Night Vision NV and thermal kills...
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Little early for that in the South.
I meant the coyote may have been eating Labrador and golden retriever pup. *Tongue in cheek*
Just after the stroke of midnight, I got up from my seat to stretch and try to get my back spasms to stop when my buddy whispered to me that he see's two dogs coming in.
My back spasms magically disappear when I see them coming with my spotter.
I get behind the rifle and hit record.
I pop the first one, he misses the second dog and I take a shot at it before it goes over the hill.
I heard a smack after my shot, so I know it's hit good.
The .20 cal 40grn Vmax did it's job and both dogs were found right over the hill.
52lb male and 35 lb female.
Double down.
My back spasms magically disappear when I see them coming with my spotter.
I get behind the rifle and hit record.
I pop the first one, he misses the second dog and I take a shot at it before it goes over the hill.
I heard a smack after my shot, so I know it's hit good.
The .20 cal 40grn Vmax did it's job and both dogs were found right over the hill.
52lb male and 35 lb female.
Double down.
Kirsch,
You need to hire a carcass clean up service like John Wick.
You need to hire a carcass clean up service like John Wick.
Funny. I've been out 31 times this Fall/Winter and have shot 333 coyotes so far. We then got 5' of snow, and I haven't been able to get out for a long time. I was thinking 500 coyotes was possible this winter, but 400 may be a stretch.
Sorry for the video blitz, as I was behind in posting videos on Snipers Hide. I actually release a new Episode every Sunday night at 8PM on the Night Goggles YouTube Channel. This is the best way to see the action, so please subscribe.
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Went after some hogs last night. Decided to use a bolt gun instead of my 6.5 grendel. There's something about it that's just more fun! Except for only having a 5 round magazine, lol. Rifle setup is a Steyr THB 6.5 creed/ TBAC Ultra 9 with a N-VISION XRF.
Back on the board after probably 2 years break. This was in my back yard, I was in the barn... set the caller up about 75 out. Started off with a female long howl a few times. Then about 10 minute break and hit the titmouse tantrum. Didn't take him long. I wasn't 100% sure it was a yote until he turned and hopped. We occasionally get a fox and I don't want to shoot those. Didn't seem he wanted to stop, so caught him as he reached the left side of my shooting window 
35 pound male, went about 40yds.. easy track in the snow.
35 pound male, went about 40yds.. easy track in the snow. Ah yes the time of year where courtship happens and they aren’t fucking coming to your dumb ass noise so you have to shoot ‘em at distance. 
What e-caller do you guys use? I want to hunt more, and my old Foxpro FX3 is a bit limited. Looking to upgrade.
got a few we use just depends on the what we're doing. typically run a x24 but also use a icotec outlaw alot. i have magnetic feet on the icotec and i stick it to the roof of the truck many times and we utilize it for locating and sometimes on stand we use it to confuse or even redirect responding coyotes.
So I guess you'd recommend the X24 over the Shockwave? I'm thinking of upgrading my old FX3.. not that there's anything too horribly wrong with it, just limited on sounds.
First few coyotes with the Eotech ELR. I'm using a sideshow GoPro Hero 7, so the video quality is not close to what I see as you probably know.
On the second coyote, showing the video timestamps, I got him at 762 yards. The cold killed my Gopro battery, died about 15-20 seconds prior to the shot and I didn't see it until after. I immediately popped in another battery and filmed him laying dead.
On the second coyote, showing the video timestamps, I got him at 762 yards. The cold killed my Gopro battery, died about 15-20 seconds prior to the shot and I didn't see it until after. I immediately popped in another battery and filmed him laying dead.
This was a group of small pigs at just shy of 1100 yards. I'm running a 338ultra suppressor, so I can hear impacts pretty well. To my ear it sounded like it hit meat. The one on the end spun a time or two and when they got to the woods he went off to the left and possibly went down. It was drizzling rain at the time of the shot and I wasn't going that far out with rain inbound to check. If he wasn't hit, he knows to stay out of the field.
Dropped this one after after spotting it a long ways away.
It couldn't resist the new female calls from MFK.
20-30 mph wind was blowing in our faces.
43.2lb male.
It couldn't resist the new female calls from MFK.
20-30 mph wind was blowing in our faces.
43.2lb male.
Was lucky enough to score a double on 2 Hogs. I shot them with a 6.5 Grendel that I built with a Criterion 22' heavy barrel. I have a N-Vision HALO 50 Thermal mounted on this rifle. Hunted my friends property located about 15 miles east of Sarasota, FL.
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The pig killing is about to get interesting.
Yes it was filmed with a vintage .9 MP Red Skin.
Yes it was filmed with a vintage .9 MP Red Skin.
This is one of the larger ones I have killed.
Little different setup for my home range. 6 Creed with 87 g vmax has proven to be pretty good medicine for yotes. Not real fur friendly though.
Little different setup for my home range. 6 Creed with 87 g vmax has proven to be pretty good medicine for yotes. Not real fur friendly though.
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Since I set up my backup Impulse rifle in the 20-250 cartridge I haven't been able drop a coyote, but that all changed last weekend.
Shot a 35.5 lb female Sunday Pm and a well fed 49.7 lb mangey male at 12:01 Monday Am.
My buddy spotted the female as we were heading to our stand, but couldn't engage because he didn't turn his scope on.
We followed it through the trees where it met another dog.
After ten minutes of them calling and yapping it up like the typical female of any species on this planet, we set up where we had a semi clear shot into the woods and called them.
I dropped the first one and the second one trotted away in the thick woods.
I attached a short clip of how thick the woods are.
I had to go to work Monday Am, so I was planning on heading out at midnight, but heard something coming in from behind me as I was checking the time on my phone and of course it was a dog.
It almost busted me, but I was behind a tree and after it went over a small rise, I repositioned and started calling again.
It came back so close that I couldn't shoot it, but the wind shifted, it turned and I let the 55 gr Berger do it's thing.
Hunting dogs in the northeast woods gets your blood pumping.
SJC
Shot a 35.5 lb female Sunday Pm and a well fed 49.7 lb mangey male at 12:01 Monday Am.
My buddy spotted the female as we were heading to our stand, but couldn't engage because he didn't turn his scope on.
We followed it through the trees where it met another dog.
After ten minutes of them calling and yapping it up like the typical female of any species on this planet, we set up where we had a semi clear shot into the woods and called them.
I dropped the first one and the second one trotted away in the thick woods.
I attached a short clip of how thick the woods are.
I had to go to work Monday Am, so I was planning on heading out at midnight, but heard something coming in from behind me as I was checking the time on my phone and of course it was a dog.
It almost busted me, but I was behind a tree and after it went over a small rise, I repositioned and started calling again.
It came back so close that I couldn't shoot it, but the wind shifted, it turned and I let the 55 gr Berger do it's thing.
Hunting dogs in the northeast woods gets your blood pumping.
SJC
Here’s a little photo dump of a few from this winter. Snow conditions suck, last night I snowshoed in to a spot, took the shoes off and dropped down to my waist. I got my tripod set up as high as it will go (which is close to 7’) and I still had to bend over at the waist to see through the scope haha.
Been running the new Iray Bolt TL35 V2 for a few weeks now and the image is as good or better than my V1 was, and the addition of a built in microphone is a nice feature to have. I’d say battery life is better, but I never had any complaints with the first one either.
I’ve managed to put 14 down for ‘23 so far. Hopefully hit a few more in the next couple weeks then I’ll give them a little break until July/august.
From a few weeks ago. Ended up with 10 pigs, 2 raccoons, and a coyote. 
Another good weekend, 16 total for the trip. Not a lot of sleeping… 6 coolers full of meat, though.
Went camping and wandered for yotes but found something else!
