Recent content by hsiehjohn

Do you have a scope on that rifle? If not, you should get one. If you do, you need a better one.

I have a Tikka and a Rem 700, love the Tikka and disappointed with the Rem 700. Out of the box you get a lot for the Tikka, a very smooth action with a trigger you can dial down to 2lbs.

Flint, how big are the coyotes down at your part of the world? With all the pork you are feeding them, they must be as big as wolfs.

All you can eat in MO? We need to put them on a train and ship them to the west coast. They only sell 3,000 buck tags in San Diego for the year, and 300 doe tags. Its like winning the lottery just to be able to get a tag here.

Pretty much any hand guns should work at point blank range, within 10-15 yards for self defense. As long as you can hit a target at 20 yards. If you are trying to hunt them, might want to go with a rifle.

I think 223 would work if you hit them behind the ears, shot placement is key; there's a video on gamo.com that shows someone taking a pig with a .22 air rifle. But basically any rifle big enough for a deer would work. Have you looked at a Tikka? I just got a Tikka T3 .270, have been happy with it.

I think the rifle is probably the last piece of equipment to buy. The first piece of gear you might want to look into is a good pair of hiking boots because you will need to find the piggies first, which means scouting miles and miles of public properties; unless you are lucky enough to have...

I can understand why land owners would shy away from allowing strangers to shoot on their land, definitely a valid concern; but I think if everyone are willing to work together things can always be worked out. Here's a few options you might consider: Get an umbrella insurance policy that go...