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