674 yard moving coyote....

[lrgoodger]

After reading about all those coyotes Toby Bradshaw shot, I figured I would share this one. I got it the first year I went prairie dogging (2010)with my first custom rifle, a .243. We were set up shooting praire dogs at 300 - 500 yards when the yote came into view over 1000 yards away. It quartered across the dog town at a steady trot, looking for a meal. We were so far away it was unaware of us, or maybe just so hungry it didnt' care, by the look of it.

It took me two shots to figure out how much to lead him. By then he was a lot closer. the first shot hit 10 yards behind him. I was amazed because he was not running, but I didn't consider the three seconds it would take the shot to get there on that first shot. The second was five yards behind. I lead him by about 10 coyote lengths and let the third shot fly. He jumped straight up and flipped sideways and fell into the grass. I waited a few minutes to see if he would get back up. When he didn't, I walked out to where he fell.

As the photos show, the bullet entered just behind his right front leg and exited just behind the left front. It was a perfect broadside heart shot. It was the only yote I've gotten a shot at in seven years of hunting that Wyoming ranch. I had never killed one before and that is still the only one I have ever fired a shot at.

That's a Schmidt & Bender PMII 12-50x on top of the .243. The gun in the photo with the coyote is a rem 700 VLSS varminter in .223 that I took along on the walk.



Ron

 

[pacificman]

Great story and I like the way you zeroed in on him...Way to go man!

 

[markT]

What's up with "skool" bus?

 

[370bc]

Congrats! What brand is your front rest?

 

[lrgoodger]

Congrats! What brand is your front rest?

That's my first front rest. It's an old sinclair I picked up used at the group nationals in Holton, MI in 2010. I still use it in competitions with my factory rifle. I use a SEB NEO with my custom guns.

The school bus belongs to my shooting partner. He and I converted it to a motor home. It made a great dog wagon until we discovered it had a built in governor that was set at 60 mph max and could not be changed without changing the rear end. That's too slow on Freeways with posted limits of 80 mph. The semi trucks out there will about blow you off the road going that slow.

 

[OKyote73]

That's one mangy coyote! You need to shoot a healthy one. He woulda probably never left that dog town if he could've found a dead dog or 2 to munch!

 

[cmillard]

i bet that coyote stunk!! great job ridding the country side of that eye sore.

 

[John Russell]

That is one skankie lookin' dog!!

 

[M14AMU]

That yote was looking for somebody to kill 'em!!

 

[Superx1]

Good shooting M14

 

[DHuffman]

That's a nasty looking yote. I'd say it was a mercy killing.