Update: Why I hate Coyotes

[Spitpatch]

Got the Beeyoch! 10 minutes ago in the low pasture. (The Dog went down a month ago.)

Hungry puppies in the den tonight. (I've got an idea where it is, maybe pay the kiddos a visit.) Ethel says they stink.

The .256 Ruger is batting a thousand.

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[Spitpatch]

...and a fitting end:

Her Buzzard Buddy only took 10 minutes to locate the carcass in the front yard!

 

[nehalemguy]

I shot one early morning two weekends ago that had a quail chick sticking out of its mouth. The buzzards had it cleaned up by days end!

 

[sealine]

@Spitpatch what kind/weight bullet are you slinging out of that .256?

 

[Spitpatch]

70gr Sierra Blitzking. By memory, a little over 2600fps. She was pussyfootin` around back of the barn, headed for the low pasture when I saw her from the kitchen window.
Grabbed the rifle, and the horse trailer was in perfect alignment between us so I could close. (I thought to myself, "This is kinda like one of those 'tactical rifle' courses!". )
No credit for a great shot: I thumped the gun on the trailer a bit by mistake, right before I rested around it ("Barricade!"). She heard the thump, stopped, and the crosshair found its own way in to her armpit, and my finger followed its command. She rocketed, the extension cord pulled out of the wall inside of 10 yards, then she spun, bit at the bullet hole, down and done. 65-70 yard shot.

I think for a pelt hunter, this cartridge/bullet might be a good ticket. Exit holes are monstrous on chucks and jacks, exits rarely seen on the Coyotes. This one exited, but the hole was hard to find (possible jacket only). She was about average size for a Coast female, so her chest is only maybe 4-6" deep broadside.

 

[Spitpatch]

Postscript on the bullet: I think Sierra dropped their 75g hollowpoint in favor of the Blitzking. I feared they had dropped the 90g HPBT (an extremely effective bullet on deer/antelope in faster calibers) in favor of a 90g Blitzking as well, but see it is still in their product list , though not seen on shelves. I bought a pile when I saw them drying up.

I imagine a cross-section of these Blitzking bullets would show a pretty thin "varmint-grade" jacket thickness, where the 90g HPBT jacket is heavier, and it is truly a big game bullet.

At .256 velocities, the 75gr Hornady Vmax, and the 70gr Sierra Blitzking are far less subject to fragmentation than one might think. A Vmax recovered from a chest-shot Pronghorn from a .256 looked like a magazine ad for an Interlock.

 

[xrangerx]

I'd love to find a spot where I could find coyotes regularly to do some shooting!

 

[sealine]

Thanks for the report on the bullet performance, Spitpatch. I figured you were either shooting the 70gr Blitzking or 75gr Vmax. I wasn't sure of the velocity, but guessed you were at least below 3k.

I would have expected either of those rounds to frag, especially at the distance you shot this one. I'm honestly surprised to hear the Blitzking penciled right through. Definitely not the typical Blitzking performance.

 

[DangerDog]

I love coyotes.

 

[Spitpatch]

Thanks for the report on the bullet performance, Spitpatch. I figured you were either shooting the 70gr Blitzking or 75gr Vmax. I wasn't sure of the velocity, but guessed you were at least below 3k.

I would have expected either of those rounds to frag, especially at the distance you shot this one. I'm honestly surprised to hear the Blitzking penciled right through. Definitely not the typical Blitzking performance.

Oh, I'm certain it did not "pencil through". Blood evidence confirmed complete expansion, probably with core separation and the largest part of the jacket made it out the other side. While "core separation" is believed to be a horror regarding bullet "integrity" (and killing ability, especially on big game), I long ago gave up concerning myself with such myths. I could care less whether a bullet "retains weight" or "maintains its integrity", as long as it kills effectively.

I want that bullet to deposit everything, or almost everything it has on or in the animal. I think this one did.

 

[64MercurysRule]

I love coyotes.

 

[Spitpatch]

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.. a 400hp Mustang with an 8-foot bed.

 

[ma96782]

Awwwww......Come On Man
They're Great instructors. Besides....I is graduated from that there fine institution.



Aloha, Mark