Incidental coyote this morning

24 January 2009, 20:35

Bobby Tomek

Well, this morning I had the pleasure of meeting one of the forum members -- Geedubya -- and I must add that it was an honor to meet him. He's truly one of the good guys.

GWB had bought a gun I listed, and after meeting him in Flatonia, I drove back home. Less than a mile from the house, on a property for which I have permission to hunt, I spotted a coyote about a quarter-mile out in a semi-open pasture. He was obviously honing in on some free-ranging chickens.

With the strong wind, he never heard the truck. I drove past, parked, got out and grabbed my 7mm Bullberry Contender. I recently swapped scopes and put a Nikon Monarch 6x42 on it after having variables atop it the entire time I've had it.

To make a long story short, I dropped off into the treeline, got as close as I figured I could without getting busted and ranged the 'yote at 279 yards. With a 200 yard zero, I held just above the 'yote's back and then moved the crosshairs to just over his head to compensate for the brisk crosswind.

At the shot, he spun, bit once at his shoulder and went down. The 120 grain TSX had taken him through both shoulders and left an exit the size of a quarter. I'm going to open him up later to assess the internal damage.

I was initially worried about being limited to 6x, but it did not hinder me the least bit on this shot, and that's about as far as I'll ever shoot with this rig anyway. So I think I am going to like this scope on my 7mm Bullberry...

24 January 2009, 21:22

MickinColo

quote:
Originally posted by Bobby Tomek:
Well, this morning I had the pleasure of meeting one of the forum members -- Geedubya -- and I must add that it was an honor to meet him. He's truly one of the good guys.

GWB had bought a gun I listed, and after meeting him in Flatonia, I drove back home. Less than a mile from the house, on a property for which I have permission to hunt, I spotted a coyote about a quarter-mile out in a semi-open pasture. He was obviously honing in on some free-ranging chickens.

With the strong wind, he never heard the truck. I drove past, parked, got out and grabbed my 7mm Bullberry Contender. I recently swapped scopes and put a Nikon Monarch 6x42 on it after having variables atop it the entire time I've had it.

To make a long story short, I dropped off into the treeline, got as close as I figured I could without getting busted and ranged the 'yote at 279 yards. With a 200 yard zero, I held just above the 'yote's back and then moved the crosshairs to just over his head to compensate for the brisk crosswind.

At the shot, he spun, bit once at his shoulder and went down. The 120 grain TSX had taken him through both shoulders and left an exit the size of a quarter. I'm going to open him up later to assess the internal damage.

I was initially worried about being limited to 6x, but it did not hinder me the least bit on this shot, and that's about as far as I'll ever shoot with this rig anyway. So I think I am going to like this scope on my 7mm Bullberry...

Good story, nice shooting!

24 January 2009, 22:34

bartsche

Good size coyote.

roger

24 January 2009, 23:04

Dr. Lou

Nice dog!!!

25 January 2009, 03:53

p dog shooter

A very nice coyote oh ya its dead no wonder its a nice coyote.

25 January 2009, 04:58

jb

thats a rather odd fore end on this one.

25 January 2009, 06:29

Bobby Tomek

What's odd about it? They are quite common among Contender shooters.

It's a custom forend designed for benchrest shooting, but it also works amazingly well in the field. It fits my hand just perfectly and allows for very steady field position rests .

This is the forend I had on it before. The other forend worked very well, but the new one, designed and made by Dave Dolin on the Specialty Pistols forum, suits me even better.

25 January 2009, 06:48

jb

It appears to be 4 inches or so wide.

25 January 2009, 07:11

Bobby Tomek

It is only 2.550" wide. To put things into perspective, the barrel itself is only 20 1/8th".

25 January 2009, 08:15

jb

obviously,its working for you.

25 January 2009, 23:19

Bob in TX

Great shot Bobby!!

Congrats,

Bob

26 January 2009, 00:58

DMB

quote:
Originally posted by Bob in TX:
Great shot Bobby!!

Congrats,

Bob

DITTO!
That was a great shot, in any league.
Anytime you can connect at that distance in a stong wind, you've done some excellent shooting.

Don

26 January 2009, 06:18

Geedubya

Some guys have all the luck....some guys have all the fun,.... some guys don't have to drive very far to do both. Congrats on a fine 'yote and a great shot.
GWB