—Official 2024 Predator & Varmint Kills— Post Em Up

ElkSurgeon said:

WTS WTT Cougardoodle puppies, parents are proven hunters…..LOL

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Now that I think about it.......hunting cougars........ with a cute pup........Hmmmmmm

ElkSurgeon said:

Hey group, Loved all your stories & pictures from last year 2022 so let's keep it going. Share your varmint kills, your predator hunt grip & grins. The hunts that keep us all engaged until it's Hunting Season once again..….

Love You Guys!

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Twelve feet of groundhogs stacked up,17 hornet nothing under 200 yards nothing over 275 yards,all drt zero crawl offs.Check my reply more pics .

More.Saw 17 shot at 15 drt 15 no misses.

Awesome!!!

I'm pretty excited about these kills. I recently had 2 firsts for me. First off I got pics of a solid black coyote on a Wednesday then Friday night went out and called it straight in and shot it at 17 yards. I'm going to make a rug out of it like a bear skin rug. Secondly I was out solo hunting and called in a triple and smoked them all. I couldn't drive my truck to where they were and 3 was too many to drag so I took my boys mini jeep out there and picked them up.

I've said it a Hundred times but I absolutely love this Ruger American Predator 22-250 and Hornady Superformance 50 grn Vmax. It flat lays them down.

Of the triple the first dog was at 160 yards and the second and third were at 300 after I called them backups the holler with hurt pup.

Rifle setup is:
Ruger American Predator 22-250
Magpul Hunter stock
MCarbo trigger spring kit
MDT Bolt Knob
ATN X-Sight 4K Pro 3-14 scope
Sniper Hogg 66LRX light
SilencerCo Omega 300 suppressor
Hornady Superformance 50grn Vmax loads
Death Grip tripod

Also I am running the RIX K2 Pocket thermal scanner. I absolutely can not say enough about how much I love this scanner. It's a 256 resolution but is still plenty clear enough to identify animals. It's very compact and Light weight. It takes standard 18650 flat top batteries instead of a proprietary battery like other companies. It takes video with sound and have several color pallet options.

ShootnMathews said:

First off I got pics of a solid black coyote on a Wednesday then Friday night went out and called it straight in and shot it at 17 yards. I'm going to make a rug out of it like a bear skin rug.
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Nothing quite like a mid-summer eastern coyote to make a rug outta......

Shot this dude in the face, about 500 yds

huntsman22 said:

Nothing quite like a mid-summer eastern coyote to make a rug outta......

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Yeah. I sense the sarcasm there. And yeah the fur is thin. But chances of my killing a second black one in my lifetime here are slim to none.

I know a good taxidermist for your project.......

huntsman22 said:

I know a good taxidermist for your project.......

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Won't soon forget those pics.

huntsman22 said:

I know a good taxidermist for your project.......

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Yep….just make sure your taxidermist can do better eyebrows than this assortment….

Some Prairie Dog action from a recent trip. New 20,000 acre permission in western South Dakota. I think it's safe to say the rancher was pleased with my work. He came by toward the end of the day and asked me to stop by the homestead before I left. He proceeded to load me up with T-bones, NY strips, brats, burger and meat sticks and asked me how soon I could return. I definitely put a hurting on the dogs that day. He told me he has a bad pigeon problem and I responded that I could take those numbers WAY down in a single after dark visit using my pellet rifle. I'll be heading back there soon.