Well, as Popeye the Sailor used to say, "I can't stands no more," so I reopened coyote season. No, I didn't break any game laws since we can hunt them 24/7 yeararound. Rather, I had a coyote coming to the bait for three consecutive nights after I took the last one on the 14th. I always end my season in March, and figured that last one would do me for the season. But, temptation got the best of me, plus some coaxing from DoubleUp, so I stayed at the cabin again last night. In truth, I didn't expect one to return since four nights in a row would set a record for returns.
Coyote #1 showed up around 11:37 PM. The 90 Varmageddon from the 6.5 Grendel dropped it right there. Then, about 20 minutes later coyote #2 showed up, walked up to the dead one and began sniffing it. So, another Varmageddon found it's mark and dropped it. This morning I found them lying parallel and touching. I have shot doubles in the field a couple of other times, but none this close. When I viewed the video of the first coyote, it appears to have dropped a little further up the hill, but when the second coyote was sniffing the dead one, they are a little further down the hill, closer to the tree. Both were females, but neither showed signs of being pregnant.
These two coyotes round out my season to 10, the most I have taken in any season, so I am very pleased.
And, the Grendel ended up working well for me after a rocky start with the previous two bullets I used. The
Varmageddon's seem to be what I needed all along.
This small tree to the left has got to go. I will take care of it this summer. That was too close. The coyotes are lying as I found them this morning.
I didn't touch them before this photo.
Too bad Pulsar dropped the Apex line of thermal scopes. In my opinion that was one of the best buys in thermal up to that time. They pushed the
higher priced Trail models instead, that were plagued with not holding zero well. Would be nice if they brought the Apex scopes back.
