#4 coyote for the year

[DeerTracker]

I couldn't stand being cooped up in the house anymore today so I took my wife out on her first strictly coyote hunting trip. We got bundled up in bunch of clothes plus our snow camo and headed out of town with temps around 10 degrees and 15mph wind. We drove out to my usual coyote grounds and saw 2 coyotes off the road before we even go to where I wanted to be. Our first stand was a bust and saw nothing but a golden eagle. Our second stand started out really slow until I was messing around and showing my wife how to howl on one of my primos calls. And I got a howl back! We were just ready to leave when my wife heard it howling back. I couldn't tell where it was coming from since the wind was howling but I then spotted two coyotes about 3/4th of a mile out and moving towards us. I then started blowin on my tally-ho and they turned on the afterburners coming to us. My wife was struggling to stay with the closest coyote. He went below the hill we were sitting on and out of site. Just then the other one popped up about 100 yards below us on a little ridge and my wife told me to blast him. She dropped right there and I stood up to see where the other one was. I barked at him and got him to stop but my wife tried an off hand shot and missed. I shot a couple at him as he was running off but he got away.
Here is the one we killed

Remington 700 22-250 shooting handloaded 50gr nosler ballistic tips. A little hole goin in and about a quarter sized exit hole

 

[Palouser]

Nice work!

 

[HTDUCK]

Awesome job !
Getting the wife out and having her shooting with you? Sounds like a perfect day.

Looks cold though.
It was almost 70 degrees here in Dallas today.....

Howard

 

[DeerTracker]

Oh it was very cold. Wifey didn't have much fun until she could see the coyotes comin!

 

[DrMike]

It sounds like a pretty good day. Congratulations on spending time afield with your good lady and scoring on the coyote.

 

[akhunter]

Good job on the yote. Did the bullet exit?

 

[DeerTracker]

Yah but only about a quarter sized exit hole

 

[257 Ackley]

Nice to see you are getting out there!! We are finally getting some snow, so it's time to get out there myself.

 

[Palouser]

I shot a Yote last year with a 243 and 55 grain BT loaded at 3,800fps. I couldn't even find an entry wound. No blood and no exit wound. Just made a pin size hole and went off like a bomb inside. Those BTs are awesome!

 

[FOTIS]

Great job man. One of these days I will get one....

 

[Elkman]

Keep going !!! I missed my first opportunity last week. 125 yards standing, broadside looking at me. I was shooting a bore sighted 45/70, from the front seat. After missing, The next day, I put it on paper,which showed the professional bore sighting to be 12 inches to the right at 50 yards. A Volkswagen Beatle would have been safe!!

 

[JD338]

DT

Congratulations on the coyote. Way to stack 'em up.
I have shot quite a few with the 22-250 loaded up with a 50 gr BT. Through the ribs, exits were the size of a nickel.

JD338