vmaster59
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Post by vmaster59 on Dec 21, 2013 17:20:40 GMT -7
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Post by broper on Dec 22, 2013 6:57:48 GMT -7
Good job. Fun too!
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Post by 72camaro on Dec 22, 2013 6:58:00 GMT -7
That is awesome. Evidently the .17hmr is good if they are close. What is the shot placement you use for the .17hmr?
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Post by vmaster59 on Dec 23, 2013 15:02:42 GMT -7
I set it a half inch low at 25 yards and that puts dead on at 100 yards and two inches low at 150 yards. I try to keep shots under a 100 yards.
Clint
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Post by 72camaro on Dec 23, 2013 19:14:31 GMT -7
Shot placement, boiler room or do you try a particular head or neck shot usually? Never go straight on if sitting looking at you or not a problem?
I've got my .17 zeroed at 100yds too but I've been told it is just not enough for coyotes but it seems otherwise if you have done all of those with one.
It is one of my favorite guns to shoot.
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Post by Timber Butte Outdoors on Dec 23, 2013 19:55:33 GMT -7
Shawn, Take a look at the coyote that he is holding up in the picture. It may weigh in at 20 to 25 pounds.
The Texas coyote is a smaller cousin to the coyotes we have up here in the Northwest. An average coyote out here is going to go 32 to 37 pounds, with dogs tipping the scales in the mid 40's.
I have shot plenty coyotes with the 22-250 and watched them walk or run away, never to be found. Unless you can get one of the BIG dog to come into 50 yards or less, the 17HMR is just not good medicine for the dogs here or in your neck of the woods.
On the average, the better part of your shots on coyote up here it is going to be 100 and more yards (mostly more - unless in a forest - then you are going to want a scattergun for a quick snap shot).
Coyotes up here don't respond to a call real well, unless you can find a honey hole where no one has called before. So getting them to come to 50 yards or less, is a once in a while proposition.
My 2 cents!
Gary
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Post by vmaster59 on Dec 24, 2013 1:59:22 GMT -7
I use 243 Win,22-250,223 Rem,17 HMR. Our coyotes are smaller due to vast open land we have and what there is to eat. Y'all's live high on the hog to ours. But I have taken some as big as 44 lbs they were near a dairy farm. Hunting here at night I don't want anyone shooting to far for they may hit a cow or some oilfield equipment. Hunting at night is very diff than day hunting. I've seen some people shoot great in daytime and could not hit the barn at night. You have to make sure of target. What looks like one thing could be something else. Had one hunter sitting in the chair and said I see one! Then he said there's two now! Then he said there's a lot of them! I reached up and turn the seat just as he shot. Then the next thing we heard was a cow mooing. He didn't hit the cow by no means. But the look on his face was something else. He got down and never hunted at night again. These coyotes were taking with a old Ruger M-77 in 243 Win,an AR-15 in 223 Rem and a Marlin in 17 HMR. When I do use the 17 HMR I like to keep the shots under a 100 yards. I would rather only take shots that I know will work. I will let a coyote go rather than to shoot beyond the capably of the rifle.
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Post by 72camaro on Dec 24, 2013 7:07:10 GMT -7
All good.
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