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Coyote Hunting - From 10 Yards to over 1,000 Yards
144 bergers. Anyone using them?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hootiewho" data-source="post: 2117332" data-attributes="member: 117598"><p>While not the 144, my experiences with the Berger Hybrids have been as follows:</p><p></p><p>Berger Factory 105gr Hybrid 6mm Creedmoor ammo. I used this ammo all through 2020 for culling deer at night over soybeans on permit, for coyotes, and for hogs. I probably took at least 80 coyotes with this load, a number of deer and pigs. Longest coyote shot was 793 yards and the longest deer shot was 819 IIRC. For me, this bullet was a death hammer. It performed extremely well. I would say the average shot distance for both was between 400-500 yards. Most of the deer were DRT and few ran more than 100 yards. Most all the coyotes were dead within 20 yards from the POI. I shot a boar at over 500 yards and he just fell dead. No stinky leg, no thrashing. Just like you turned his switch off. He was sneaking along a creek bottom with a group of cattle. Actually standing right beside a cow when I dropped him.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]251865[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]251866[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Berger 130gr Hybrid loaded in FGMM, 65CM. Seemed to perform on par with the 105gr. Had very good results the few animals I killed with it. I would say if I had more of it to play with, it would be my go to load in the KAC.</p><p></p><p>Berger factory ammo, 65CM 140gr Hybrid. I will not use this on coyotes again. It penciled through and most ran much farther than I like, even with pretty solid hits. Several required anchor shots after the intial hit. I do not like that. If I can anchor the first coyote of a pair DRT with the first shot, 9 times out of 10, #2 will run about 150 yards, stop and look to see what happened, allowing me to shoot #2. If they don't do that they will do a 70-80 yard circle and come back to #1 to see what is up, allowing for a shot. If #1 bolts after being hit, screaming as it runs most of the time #2 will not stop until they are into the next county. It did do ok on hogs though.</p><p></p><p>I have a bunch of 109gr hybrids for the 6mm CM I plan on trying, but my gut says they will not do as well as the 105's.</p><p></p><p>While I do have a good many spots I hunt with some fairly long shots, upwards of 1200 yards at a couple, most of my hunting is at night. We rarely have winds at night over 5mph. So I usually just run the 6mm CM. If the odd hurricane or something rolls through giving us a bunch of wind at night I'll put the 300 NM barrel on <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😎" title="Smiling face with sunglasses :sunglasses:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" data-shortname=":sunglasses:" />.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hootiewho, post: 2117332, member: 117598"] While not the 144, my experiences with the Berger Hybrids have been as follows: Berger Factory 105gr Hybrid 6mm Creedmoor ammo. I used this ammo all through 2020 for culling deer at night over soybeans on permit, for coyotes, and for hogs. I probably took at least 80 coyotes with this load, a number of deer and pigs. Longest coyote shot was 793 yards and the longest deer shot was 819 IIRC. For me, this bullet was a death hammer. It performed extremely well. I would say the average shot distance for both was between 400-500 yards. Most of the deer were DRT and few ran more than 100 yards. Most all the coyotes were dead within 20 yards from the POI. I shot a boar at over 500 yards and he just fell dead. No stinky leg, no thrashing. Just like you turned his switch off. He was sneaking along a creek bottom with a group of cattle. Actually standing right beside a cow when I dropped him. [ATTACH type="full"]251865[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]251866[/ATTACH] Berger 130gr Hybrid loaded in FGMM, 65CM. Seemed to perform on par with the 105gr. Had very good results the few animals I killed with it. I would say if I had more of it to play with, it would be my go to load in the KAC. Berger factory ammo, 65CM 140gr Hybrid. I will not use this on coyotes again. It penciled through and most ran much farther than I like, even with pretty solid hits. Several required anchor shots after the intial hit. I do not like that. If I can anchor the first coyote of a pair DRT with the first shot, 9 times out of 10, #2 will run about 150 yards, stop and look to see what happened, allowing me to shoot #2. If they don’t do that they will do a 70-80 yard circle and come back to #1 to see what is up, allowing for a shot. If #1 bolts after being hit, screaming as it runs most of the time #2 will not stop until they are into the next county. It did do ok on hogs though. I have a bunch of 109gr hybrids for the 6mm CM I plan on trying, but my gut says they will not do as well as the 105’s. While I do have a good many spots I hunt with some fairly long shots, upwards of 1200 yards at a couple, most of my hunting is at night. We rarely have winds at night over 5mph. So I usually just run the 6mm CM. If the odd hurricane or something rolls through giving us a bunch of wind at night I’ll put the 300 NM barrel on 😎. [/QUOTE]
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