Post by: birdshooter1189 on January 17, 2025, 07:07:59 AM
Mods, can you sticky this one and un-sticky last year's?
Post by: Rainier10 on January 17, 2025, 08:44:53 AM
Post by: redi on January 17, 2025, 09:07:30 AM
Post by: birdshooter1189 on January 17, 2025, 09:19:50 AM
Post by: metlhead on January 20, 2025, 04:06:42 PM
Post by: LDennis24 on February 12, 2025, 02:10:45 PM
Post by: Encore 280 on February 12, 2025, 04:14:40 PM
Post by: Born2late on February 12, 2025, 05:27:01 PM
Good job on putting a few down
Post by: Goshawk on February 25, 2025, 09:39:22 PM
I'm loading the Barns 85gr all copper bullet in my 270 Win. That long barrel and Big Game powder has them chronographed at 3,950fps. Since it's a lightly constructed varmint bullet it all but explodes on impact. Shooting a 'yote sideways leaves a hollow ribcage with only fragments of bone and lung left in it. Hit a little high in the front shoulders and the only thing holding the head on is skin where the neck used to be. Lengthwise, and the bullet's fragments stay inside. No lead fragments for birds to poison themselves with, and if I miss, the bullet can't ricochet. Very flat trajectory with a 300 yard zero and sub moa.
Post by: birdshooter1189 on February 26, 2025, 08:23:22 AM
I'm not interested in pelts, just dead coyotes in the calving field without killing off the birds that eat them. To that end, I have a SMOK'N load for my Ruger #1 that's tack accurate.
I'm loading the Barns 85gr all copper bullet in my 270 Win. That long barrel and Big Game powder has them chronographed at 3,950fps. Since it's a lightly constructed varmint bullet it all but explodes on impact. Shooting a 'yote sideways leaves a hollow ribcage with only fragments of bone and lung left in it. Hit a little high in the front shoulders and the only thing holding the head on is skin where the neck used to be. Lengthwise, and the bullet's fragments stay inside. No lead fragments for birds to poison themselves with, and if I miss, the bullet can't ricochet. Very flat trajectory with a 300 yard zero and sub moa.
Sounds like you've got a pretty great system set up for them. My go-to rifle is a CZ 527 american in .223. I dabble with a few others. I've got some 110 gr vmax rounds loaded for my 300 winmag at about 3600 fps. I'm hoping to get a couple coyotes with that one of these days....
That last coyote is really mangy! My brother got a couple last week, they were both VERY mangy. I got two this weekend, one was pretty clean, and one was partially thick fur, and partially bare skin-mange.
Post by: redi on February 26, 2025, 08:26:20 AM
Post by: Goshawk on February 27, 2025, 07:07:54 AM
I'm not interested in pelts, just dead coyotes in the calving field without killing off the birds that eat them. To that end, I have a SMOK'N load for my Ruger #1 that's tack accurate.
I'm loading the Barns 85gr all copper bullet in my 270 Win. That long barrel and Big Game powder has them chronographed at 3,950fps. Since it's a lightly constructed varmint bullet it all but explodes on impact. Shooting a 'yote sideways leaves a hollow ribcage with only fragments of bone and lung left in it. Hit a little high in the front shoulders and the only thing holding the head on is skin where the neck used to be. Lengthwise, and the bullet's fragments stay inside. No lead fragments for birds to poison themselves with, and if I miss, the bullet can't ricochet. Very flat trajectory with a 300 yard zero and sub moa.
Sounds like you've got a pretty great system set up for them. My go-to rifle is a CZ 527 american in .223. I dabble with a few others. I've got some 110 gr vmax rounds loaded for my 300 winmag at about 3600 fps. I'm hoping to get a couple coyotes with that one of these days....
That last coyote is really mangy! My brother got a couple last week, they were both VERY mangy. I got two this weekend, one was pretty clean, and one was partially thick fur, and partially bare skin-mange.
It was so mangy, that I didn't shoot at first because I couldn't see a tail! From 240 yards, at night it looked like a blue healer. After watching for a bit, I recognized it as a coyote chewing on afterbirth and dropped it. Rat tail, right eye swollen shut and hardly any hair, might say I ended his misery.
Post by: Goshawk on February 27, 2025, 12:01:43 PM
Good shooting Goshawk
Thanks. I get lucky once in a while. From every rabbit's nightmare one day to breakfast for the Eagles the next.
Post by: HntnFsh on February 27, 2025, 01:57:36 PM
Post by: pickardjw on March 11, 2025, 09:25:13 AM
Set up right on top of him. Noticed him 50 yards behind the call at about 1:30 into the stand.
Met a guy in Taco Bell on the way home who was thermal hunting, they shot 15+ and we shot one. Didn't catch his name. If anyone knows a hound guy that collars cats for the Tribes on the Olympic peninsula that loves thermal hunting let me know. Haven't stopped researching thermals since, would like to connect with him.
Post by: Cougartail on March 11, 2025, 01:07:01 PM
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Post by: LDennis24 on March 17, 2025, 11:16:53 AM
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Post by: Goshawk on March 30, 2025, 09:35:07 PM
My dad just picked up a FOXPRO FX3 at the Potlatch gun show and I'm excited to try it out! Have any of you guys used one and do you have anything you do or don't like about them?
In my area electronic calls have been used so much that I really don't see them being effective anymore. My example is, when I'm hawking and my bird catches a rabbit every bird, cat, dog, in a quarter mile comes in fast at the sound of that rabbit in destress. I've not seen an artificial call that has the same effect regardless of cost. Perhaps in areas where electronic calls are not used often the results should be better.
Post by: TitusFord on June 01, 2025, 08:55:51 AM
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Post by: Skillet on June 01, 2025, 07:09:22 PM
This one was stalking me on my morning walk for about a week. .300 WSM with a 182 hammer hunter…
:tup:
Post by: Angry Perch on June 02, 2025, 01:00:06 PM
This one was stalking me on my morning walk for about a week. .300 WSM with a 182 hammer hunter…
Looks like you were not undergunned!
Post by: JakeLand on July 06, 2025, 12:20:54 PM
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on July 06, 2025, 06:49:32 PM
Does this count ? Nuicance work
Yep, if you didn’t let it go.😉
Post by: JakeLand on July 06, 2025, 07:04:11 PM
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Post by: rgcopk9 on August 23, 2025, 07:02:05 PM
Took care of a little one today. I saw it from the road the last 3 days. Today it made the mistake of getting some shade about 50 feet from where I last saw it.
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