Well, Sunday morning my dad rolled in from his walk up the tracks. He burst into the house with so much excitement he was like a fat kid in a candy shop. Anyways, the reason for his excitement was a coyote, no more than 50 yards across the tracks from the house.

By the time I got my gear on and headed out to the tracks (about 100 yards from the front door) the coyote is at about 500 yards with a pair of friends! As I'm getting set up, one coyote decides I'm not going to be that nice and takes off. The other two didn't seem too concerned about my presence as I was a ways off.
This pic is to show the distance I was sitting from my house



I settled down at the nearest fence post and took aim, just as I fixed the x hairs on the coyote on top of the round bale, they start into the howling, and not just a couple, they let loose with at least a minutes worth of challenge howls...it was actually quite a sight to watch through the scope.

I then decided to try to call them a bit closer, but with no luck, they wouldn't budge at all. I then realized it would be up to my shooting skills and my Burris FFII with a ballistic plex reticle. I found the coyote on top of the bale with my x hairs, and established the fact that he was at least 475 yards (according to my estimation) and placed the second hash mark under the x hairs onto the chest of the coyote and squeezed off a round. It was over in an instant, the coyote dropped dead from a direct hit to the neck at exactly 505 yards (which I stepped off, just to be sure on the distance).

This pic is of the distance from me to the bail the coyote was sitting on.



Shot with:
Rem Model 700 SPS in 22-250
Burris FFII 4.5-14x42mm with Bal Plex Ret
50 gr Berger Match bullet, 41 gr H380, Win brass, WLR Primer

And here is my prize!

Sounds like a good time was had by everyone except the coyote. Great shooting and a fine story. Be sure and post your pix.
GWB

Nice going! What is the zero range of your rig?

Congrats...

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Originally posted by Bobby Tomek:
Nice going! What is the zero range of your rig?

Congrats...

Well Bob, I have my Burris FFII sighted in for 200 yard shots with the cross hairs, then each hash mark on the ballistic plex reticle is used for longer and longer shots, I'm good out to about 675-700 yards...although a bit more practice is required for the extremely long shots. I haven't had much practice on coyote sized targets out to 500 yards, but am now confident in the fact that I can do it if I have to!

I figure I should add that after the initial shot and celebrations, I called the male back to about 650 yards and had him lined up with the Bal Plex Reticle, but with all the adrenaline and excitment, I jerked the shot, which hit right in front of the male. He subsequently took off and was never seen again....till this weekend I hope!

Nice shooting . My buddy shot a squirrel through the ears at 430 paces the other day w/ a 22-250 after one warning shot LOL. He said he wanted to give him a chance you know !!! It was the longest shot I have seen connect personally.

Hell of a shot my personal best is 300 with my ruger 22/250

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Originally posted by K20350:
Nice shooting . My buddy shot a squirrel through the ears at 430 paces the other day w/ a 22-250 after one warning shot LOL. He said he wanted to give him a chance you know !!! It was the longest shot I have seen connect personally.

Ah yes....the good ole squirrel shoot with the 22-250! Last winter my brother and I dusted, and I mean literraly dusted about a dozen squirrels one day, he with his .204 loaded with berger match bullets and me with my 22-250 loaded with Sierra BlitzKings....now that's entertainment!

Check out my 930 yard coyote pic on the "post your varmint pics here" thread. Page 3


That's the longest shot of my life to date.


Sorry, but you gotta be proud of that.

Don't you love it when a plan comes together?

Good shootin!

No pictures,but i DID have several witnesses.A groundhog,standing erect at about 70 yards,offhanded shot with a .54 flintlock rifle.
This was after another fella had shot at it and missed with a .243 scoped of course!After it reemerged from it's hole I tried for it.
This was on a Friday at a Muzzleloading shoot in Floyd,VA,thus the reason for several folks around.

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Originally posted by jeffstamper:
No pictures,but i DID have several witnesses.A groundhog,standing erect at about 70 yards,offhanded shot with a .54 flintlock rifle.
This was after another fella had shot at it and missed with a .243 scoped of course!After it reemerged from it's hole I tried for it.
This was on a Friday at a Muzzleloading shoot in Floyd,VA,thus the reason for several folks around.

That woulda been something to see! How'd the GH fair from that impact?

Well Sir,it went in one ear and came out the other,a double whammy.Pure accident on my part,even though in them days I was a much better shooter.
But it really was an unfortunate thing as well,my friend Terry,the guy with the .243,I haven't seen him at the shoot since.I do not think that shot was the reason,I think it was something else,maybe more like he moved to a new area.

Nice...I've always wondered what a ML would do to a small game animal such as a ground hog! The last GH I killed was with a 22lr, it was living in the engine compartment of my brother's old car sitting in my parents yard, my brother in law and I flushed him out then I put the hammer down with my Ruger 10/22!