Hi folks, Here's some pictures of the second yote that I've shot this year while deer hunting. I took this large male Sunday morning out of the same stand that I shot a female from the previous weekend. This dog was flat out running across a opening a little over 100yds out, moving from my right to left, my 1st shot hit him to far back but knocked him down, he tried to get back up so I needed a 2nd shot to finish him off. So far I'm enjoying shooting this medium weight hunting rifle chambered in 6x47 Lapua, with the muzzle brake there's absolutely no recoil which allowed me to stay on the scope for a fast follow up shot. I've yet to see just how well the 105gr Amax is going to perform on a deer. This rifle would be a little too heavy for a carry rifle but being 95% of my hunting is from a stand it fits my needs nicely. It's not a bad looking rifle for something that I threw together out of spare parts that I had laying around. It's built off of one of my trued 700's, and being it's set up to be used as a switch barrel it gets put into several different stocks with a variety of different calibers and weight barrels. It appears to me that we're seeing the start of a coyote explosion, as we're hearing a lot of vocal activity at night and have had several daytime sightings lately. The state, county, or Cattlemen's Association does employ full time government trappers which are assigned to work a designated territory. The older gentleman who normally trapped the ranch that our lease is located on recently retired, he must have done a decent job of helping to keep the coyotes somewhat in check over the past 13 years, which is the duration that I've enjoyed the privilege of hunting on this lease. It looks like his replacement is going to need to put in some extra work this spring as we're definitely seeing an increase in population and coyote breeding season is not far off down here in Texas. I for one plan on donating a few helping bullets whenever a target of opportunity presents itself. Many of the local ranchers and business do support a yearly varmint contest in our area, they give away a AR 15 along with other prizes each year to lucky hunters in a drawing held after the close of deer season. To qualify one needs to shot and remove the ears from a fox, coyote or bobcat and take them to one of the designated registering point and fill out a entry form. I bet ya next time I won't wait a week to cut off the ears as I hadn't removed the ears from the prior weeks kill. I find that coyotes stink bad enough right after they're shoot, they're really ripe when one has been dead for a week, as we've been experiencing unseasonably warm weather this month.
I'm hoping that I get lucky in the drawing with one of my two entries.
RJ "Rick" Hamilton
I'm hoping that I get lucky in the drawing with one of my two entries.
RJ "Rick" Hamilton
