First Coyote of the year...

[Songdog]

Got out early this morning to get a little glassing in for a coyote before heading off to work in Denver... caught this guy out in a bailed corn field mousing. Put on a little sneak, found a bale for a rest... put the nice orange triangle on the shoulder (Trijicon 3-9x40)... unleashed the 70 grain NBT... dog down!

This is the first coyote with this rifle... an ADL package gun in .243 that I transplanted into an old BDL-V stock... load was 42 grains of RE-17 in WW brass for about 3600fps. Bullet didn't exit... at least not intact... there were a few places where some jacket exited... but pelt damage was minimal. I didn't range it before the shot... I knew he was definitely in my wheel-house... turned out to be 285 yards which is inside the triangle on the Trijicon.... turns out that little glowing post reticle makes a pretty nice sight picture on fur.

Been almost a year since I shot a coyote... with work and family time gets slim... always gets me fired up. This one was large... 47 pounds and 50+" nose to tail... big ole male...

 

[gerry]

Nice coyote, good job. Good looking 243.

 

[6mm Remington]

Very pretty coyote. Nice rifle too!

 

[cloverleaf]

NICE! Sounds like a fun rifle to shoot too. CL

 

[DrMike]

Great job, Songdog. Congratulations.

 

[JD338]

Songdog,

Congratulations on the first coyote of the year.

JD338

 

[SJB358]

Congrats on a great coyote and great shooting. Those Trijicon's sound pretty good for coyote hunting... Scotty

 

[CatskillCrawler]

Nice shooting and nice rig.

Did you modify the floorplate/trigger guard on the ADL to get the BDL stock to fit? Been wanting to do that for awhile but always chicken out because mine shoots so well that I don't want to change anything.

 

[Songdog]

Did you modify the floorplate/trigger guard on the ADL to get the BDL stock to fit?

No modifications necessary... I had a complete BDL-SA bottom metal assembly lying around (mag box, floor plate, follower). There is a bit of a gap between barrel and stock... because it's a sporter barrel in a varmint stock... but I don't really care, the old BDL-V stock is the best stock Remington has ever made... bar none.

Scotty.... I like the Trijicon... but truth be told I definitely prefer a crosshair of some sort rather than the post style reticle.... my favorite being the Burris Ballistic Plex. But... it was a free scope.... and I strongly adhere to the moto: "if it's free... it's for me!"

Edit on previous post: Load is 46 grains of RE17 behind a 70 NBT... not 42 grains as I posted earlier. I shoot 42 grains of RE17 behind the 50 NBT in my Swift... hence the confusion.

 

[CatskillCrawler]

Free Trijicon! How fortunate you are.

 

[Songdog]

Free Trijicon! How fortunate you are.

I guess "free" might be a bit off... he gave me the glass in trade for some 'smith work on a rifle. I mounted a new piece of glass on his Rem. 700, bedded it, trigger job, and some load development... but I would have done all that for free anyway... so I guess getting the Trijicon was a pretty sweet trade!

 

[jmad_81]

Nice work! I'm shooting 45.5 gr RL-17 with the 70 NBT out of my .243. Bugholes.

That is a great looking dog!

 

[35 Whelen]

Nice job on the dog and keep up the good work. We work away on them here also with a .243W . Here is what they look like around here in the winter time.

here are a few done doggin deer............. :wink:

 

[DrMike]

Good looking bag of coyotes, Earl.

 

[SJB358]

Cool picture of the yotes. My pops is pretty busy in the trapping season as well with the yotes.

This was some of his take last year.

 

[gerry]

Your Dad did well Scotty, what's the brown critter at the top on the second coyote in, A big marten?

 

[DrMike]

That, also, was a fine take. Those pelts are premium. Consequently, those are good sized dogs.

 

[SJB358]

Your Dad did well Scotty, what's the brown critter at the top on the second coyote in, A big marten?

Its a fisher I think.

 

[CatskillCrawler]

Definitely a fisher. Weasels on steroids.

Your dad had a nice take last year!

 

[gerry]

Fisher's are pretty rare around here, thought it looked a bit big for a marten, neat critter.