2 coyotes & 1 6x45.

[5spd]

Dropped 2 males about the same time in 2 days in just about the same spot, 300 yds from each other.
My Savage build a 6x45 using the 65g vmax at 3017 fps, both under 100 yds due to my calling.
Yesterdays came trotting in hard & barking, the one today was suddenly just there, not a sound from it at all.
I again had them howling all around me in the arryos & hills.
31lb male & 26 lb male today. Fur coats are super also & todays was a 2 point tail, my 1st.

 

[jonbearman]

Nice going,being an easterner that has never hunted them,what is a 2 pointed tail? Your weather looks better than ours is right now.Windy and rainy on opening day of bow season.

 

[5spd]

Nice going,being an easterner that has never hunted them,what is a 2 pointed tail?

Thank you.
2 pointer is a tail that has white hair in it. This one had 22 white tail hairs in the black tip.

 

[MrMajestic]

Well done! Mouth call or electronic? Looks like your 6X45 build is doing the job.

 

[5spd]

Well done! Mouth call or electronic? Looks like your 6X45 build is doing the job.

A mixture of both. I was testing a pals new Turbo Dogg electronic call. I had it set up below me about 50 yards both times so the signal to the remote stayed good. I was working my hand calls so there was howls/barks from 2 seperate locations making them think others were eating "easy" food with a fawn distress and hunting barks.

 

[Roe]

Thanks for that, great to see a 6x45 being used

 

[Coleridge]

What length barrel you shooting? The 65gr vmax is just right for the 6x45. Mine shot right much faster (& best groups) with a healthy dose of 10X; but is rather dirty.

Looks like you are enjoying the little cartridge.

 

[5spd]

What length barrel you shooting? The 65gr vmax is just right for the 6x45. Mine shot right much faster (& best groups) with a healthy dose of 10X; but is rather dirty.Looks like you are enjoying the little cartridge.

24" varmint contour McGowan SS 1/10" twist bbl. I could push them a bit faster, but at 3017 fps its all sub moa & VERY accurate to 400yds, & moa at 500/600yds. I have its perfect "nodes" for me.

 

[1000yardstare]

Have recognized the futility of shooting a .223 at 1000 yds in F/TR. The 722 action was originally a .222 way back when. Have been thinking of rebarreling with a lighter barrel to 6x45 for coyote. This post may be just the push I need.

Well done.

Bill

 

[MrMajestic]

Well done! Mouth call or electronic? Looks like your 6X45 build is doing the job.

A mixture of both. I was testing a pals new Turbo Dogg electronic call. I had it set up below me about 50 yards both times so the signal to the remote stayed good. I was working my hand calls so there was howls/barks from 2 separate locations making them think others were eating "easy" food with a fawn distress and hunting barks.

Looks like you got them figured out! Hope to get some yote and bobcat hunting in next month on my trip to NC. Haven't nailed a cat since WY in '88. I use the FoxPro Scorpion with a external speaker and "Jack in the box".

 

[Coleridge]

I could push them a bit faster, but at 3017 fps its all sub moa & VERY accurate to 400yds, & moa at 500/600yds. I have its perfect "nodes" for me.

Sounds like you got it worked out. I thought if you were still trying things; it is worth a try. I know the coyotes won't notice the extra ~150 fps (I was getting 3100 from a 20" & was one of the most acurate loads I tried, just too dirty in an AR) & of course if you were worried about speed you wouldn't have a 6x45 either

At first look, the 6x45 seems quite diminutive, but it is pretty impressive when you get into it. Very versitile as you have shown. I have just about decided I "NEED" one in a bolt gun myself. That new Leupold 2-12x42 VX6 would be about perfect on a smaller frame calling gun too.

 

[bward6mm]

NICE DOGS. IS THAT ABOUT THE AVERAGE SIZE FOR COYOTES IN WY. ? I STARTED HUNTING YOTES 5 YEARS AGO AT NIGHT AND GOT TOTALY HOOKED. WE START MID-DECEMBER AND GO TO MID APRIL. I USE THE FOX PRO FURY AND IT DOES A GOOD JOB CALLING THEM IN. RIFLE USED IS A TIKKA WITH NIGHT VISION IN 223 WITH NOSLER BALLISTIC TIP THAT KNOCKS EM DOWN ON THE SPOT. IN NH AND MAINE OUR SHOTS AREN'T THAT FAR, MAYBE 50 -80 YARDS OUT TO 160 +.

 

[5spd]

NICE DOGS. IS THAT ABOUT THE AVERAGE SIZE FOR COYOTES IN WY. ? I STARTED HUNTING YOTES 5 YEARS AGO AT NIGHT AND GOT TOTALY HOOKED. WE START MID-DECEMBER AND GO TO MID APRIL. I USE THE FOX PRO FURY AND IT DOES A GOOD JOB CALLING THEM IN. RIFLE USED IS A TIKKA WITH NIGHT VISION IN 223 WITH NOSLER BALLISTIC TIP THAT KNOCKS EM DOWN ON THE SPOT. IN NH AND MAINE OUR SHOTS AREN'T THAT FAR, MAYBE 50 -80 YARDS OUT TO 160 +.

Yes thats about as big as they get out here, every now & then a 40 lb coyote is taken.
I have one from last year that was 39lbs & it was very heavy on the fur, hanging on my wall now.
Ive gone through 2 furys/ 2 flextone ER1s/ 1 extreme dimension/ this Turbo Dogg caller, but still get better results from hand calling..

 

[M700]

Nice work. I've noticed a lot more coyotes in our local hills. Need to get at them again myself!