Another day on the ranch

[filmjunkie4ever]

So while working on the ranch today, I found couple of brown elk sheds which was nice.

I was fixing fence and went to drive my 4-wheeler under a tree branch which happened to snap off and tattoo a lightning bolt on my right bicep. I was pleased.

On the way back I saw two snakes (neither were rattlers) and one coyote. The shot was about 300 yards distance and there was a 10-15 mph crosswind. Coyotes caught flatfooted out in the open typically don’t hang around long so I guessed the wind, held into it and fired. The coyote was laying dead, shot through the heart when I drove up to him.

While I personally prefer the extra spit provided by the .220 Swift, I have seen great success, especially on coyotes and chucks with the more ubiquitous and popular .22-250 Remington. This particular rifle belonged to my best childhood friend who died of cancer back in 2014 at the ripe old age of 29. My son is named after him, and this rifle goes with me almost everywhere this time of year. A daily reminder of my old friend and hunting pal now gone on to glory.

 

[Blkram]

Nice that you can remember and honour your friend by using his rifle for years to come.
I gather it will be handed down to his namesake in the years ahead?

 

[xphunter]

Honoring relationships is important-Good for you!
Vengeful tree branches are never good....
Good Shot!

 

[JD338]

Dale
Honoring your friend is a very noble thing to do. Reflect back on those memories and smile. It warms the soul.
Nice tattoo. I got one of those on my head a few years ago. I was cutting the lawn around a low hanging branch and ducked too little too late.
The branch lost to a chainsaw after I got 13 staples.
Congrats on the coyote.

JD338

 

[filmjunkie4ever]

Dale
Honoring your friend is a very noble thing to do. Reflect back on those memories and smile. It warms the soul.
Nice tattoo. I got one of those on my head a few years ago. I was cutting the lawn around a low hanging branch and ducked too little too late.
The branch lost to a chainsaw after I got 13 staples.
Congrats on the coyote.

JD338

Yeah I think my chainsaw and I are going to go pay that branch a visit this afternoon. This probably needed stitches too but just going to deal with it. Sure is tender.

 

[longrangehunter]

Great story, sorry to hear about your loss of a great friend! Nice work on the Coyote!

I’ve known more than a few Ranchers who used the Swift, or the 22-250 on everything! Even Deer, and potentially even a Cow Elk? I just know they always had that rifle with them every where, and were deadly in every possible situation with them.

 

[Guy Miner]

Dale - people pay good money for lightning bolt tats!

OUCH! Watch to make sure it heals up without becoming infected.

Good job on the coyote. Excellent way to honor the memory of your old friend.

Guy

 

[RL338]

Kinda of an up and down day. You both got tattooed except the coyote’s is life altering.