them until last night to return.
The pair came in just before 10:45. The female went right to the bait pile and started eating. The male as they usually do, kept hanging back and allowing the female to eat all she wanted.
I was hoping to get them in a position to kill both, but since I was shooting my AR-15 with a 50 gr. V-max, I decided to take the closer shot on the female hoping the male might run a few yards and stop to see what happened to her. No such luck as he hit the afterburners and didn't stop till he reached the woods. The 50 gr. V-max shot all the way through her and exited on her left hip. Here is the picture as she lay and the video. Unfortunately again the weather conditions were not really conducive to thermal video.
#31 by Double Up, on Flickr
Video: