Coyote meets Savage Smokeless
Dec 22, 2011 19:50:59 GMT -5
Post by brownbasshunter on Dec 22, 2011 19:50:59 GMT -5
On the last morning of my Muzzleloader hunt in KY I was proud of my ML-II. After not seeing any deer, about 10:00 I catch something in the middle of the field behind some small trees. I pick up my rangefinder to use as a binoc and am surprised to see a coyote. I quickly ready my gun with a steady rest. It trots out in the open and is about to go into the woods, but makes the fatal mistake of pausing briefly. I launch a shot and it whirls and runs back the way it came from. I thought it pulled up lame, but was not sure. In about 3 or 4 minutes I hear a shot in the direction it went. My buddy text me he just shot a coyote that was flippin and floppin in the middle of the field. He knew it would die, but had not been able to shoot and I would of done the same thing.
I had shot it just in front of the hams and broke it down. I quickly turned and ranged the shot @ 204 yds. I was surprised by the distance. It is my longest kill with a muzzleloader. I know that is a mere chip shot to most on here, but I was proud to kill a coyote and especially at that distance. It is my second 1 with a muzzleloader, but it was in the darker days of pyrodex and hours of cleaning....lol
I had shot it just in front of the hams and broke it down. I quickly turned and ranged the shot @ 204 yds. I was surprised by the distance. It is my longest kill with a muzzleloader. I know that is a mere chip shot to most on here, but I was proud to kill a coyote and especially at that distance. It is my second 1 with a muzzleloader, but it was in the darker days of pyrodex and hours of cleaning....lol
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