6mm06
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My season has finally arrived and I stayed at the shack for the last three consecutive nights. I have been watching a female coyote for most of the summer, though it's been a couple of weeks since I have seen her.
Early this morning at 0653 the alarm sounded. It was a coyote, but a different one, a male. My ATN 4k Pro digital was set to night mode. As I was trying to get it to daylight mode, the coyote looked up in the field, got nervous and suddenly left in a hurry. I figured my chance was gone, so I lay back on the bunk. About an hour later the alarm sounded again. He was a back. I had changed the mode to daytime. I think this only makes two coyotes I have taken during daylight hours over bait. They usually come at night.
The Ruger American Predator in 6mm Remington dropped him where he stood. I was shooting a Sierra Blitz King at 3720 fps. The bullet didn't exit the broadside shot. Distance was the usual 60 yards.