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Coyote Hunting - From 10 Yards to over 1,000 Yards
.204 Ruger for coyotes
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<blockquote data-quote="dbs1" data-source="post: 1131989" data-attributes="member: 91085"><p>I'm a fan of the browning a bolt and after having one in 270wsm and 22.250 I picked one up in 204 to be my PD gun. Previously the 22.250 was my most used gun. The 204 has now replaced it and since picking it up in Aug 2015 I've probably shot 250pds with it since. </p><p>Seeing yotes out there on a regular basis I thought I'd go calling last Sat. On the first stand one came barreling out of the cedars at 500yrds. I was wanting to try a longer shot with the 204 but he charged all the way in and was still on a run when I hit him at 50yrds in the neck. He flopped some before going to the big prariiee in the sky and I'm sure my little 32gr Hornady pd loads were not the best load for LR coyote medicine, but I sure like the improved loss of sight picture in the scope over the 22.250.</p><p></p><p>Getting ready for a coues hunt and spending time with my 270wsm and shooting 6" groups at 700+ yards I thought I'd give it a try on the next stand,with the hopes of testing out a LR shot on Mr yote. Nope. The next one showed up at 400 yards, paused then as I was getting ready to squeeze one off he came all the way in on a trot till he piled up at 75yrds from a 140gr AB. Of course that 140gr AB opened him up like an M40 in a toad, but I've always believed a good coyote is a dead one, so mission accomplished there.</p><p></p><p>With a custom Leupold turret on all my scopes, I won't be changing the load on my 204 and may just have to break out the AR in 223, but I don't have near the confidence in it at ranges past 250 yards as I do the bolt guns.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dbs1, post: 1131989, member: 91085"] I'm a fan of the browning a bolt and after having one in 270wsm and 22.250 I picked one up in 204 to be my PD gun. Previously the 22.250 was my most used gun. The 204 has now replaced it and since picking it up in Aug 2015 I've probably shot 250pds with it since. Seeing yotes out there on a regular basis I thought I'd go calling last Sat. On the first stand one came barreling out of the cedars at 500yrds. I was wanting to try a longer shot with the 204 but he charged all the way in and was still on a run when I hit him at 50yrds in the neck. He flopped some before going to the big prariiee in the sky and I'm sure my little 32gr Hornady pd loads were not the best load for LR coyote medicine, but I sure like the improved loss of sight picture in the scope over the 22.250. Getting ready for a coues hunt and spending time with my 270wsm and shooting 6" groups at 700+ yards I thought I'd give it a try on the next stand,with the hopes of testing out a LR shot on Mr yote. Nope. The next one showed up at 400 yards, paused then as I was getting ready to squeeze one off he came all the way in on a trot till he piled up at 75yrds from a 140gr AB. Of course that 140gr AB opened him up like an M40 in a toad, but I've always believed a good coyote is a dead one, so mission accomplished there. With a custom Leupold turret on all my scopes, I won't be changing the load on my 204 and may just have to break out the AR in 223, but I don't have near the confidence in it at ranges past 250 yards as I do the bolt guns. [/QUOTE]
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