DoubleUp
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A few weeks ago, Mike said he was expecting me to make one of those famous running shots (In his mind). So, Mike this one is dedicated to you. I have been shooting my 22-250 bolt action, but I had a failure to fire last night that cost me a coyote. That happened once last spring, and opportunities are too rare to have a rifle messing up. I discovered that the culprit was a bad primer, and not the rifle this time. But I decided to break the bolt down and give it a thorough cleaning so I switched the scope over to my old trusty AR (223).
In the video, two groups of coyotes responded vocally. One farther group at my 10 o'clock and a closer group at my 12 o'clock. I had unpicked soybeans immediately to my 3 o'clock and a harvested cornfield with high stalks to my 9. My call was 60 yds. to my 9 on a field road that I came in on. Wind was light from my 8 to my 2. I had opened with a little Cagie Cottontail which has been working well, but got no response. So, I went to Submissive Beggar, but still nothing. I played one series of C'mere Lonely Howls and they opened up.
I didn't play anymore sounds. I thought the 12 o'clock group was close enough to send a scout to investigate. Sure enough, as you will see in the video it only takes a couple of minutes and a big male comes sneaking in from a field road out of the soybeans. Here I make a tactical mistake by switching from 3x to 6x in the main screen. The coyote is actually about 65 yds. from me when I shoot, but looks like he is right on top of me. It is a good hit, but doesn't stop him instantly. He turns to run, and with the AR follow-ups are just so easy. So I give him a Mike Eddy running shot and pile him up. I haven't taken any running shots in a while and it felt good to see that coyote do somersaults. Anyway Mike, this one is dedicated to you. I hope you enjoy it.
In the video, two groups of coyotes responded vocally. One farther group at my 10 o'clock and a closer group at my 12 o'clock. I had unpicked soybeans immediately to my 3 o'clock and a harvested cornfield with high stalks to my 9. My call was 60 yds. to my 9 on a field road that I came in on. Wind was light from my 8 to my 2. I had opened with a little Cagie Cottontail which has been working well, but got no response. So, I went to Submissive Beggar, but still nothing. I played one series of C'mere Lonely Howls and they opened up.
I didn't play anymore sounds. I thought the 12 o'clock group was close enough to send a scout to investigate. Sure enough, as you will see in the video it only takes a couple of minutes and a big male comes sneaking in from a field road out of the soybeans. Here I make a tactical mistake by switching from 3x to 6x in the main screen. The coyote is actually about 65 yds. from me when I shoot, but looks like he is right on top of me. It is a good hit, but doesn't stop him instantly. He turns to run, and with the AR follow-ups are just so easy. So I give him a Mike Eddy running shot and pile him up. I haven't taken any running shots in a while and it felt good to see that coyote do somersaults. Anyway Mike, this one is dedicated to you. I hope you enjoy it.
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