Flintknapper
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I guess everyone knows how that one turned out!
And....NO, I don't need any recipes.
And....NO, I don't need any recipes.
.458 SOCOM vs. Coyote
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highorder
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I was expecting smaller pieces...
RedLion
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or a bigger hole?
memphisjim
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do people eat coyote?
sumpnz
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If you're otherwise starving, I suppose one could eat it.
LeonCarr
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That is a big yote for East Texas. Thank you for sending another fawn eater to the promised land .
What load were you shooting in the SOCOM?
Good shooting,
LeonCarr
.What load were you shooting in the SOCOM?
Good shooting,
LeonCarr
RockinU
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18" hbar? who built the upper?
Sunray
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"...do people eat coyote?..." You can. Game cook books usually have a recipe or two.
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Flintknapper
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Leon:
The round was a 250 grain Barnes TSX.
I didn't show the "off" side (exit) because, well......it would have been distasteful.
For hand-loaders (me), the SOCOM can be loaded with anything from a 100 gr. pill @ 3,000 fps to 600 grain bullets (subsonic).
Most folks stick with a 250, 300 or 405 grain bullet.
RockinU:
The barrel length is 16" (without muzzle-break/flash-hider or suppressor).
The upper is custom by Marty ter Weeme.
The round was a 250 grain Barnes TSX.
I didn't show the "off" side (exit) because, well......it would have been distasteful.
For hand-loaders (me), the SOCOM can be loaded with anything from a 100 gr. pill @ 3,000 fps to 600 grain bullets (subsonic).
Most folks stick with a 250, 300 or 405 grain bullet.
RockinU:
The barrel length is 16" (without muzzle-break/flash-hider or suppressor).
The upper is custom by Marty ter Weeme.
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LeonCarr
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250 Barnes TSX...the yote deserved it. I would hunt coyotes with a .600 Nitro Express if I could afford one .
Just my .02,
LeonCarr
.Just my .02,
LeonCarr
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Flintknapper
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I don't know that this Yote "deserved it" or not, but was simply shot out of necessity.
I heard my Border Collie raising cain behind the house the other morning....so I went and looked out in the pasture to see what all the commotion was about.
He had a coyote (a female) "bayed" on top of an old pile of tree tops that I had pushed up and burned. He was just barely staying out of reach of the Yote everytime it would turn and snap at him.
My B/C is pretty old...and nothing like "fast or agile" anymore. I figured it would be just a matter of minutes before he got "his butt handed to him".
I was going to get the 7mm-08...but remembered it wasn't loaded. The SOCOM was stoked...so I grabbed it, went to my Daughter's bedroom window and got a rest on the window sill.
The distance was only about 120 yds. and when the Yote finally went back on top of the wood pile....I tapped the trigger. The Border Collie came back to the house like his tail was on fire and the Yote just dropped DRT.
All in all... it worked out pretty well. One less Yodel Dog and no injured B/C.
I heard my Border Collie raising cain behind the house the other morning....so I went and looked out in the pasture to see what all the commotion was about.
He had a coyote (a female) "bayed" on top of an old pile of tree tops that I had pushed up and burned. He was just barely staying out of reach of the Yote everytime it would turn and snap at him.
My B/C is pretty old...and nothing like "fast or agile" anymore. I figured it would be just a matter of minutes before he got "his butt handed to him".
I was going to get the 7mm-08...but remembered it wasn't loaded. The SOCOM was stoked...so I grabbed it, went to my Daughter's bedroom window and got a rest on the window sill.
The distance was only about 120 yds. and when the Yote finally went back on top of the wood pile....I tapped the trigger. The Border Collie came back to the house like his tail was on fire and the Yote just dropped DRT.
All in all... it worked out pretty well. One less Yodel Dog and no injured B/C.
wankerjake
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Sweet! I'm gonna get one with my 45 colt levegun one of these days.
LeonCarr
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Not trying to sound like a hater towards coyotes (the yote deserved it comment), but I have seen first hand what they can do to fawns, calves, goats, sheep, and house pets. Up here in the DFW Metromess they are everywhere, even in urban subdivisions.
Just my .02,
LeonCarr
Just my .02,
LeonCarr
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CoRoMo
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Great! I assume you know how to cook then. Let us know how those backstraps turn out.
Motodeficient
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Nice gun, nice picture, nice shot, nice story to go with it. Thanks for sharing!
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Flintknapper
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LC wrote:
Around here....we don't see too much depredation of livestock, but certainly the fawn crop suffers every year.
I view them as a necessary part of the ecosystem, but when they start coming out of the woods/pastures (where they eat rabbits, rodents, etc) and start getting up around the house, then I take measures to stop them.
Last summer I had a small group of three Coyotes that would come into the pasture behind the house and literally try to "lure" my B/C out into the field.
One of them (a big gray Yote), would deliberately make half circles (coming closer each time) out in field...trying to get "Lucky" (my dog) to follow or chase him out there.
The other two would split off and sit (still) in positions that would allow them to flank my dog if he went too far out into the pasture.
I put an end to that... early one morning....when I dropped the big gray one in his tracks. The other two took off and never returned.
But it was clear...they were working in unison to lure my dog out to a point where they could ambush him. More than one farm dog around here has been found dead when coyotes ganged up and "stretched him out".
I have no love for them....but don't shoot them on sight either. Just depends on what they are doing and how many there are.
Of course, it could be argued that if they are not currently "doing something" they are ABOUT TO.
No Sir, I know. I understand completely how they can overpopulate and cause real problems.
Yes, coyotes are quite adaptable and will readily go into urban areas. We have way too many of them here in Deep East Texas.
Around here....we don't see too much depredation of livestock, but certainly the fawn crop suffers every year.
I view them as a necessary part of the ecosystem, but when they start coming out of the woods/pastures (where they eat rabbits, rodents, etc) and start getting up around the house, then I take measures to stop them.
Last summer I had a small group of three Coyotes that would come into the pasture behind the house and literally try to "lure" my B/C out into the field.
One of them (a big gray Yote), would deliberately make half circles (coming closer each time) out in field...trying to get "Lucky" (my dog) to follow or chase him out there.
The other two would split off and sit (still) in positions that would allow them to flank my dog if he went too far out into the pasture.
I put an end to that... early one morning....when I dropped the big gray one in his tracks. The other two took off and never returned.
But it was clear...they were working in unison to lure my dog out to a point where they could ambush him. More than one farm dog around here has been found dead when coyotes ganged up and "stretched him out".
I have no love for them....but don't shoot them on sight either. Just depends on what they are doing and how many there are.
Of course, it could be argued that if they are not currently "doing something" they are ABOUT TO.
Rob96
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I live in an urban area and it wasn't too long ago that we had 5 yotes running together that attacked a neighbors dog. Local police were able to dispatch one of them. Turned up rabid.
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Of course. He didn't have a SOCOM 458!!!
MattTheHat
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Man, I'm hungry!
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wyohome
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Wait until the government decides you need some wolves.
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Flintknapper
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Yeah, I've sort of been following the Wolf thing for the last 10 years.
Sounds like its really gotten out of hand in certain Western States.
No doubt, the same people who thought it would be a good idea to drain the swamps in Florida....were the ones responsible for restocking (and protecting) the Wolves.
Now everyone is up their *#% (butt) in Alligators and Wolves. Yee-haw................
Sounds like its really gotten out of hand in certain Western States.
No doubt, the same people who thought it would be a good idea to drain the swamps in Florida....were the ones responsible for restocking (and protecting) the Wolves.
Now everyone is up their *#% (butt) in Alligators and Wolves. Yee-haw................
noob_shooter
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shoot it with a 50BMG next time
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