Big coyote

[thejamesd]

Got another big upstate NY coyote last night.

 

[boltfluter]

That is a big dog!! Nice rig. What are you running for a scope?

Paul

 

[Hal]

Any idea what that beast weighted ?
Keep up the good work.

Hal

 

[jds holler]

Since probably eighty or ninety percent of the coyotes that we call or kill by any method are a year or less old, it is really striking to see what a full sized, older dog looks like. When you kill one like that you know that you have truly out-smarted the best of the best.

I've always believed that there are coyotes out there which are pretty much un-gettable. jd

 

[thejamesd]

That is a big dog!! Nice rig. What are you running for a scope?
Paul

It's a Night Optics D740 gen 3 4x mag. With that rifle I can shoot 5 shot 1" groups@ 100 yds in the dark. (all night long if I do my part).
Rifle weighs 5lbs. 6oz. without scope.

 

[thejamesd]

Any idea what that beast weighted ?
Keep up the good work.

Hal

I don't have a scale so I would guess around 40 lbs. I shot his big brother Thanksgiving weekend!

 

[Hal]

That's a big coyote.

Hal

 

[oldman1951]

It's a Night Optics D740 gen 3 4x mag. With that rifle I can shoot 5 shot 1" groups@ 100 yds in the dark. (all night long if I do my part).
Rifle weighs 5lbs. 6oz. without scope.

.5.56??.

 

[Kracken McGraw]

Dang! That last coyote looks like he has picnic hams. 60lb+ ?

 

[thejamesd]

.5.56??.

yes shooting 40 gr Noslers

 

[boltfluter]

Since probably eighty or ninety percent of the coyotes that we call or kill by any method are a year or less old, it is really striking to see what a full sized, older dog looks like. When you kill one like that you know that you have truly out-smarted the best of the best.

I've always believed that there are coyotes out there which are pretty much un-gettable. jd

Jd,

I fully agree. If pushed hard enough from hunting pressure, I believe they are much like a big whitetail buck and pretty much become nocturnal. Very hard to get the older coyotes. They make very few mistakes.

Paul

 

[Barlow]

I killed a big male 3 years ago that I hung up behind my garage for 3 months. I gave to a buddy who is a taxidermist. It weighed 37lbs at that time. Congrats on your coyote, they are hard to get. Barlow

 

[snert]

Those are slightly bigger than the usual winter coyotes I have killed in NY. But not a lot bigger. They grow em big there. Last one took two 150 grain NBT from a 7mag at 330 yards before flopping dead. Sure, one anchored him, but took another to get him to stop trying to go. Both chest hits