"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?
