I will be honest most of the Coyote hunting I have done has been around single digits with temps from -20 to 35F You don’t need to set a watch on a stand calling at around 15-20 minutes you are ready to get up to start walking. I have even done quite a bit of Pheasant hunting in Iowa in...
1. Price I have been a Nosler Fan for quite a while and willing to pay a little more but its getting to where I might try others for Big Game, I made the switch on my Varmint Bullets to other brand because high volume shooting.
2. As it has been said we need a Partition Tipped as this...
That is a long barrel you are going to hammer the deer for sure 3172 FPS and 140gr bullet.
Nice shooting and looking forward to seeing the deer you harvest.
I have a Rem. 700 VSII in .223 Rem. that has TPS rings and bases with Leupold 4.5x14 40mm CDS scope and yes I use it shooting Prairie Dogs and yes I have carried it several times Coyote hunting and no it‘s not light but I am 6’2 and I like the rifle.
If it was me I would just pull it out of the stock and rub Renaissance Wax on it and go hunting . I will say I have never hunted in sight of the Sea but I have been rained on and this it what I put on my Duck Gun Wood and Blued Steel 1100. No rust on it.
I feel for you as this year has been a ride also. Hope your next year is better also ! I did get a spring bear hunt in, but I have also put a Brother Mother and Father into the Nursing Home and my Mother passed in June my Father in October. To say I have been busy with Family issues is...
I would like to hear what she will hunt with it Deer ? Elk ? Bear ? I my self like both actions but if I was doing a Custom Build I would go Model 70, but if I had the action of a Model 700 I would be fine with it also. There both nice to Me.
I reload because I like too, and when your primary hunting rifles are 6mm Rem, .264 Win Mag and 300 H&H Mag you better be a Reloader. I do reload a lot more shotgun shells than rifle but I enjoy both. Country Music on and time in my reloading room is time well spent.