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General Discussion To Gateway To Airguns => Hunting Gate => : Zzyzx March 19, 2010, 01:25:40 PM
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"One Shot, One Kill"... thats how it is supposed to be. Lucky me, conditions were right and the curious/confused coyote cooperated and I did it. Was laying down on a hillside looking down a bit and I saw the guy making his way slowly across a field of wheat stubble on the melting snow. As he came closer he would stop and scan the hillside. It appeared he was looking at where I was laying down in the slight depression and then would watch an area about 30 yards to my left where some brush forms a small thicket. He would come closer following the worn deer trail through the snow. More solid footing I guess. Anyhow, he would pass in front of me about 40 yards out.
He kept coming, stopping and looking and right about the 40 yards stopped again and spent some time looking from me to the clump of brush. I was laying down with the rifle resting on a jacket folded in front of me on the front of the depression. He stopped and watched where I was and then shifted view to the brush. I had the scope dialed to 12x and didn't want to move anything to change to the full 16x for fear of spooking him. As the sat watching the brush the second or third time I let off one shot, Eun Jin domed pellet(.22 Cal) which the Blizzard does well with. Right through the Left eye and into the brain! More luck than skill as I was nervous. First coyote with an air rifle! Have been getting skunks with the Blizzard and the RWS 350 magnum.(.177) Looks as if some the practice shooting with the Blizzard is paying off for me. (I won't mention the times I have shot at a Gopher and missed three or four times in a row due to nervousness/whatever at much closer ranges)
I sure do like this air rifle. Could have nailed him almost anywhere along the way with the /06 but I wasn't shooting it that day. Was out with the Blizzard checking for skunks, porcupines and raccoons to nail them before they get on our land so the Lab doesn't tangle with them.
One shot, one kill. Do I retire now with a perfect Coyote record?
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congrats
nice shooting
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You Admit you got lucky with your shot, And I agree.
Do some research on the net on what the minimum FPE should be used to hunt Yotes.
Its all about humane hunting. If you would of hit him any where else, he probably wouldn't have died on the first shot at 40yds.
Quit while your ahead, unless you own some real guns.
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Wow, great shooting.
Yes Zzyzx, you should retire. No since on ruining a prefect record.
Now that you are retired, I’ll be looking for the brown truck with your shipment of guns, pellets, scopes, targets, and anything else that you may having laying around for airguns.(http://../jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-laughing.gif)
Yea, just what I thought. Retirement was short!(http://../jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-frown.gif)
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We have not seen any pictures of the dead coyote and your gun next to it. You then retire once your pics are posted 8)
Nice 40yd shot with the Evanix!!
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40 yards is good shooting congrats on your first dog
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One of these days I'm going to spring for a big bore PCP gun to shoot Coyotes. I think it would be perfect for my "Suburban Outdoorsman" tv show idea!
Congrats on the coyote! I'm going this week with my new .223 :)
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Congrats! Nice shooting!
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congrats!a coyote with an airgun sure is something to be proud of. i would get him taxidermied lol
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Great story, and tough to do with an AR. Do you have any photos?
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Sorry guys, no photos. Did walk out to measure the distance and then took the Coyote and dragged it to the ditch and dumped into the snow which is now water about 5 feet deep. When the ground thaws the water will soak in. Can't do so yet because though the surface snow is melting the ground underneath is frozen at least 3-4 feet down. Maybe more, but this winter has been mild with only one night hitting near 40 below zero and only a week of 30 below weather.
I dumped him there so the bones wouldn't get caught in the machinery when our neighbor starts working his fields for planting next month.
Not much for photos so no luck there.
As for nailing coyotes yes, a bit of luck. Probably would have shot not matter what if he had come closer. Too many of them around and it is calving season here. A few neighbors have been having problems with them already. Any shooting can only help. I don't want to wound and let them escape but will choose that option over letting them get calves from the neighbors. Maybe I should get a Barret .50Cal and see if I can nail them from 1000 yards? Somehow I don't feel that lucky even if I practiced a lot, plus I don't have the $$$ to do that.
Also, thanks to whoever moved this to the hunting section. I didn't get it in the right section on posting.
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Wow....that`s pretty good. A coyote with an airgun.....not too much of that. Too bad you didn`t get a photo.
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NO PICTURES .... OH NO
/GERALD