Coyote Hunting

[TRnCO]

had a fun stand first thing Saturday morning. I got into position before shooting light and waited a few minutes for enough light to see. I let out a few howls and got an immediate vocal response from a group about 1/2 mile out. I waited a bit for better light, and while waiting I got them spotted with my binoc, and they were already coming my way slowly but surely, so I let them come. They got to about 250 yards out and one of them decided to howl a few times, which was cool. As soon as it got down howling, I let out one more howl on the Revolution, and here they come on the run, side by side, shoulder to shoulder. Things got real rodeo like real quick. I was following the lead coyote in the scope and tried to bark stop him, but he rolled right on by, headed down wind, which was basically behind me. Thankfully one of the others decided to stop for a moment and I got her dumped at about 40 yards. The other three headed out, so I hit my pre set #1, which I call my "stop" barks, and sure enough all three stopped, so then I quickly hit preset #2 which is one of my favorite coyote fight sounds, and here all three coming back on the run. I decided to shoot #2 as it was still coming in at about 50 yards. It was coming straight at me, so was basically a standing shot. #3 was slightly behind and beside #2, and when it saw #2 go down, it stopped and I quickly dropped it. The fourth coyote decided it had seen enough and headed out, but with the fight sound rockin' on the Revolution, it just had to stop for one more look at about 120 yards, and it didn't take long for me to drop the hammer on it right there. All happened so quick that I actually had a hard time finding them all, because I lost track of where they were when I shot. This was my second quad of the season, but the coyotes on the other stand that I killed all came separately so they were much easier to handle. Either way gets the blood pumpin....
Killed three more Sunday which puts me at 95 for the season. About time to hang it up until next Oct. Fur buyer comes tomorrow for the last time.

[CS1983]

That's great shooting. mind if I ask why you use a bolt action and not a semi since your shots seem pretty close in?

[Firehaus]

Awesome! I bet the deer hunting out there is good after your done.


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[TRnCO]

why you use a bolt action and not a semi since your shots seem pretty close in?

Couple of reasons. The suppressed bolt action is slightly quieter than an AR. And I don't care for the nasty dirty brass that I end up with from the suppressed AR, and this rifle is lighter than any of my AR's. Plus this rifle is a 17/204 and I prefer to pick up my brass after a stand since .204 brass is expensive and I don't want to have to look for my brass, and more than I already do with a bolt action.
I've learned that I can be quite effective at killing coyotes with a bolt action. Only one stand this year that I needed a sixth shell, and I killed all six coyotes on that stand anyways.

[CS1983]

Makes sense

[ACE2GOOD]

That sounds like an awesome stand and a great memory you will cherish for a long time. I haven't gone out in quite a while but a lot more action then I ever saw. We seem to have more luck seeing coyotes during deer season

[hunterhawk]

What? You had a hard time finding a coyote after you shot it? That never happens :-) jk congrats. Go get 5 more..no one likes a quitter!

[ColoWyo]

Well done TRnCO.

I popped this guy at 440 yards off the back deck the other day.

[TRnCO]

Go get 5 more..no one likes a quitter

It sounds so easy, I might try a little more just so I can finally say I reached the century mark in a single season.

Colowyo, wonder if we're pickin' on some of the same coyotes. I've killed 5 behind my house this winter, including two that I sniped from the deck.

[ColoWyo]

It sounds so easy, I might try a little more just so I can finally say I reached the century mark in a single season.

Colowyo, wonder if we're pickin' on some of the same coyotes. I've killed 5 behind my house this winter, including two that I sniped from the deck.

Could be. I'm at 154 and 33 (or where 29 turns into 33).

I've got a few this year of the back deck.