Last week Scott and I got out for some stands before work to get some more filming done and had five fox called in on three stands we killed three on video.


Then had a great time on the APC novice hunt. Calling in a bunch of grey's

Also had some time to do a little calling and rack up more points for the NPHA contest



Then yesterday took out the new .17 fireball and on it's maiden voyage at the 2 minute mark on the first stand a double comes in and The Model Seven puts down it's first critter. I was impressed with the performance on the coyote. No fur damage and the coyote went straight down with the shot.

Very Nice!

That's impressive work with the 17. In my limited experience the .204 does more fur damage than any of my .22 centerfires.

Congrats!

Y'all are off to a great start!

Bob

You guys ever get any Coatis?

Keithv35--I had wondered about the Ruger .204 on fur and figured it would be a good choice. You have any theories as to why it does worse than .22's?

Carpetman--I'm not really sure. These pics were from the same day calling. The 224 Wby was a 55 grain soft point. The coyote was shot at about 70 yards through the shoulder, it dropped in it's tracks and had a small entrance and exit hole.



The 204 Ruger was the 32 grain Hornady Vmax and it was shot at about 40 yards. The vmax left a baseball size entrance hole against the ribs and no exit. The coyote spun circles biting at the wound and died right there.


I'm sure its just the impact and style of the bullet but I could have skinned the coyote shot with the 224, while the 204 shot coyote seemed to messy.

The blood on the first one was from me carrying the coyote back to the truck for the camera....I wised up and took the camera with me for the next one.