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Hey so my buddy was telling me about how his cousin shot a coyote with his .177 caliber air rifle and droped it... Is this really possible? Has anybody else done it? Seems like quite the challenge...
EVERETT -- A Lynnwood woman now stands charged with murder, accused of killing a man with an air rifle that she used to scare off rats.Emergency crews found Dean Urness, 52, down on the ground last month. He had been shot in the chest. Urness died in the back of an ambulance before an aid crew could get him to a hospital. A copper BB was later removed from his right lung.Michelle Davidson, 32, is accused of shooting Urness during an early morning dispute. Prosecutors on Friday charged her with second-degree murder. They allege that Davidson intended to assault Urness and as a result caused his death. She is expected to answer to the charge Monday in Snohomish County Superior Court. Davidson remained in jail on $250,000 bail.Witnesses reported seeing Davidson with an air rifle on March 31 while her boyfriend argued with Urness. A witness said Urness fell to the ground at one point. He was moaning and bleeding from the mouth and nose. No one reported hearing a gunshot or seeing Davidson fire the air rifle, court papers said.A homicide detective later interviewed Davidson. She told him a "pump BB gun" was left on the property and she was using it for "rodent control," according to court papers. She said she had been holding the gun at the time of the argument, but denied firing any weapon, according to a search warrant. Detectives located a Daisy Powerline 860 air rifle with scope inside Davidson's motor home. The gun was loaded with several copper BBs, Snohomish County deputy prosecutor Francesca Yahyavi wrote.Witnesses said problems began brewing the day before the shooting.The slain man's girlfriend used to live on the Damson Road property and returned there, uninvited. Davidson's boyfriend, allegedly armed with a baseball bat, chased her off. The man told police he was the caretaker there, responsible for keeping problems away. Davidson reportedly told police she and the man were in charge of clearing "all the riffraff out," court papers said. Police counted more than a dozen vehicles on the property, including motor homes and travel trailers. Urness and his girlfriend returned to the property early March 31. Davidson's boyfriend found them sleeping in a Chevy Suburban. He threw cold water on the woman and demanded she leave.Urness reportedly came to the woman's defense. He and the man begin to argue. Some witnesses said the men exchanged blows. Urness was unarmed. Davidson's boyfriend told police Urness head-butted him in the mouth.He said Urness was a "usually pretty calm, passive guy." When he told Urness he wanted him to leave, he agreed to go, the man told police. He saw Urness reach out his hand toward a wall. That's when he collapsed. The man told police he didn't believe that Davidson needed to protect him, Yahyavi wrote.Another man staying at the property told detectives he saw Davidson two to three feet away from Urness, holding a rifle. He said he saw her pump the handle. A short time later, while his back was to the commotion, he heard a thud. He turned to see Urness on the floor in the garage.The defendant said when Urness fell to the ground, she heard him grunting. She said she turned away because she doesn't "deal with death well," court papers said. The woman stuck the gun in a closet in her motor home, where police later found it.The first deputy on scene was told that Urness had hit his head.Medics advised the deputy that Urness had an obvious gunshot wound. The Snohomish County medical examiner later concluded that Urness died from a BB fired by a powerful air rifle into his chest.State Department of Health data show only one reported death from an air rifle in Washington between 2007 and 2011.
Quote from: BuckCommanderCam on April 24, 2013, 09:39:16 AMHey so my buddy was telling me about how his cousin shot a coyote with his .177 caliber air rifle and droped it... Is this really possible? Has anybody else done it? Seems like quite the challenge...Of course it is possible. It is also illegal in Washington to hunt with air rifles.
11. Prohibited firearms/hunting methods It is illegal to: • Hunt game birds with a shotgun capable of holding more than three shells. • Hunt game birds with a rifle or pistol, except forest grouse. • Hunt game birds or game animals with anything other than a firearm, a bow and arrow, or by falconry. Bullfrogs may only be taken by angling, hand dip netting, gigging, and bow and arrow.
Are you sure about that when it comes to coyotes? Are they considered a game animal? Seems like maybe coyotes would be legal to shoot with a pellet gun. I wouldn't want to (I'd rather use a shotgun or rimfire or centerfire rifle) but with the right air rifle, seems like a guy could do it and be legal. Quote 11. Prohibited firearms/hunting methods It is illegal to: • Hunt game birds with a shotgun capable of holding more than three shells. • Hunt game birds with a rifle or pistol, except forest grouse. • Hunt game birds or game animals with anything other than a firearm, a bow and arrow, or by falconry. Bullfrogs may only be taken by angling, hand dip netting, gigging, and bow and arrow.
I is certainly possible to kill a coyote with an air rifle. .177 is a poor choice due to low foot pound energy and under penetration. many PCP type air rifles have high fpe. .25 cal pellet weigh more than some .22 rimfire bullets. Benjamin Rogue is a .357 cal PCP with enough energy to kill a deer sized. Unfortunately liberal hug your wolf pack WDFW will never approve this type of weapon since is it almost silent
Quote from: KenPCPilot on May 07, 2013, 11:37:38 AMI is certainly possible to kill a coyote with an air rifle. .177 is a poor choice due to low foot pound energy and under penetration. many PCP type air rifles have high fpe. .25 cal pellet weigh more than some .22 rimfire bullets. Benjamin Rogue is a .357 cal PCP with enough energy to kill a deer sized. Unfortunately liberal hug your wolf pack WDFW will never approve this type of weapon since is it almost silentIf you think a powerful airgun is "almost silent" you've never been around a powerful air gun!Pre Charged Pneumatics (PCP) run 3,000 psi. Even a small bore is much louder than you'd think. The larger the caliber, the more volume of air dumped during each shot. Picture the usable air in a 3,000 psi tank being dumped in 3-4 shots (large bore guns) or 20-30 shots (.25 and under).For quiet and lethal, airguns can not compete with archery.
My Benjamin Marauder .22 PCP pistol has a shrouded barrel, and is real quiet. My Benjamin Discovery .177 rifle has an unshrouded barrel and is as loud as a .22 rimfire rifle.
