Ramblings and Such From Hunting Coyote
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same as my .204 always in my truck. ready for any varmints!!!!
Dave you probaly drive like Mario An-drew-seee........................remember, Roy D. Mercer??? How bigga boy are you??
Dave you probaly drive like Mario An-drew-seee........................remember, Roy D. Mercer??? How bigga boy are you??
check my rings this a.m. where they attach to the groove in the CZ rifle and where they hold the scope...................all tight.... 
so no idea, but will keep checking POI as a confidence for the old brain.............gotta have that if we are going to be accurate when we ka-POW
so no idea, but will keep checking POI as a confidence for the old brain.............gotta have that if we are going to be accurate when we ka-POWYes sir if we don't have confidence in our equipment we don't do as well as we should with it . Do you have caps on your turrets or are they the external adjustment type ? Does your scope have zero stop return on it and do you dial up and down or do you just know where to hold like most of us older guys ?
all my nightforces have zero stop, this Vortex doesn't and it is external adjustments, you can easily see (even without glasses) if it is still set at zero......
Years back some one broke into my truck and took my spotting scope but didn't look up so they didn't get my rifle . So I took a window mount and drilled and taped a picteny rail to mount on it then mounted my 30 mm tubed Leupold 8.5 - 25 target scope on it to use as a spotting scope . I like it I have eye relief can use both eyes open zoom it easy , flip caps and goes in the house with me at night . I also like my overhead rifle rack it was made in Montana , years back also , it's plywood 6" wide padded and covered with the same cloth as my first truck liner was mounts with two aluminum brackets . has a notch for the scope and a wide vel-crow strap to hold the rifle in I did add two bolts for the barrel and stock to come up against that have tygon tubing on them so it's held tighter. So far it's been in 4 trucks for me . I keep my trucks for 10 years and they have around 150,000 miles on them or more when I get rid of them one of them had 200,000 when I gave it to my son . Keeping them maintained oil changed , new shocks , tires , wiper blades tranny serviced ect . is key , time and money well spent and cheaper then a new truck . There I go again rambling on ..
I've only had one Vortex and it was good but not what I liked so I gave it to my Grandson on a rem 700 , 308 . The zero stop on it took a little getting used to to get it set for me but did a good job after that . It seemed that the threads were well cut and smooth to dial although a little stiff at first so it was repeatable to dial . Even nightforce will have a bad one slip through the QC at some time . The zero stop on my Vortex was a small set screw on the top of the turret and you needed to loosen it to get the full range of travel to zero the scope then set it down after setting the zero .
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The wind is a steady 25mph this morning . We are to have gusts up to 50mph today not very conducive to calling or accurate shooting . It's even hard to keep snares set in this kind of wind . You can tip the lock upward some and that helps to keep them set but if you tip them too much you will have some coyote get through them or get waist caught ones .
We've had day and night winds blowing here for at least the last week and a half . I think it's gotten down to 15 - 20 mph during the night but there have been a couple of nights that it's woke me up with some gusts so they had to be around 60 mph for me to hear them . So I've been working in the garage making some Christmas ornaments and a few knives . I fixed an old A.J.Aubrey double barreled shot gun for a friend it was his dad's both main springs were broken and I had to make new springs for it . I used 1095 spring steel . I would have liked to use 1075 but couldn't find any that didn't cost 30.00 for shipping and I had the 1095 .
Wind here also only chance is a drive by, ka-Pow... just waiting for a few inches of snow and deer and elk season to get over, then we will start stacking some more up......
TRnCO
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wind, jeezus, what's with all the wind this year. Between the wind and warm temps. I'm way behind on the coyote hunting. BUT, I finally got a day, well most of a day since I had to quit by 2:30 to get home because I went on call for work. BUT, dang I was almost begging for more wind, or at least a consistent wind, this past Friday. Made 9 stands, called in 6, (one pair and 4 singles) and put 6 in the truck. Was sure fun getting out in the open pastures for some alone time. My little 17-204 worked like a charm, longest shot was about 230 yards, shortest shot 70 yards.
Looks like maybe will have some snow by next weekend, cross the fingers that the wind behaves.
Looks like maybe will have some snow by next weekend, cross the fingers that the wind behaves.
TRnCO describes some of the hits, damage and coyote reaction, thanks. Remind us again on your load, 30 grain ? Going how fast ? All the details really intrigue me.
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TRnCO
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OK, so first coyote was broadside at about 210. I made a poor hit, knew it when I heard the meat report as it sounded hollow, but the coyote spun a few times and fell over so I took my eye off of it and started scanning for any others that may have been coming in, only to look back over and my coyote is trotting off. Thankfully it stopped broadside again and I made a much better 2nd hit that put him down. 1st shot did fully penetrate, was just too far back, but exit hole not much more then a silver dollar.
Second coyote was just a little over 100 quartering to me and I put the bullet right on the shoulder, bang flop.
3rd coyote was broadside and I hit leg bone just a hair lower then I wanted, so she was a spinner/biter. Actually took me a couple more shots to get her dispatched. I hate those spinners, you know you need to hit them again but getting a clean killing shot is darn tough.
Next two were the pair. Coyotes came together and were about 30 yards apart when I shot the first at 70 yards as it was facing me, bang flop and the second was about 100 yards also facing me as it didn't react to the first shot, so it also bang flopped.
Next coyote was also facing me. Stopped him a little further out because the wind was iffy. About 230 yards facing me, bang flop.
Worst damage of them all was #3 that I had to hit multiple times, but all in all, just not a lot of damage even with the extra hits.
Yes I am using 30 gr. Nagels at just over 4000 fps.
Second coyote was just a little over 100 quartering to me and I put the bullet right on the shoulder, bang flop.
3rd coyote was broadside and I hit leg bone just a hair lower then I wanted, so she was a spinner/biter. Actually took me a couple more shots to get her dispatched. I hate those spinners, you know you need to hit them again but getting a clean killing shot is darn tough.
Next two were the pair. Coyotes came together and were about 30 yards apart when I shot the first at 70 yards as it was facing me, bang flop and the second was about 100 yards also facing me as it didn't react to the first shot, so it also bang flopped.
Next coyote was also facing me. Stopped him a little further out because the wind was iffy. About 230 yards facing me, bang flop.
Worst damage of them all was #3 that I had to hit multiple times, but all in all, just not a lot of damage even with the extra hits.
Yes I am using 30 gr. Nagels at just over 4000 fps.
