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Best bullet for coyotes outta my .243?
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<blockquote data-quote="elmerkeithclone" data-source="post: 1413693" data-attributes="member: 104345"><p>Here in Iowa everything is divided up into mile sections of land with a road on every side. It used to be that after a snowfall I would drive around right at day light and find a fresh set of tracks. then I would circle that section looking fro tracks coming out. If there were none coming out then I would set up with my spotting scope and try to find that rascal laying out of the wind. If that didn't work. I would grab my 243, dress up in my whites and follow those tracks ever so cautiously. I spent a lot of hours crawling on my belly trying to sneak up on those curled up and sleeping yotes and had pretty good success at it too. Rarely did I ever have to shoot over 200 yards.</p><p></p><p>Those were the good old days. Coyotes have adapted and very seldom lay out in the open anymore. Also I have gotten older and that ending up a long ways from the truck isn't as much fun as it used to be. It used to be that might bump a coyote that wasn't the one that I was tracking and that could open up a whole new can of worms. I might end up all day roaming three or 4 sections of land after those things. it was a hoot too. I knew every farmer for miles and if I got too far from the truck I would usually just stop at the first farm house and get a ride back to my truck. The rides back to the truck thing still work if I had the stamina to get that far from the truck. Since I don't have that youthful bounce in my step anymore I have taken up calling. The calling has been met with very little success. Enough success that I won't give up. Besides I am out in nature being part of it and watching the sun go down. Sometimes I just set up on a travel corridor with the wind in my favor and hunt them like deer. I have killed several doing this. They are usually completely unaware of my presence when I touch the trigger and they start spinning in circles biting at whatever just bit them.</p><p></p><p>I think you hit the nail on the head....I need more practice at long range in the wind. I have a very good 300 yard range but it is in a very protect spot on purpose. The hills and the pine trees block the wind for the most part. I am going to have to do some long range shooting across an open beanfield and there is one on every corner.</p><p></p><p>I'll keep at it....what else is there for an old guy to do? Bar hopping coffee shops and swapping lies isn't for this old coot. I have to keep my face wind chapped to be happy!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elmerkeithclone, post: 1413693, member: 104345"] Here in Iowa everything is divided up into mile sections of land with a road on every side. It used to be that after a snowfall I would drive around right at day light and find a fresh set of tracks. then I would circle that section looking fro tracks coming out. If there were none coming out then I would set up with my spotting scope and try to find that rascal laying out of the wind. If that didn't work. I would grab my 243, dress up in my whites and follow those tracks ever so cautiously. I spent a lot of hours crawling on my belly trying to sneak up on those curled up and sleeping yotes and had pretty good success at it too. Rarely did I ever have to shoot over 200 yards. Those were the good old days. Coyotes have adapted and very seldom lay out in the open anymore. Also I have gotten older and that ending up a long ways from the truck isn't as much fun as it used to be. It used to be that might bump a coyote that wasn't the one that I was tracking and that could open up a whole new can of worms. I might end up all day roaming three or 4 sections of land after those things. it was a hoot too. I knew every farmer for miles and if I got too far from the truck I would usually just stop at the first farm house and get a ride back to my truck. The rides back to the truck thing still work if I had the stamina to get that far from the truck. Since I don't have that youthful bounce in my step anymore I have taken up calling. The calling has been met with very little success. Enough success that I won't give up. Besides I am out in nature being part of it and watching the sun go down. Sometimes I just set up on a travel corridor with the wind in my favor and hunt them like deer. I have killed several doing this. They are usually completely unaware of my presence when I touch the trigger and they start spinning in circles biting at whatever just bit them. I think you hit the nail on the head....I need more practice at long range in the wind. I have a very good 300 yard range but it is in a very protect spot on purpose. The hills and the pine trees block the wind for the most part. I am going to have to do some long range shooting across an open beanfield and there is one on every corner. I'll keep at it....what else is there for an old guy to do? Bar hopping coffee shops and swapping lies isn't for this old coot. I have to keep my face wind chapped to be happy! [/QUOTE]
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