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[kirsch]

Coyote Rich Environment: KC Ep.188:
This is actually the 2nd part of the same night as the Triple - Triples episode. As I crested a hill towards the end of the night, I spotted a pack of 5 coyotes. My thoughts were "Wow What a Coyote Rich Environment" and hence the name of this video.

 

[CStroud]

Was outside Monday night around 10PM checking out the Guidesmart ta651 in the rain and this little gal popped into view around 85 yards. 110 gr 300 blk did its job very well as did the thermal.

 

[smcfarland]

Athlon Cronus ATS PRO 35CL-640

Bastard went old school Predator movie and dunked himself in pond before coming out into field. My old Pulsar thermal scanner barely picked him up with the water on his back. Took me 20 mins to confirm was a pig before walked out and thumped him. 6.5 CM shooting 100 ELD VT.

 

[smcfarland]

Athlon Cronus ATS PRO 35CL 640 https://youtu.be/TsQtLvDMjNo

Another one. Should have tested out the shotgun as close as he was. 6.5 CM shooting 100 ELD VT at 49m.

 

[kirsch]

When a quad started running towards me on a harvested soybean field, all I could think of is "These are dead coyotes walking!" The question was how many would I get of the four. You will have to watch the video to find out.

 

[kirsch]

Coyote Hunting Smackdown: KC Ep.190:
The humidity was high but that didn't stop me from putting the "smackdown" on some coyotes.

 

[kirsch]

For those of you who regularly watch the Kirsch Chronicles, you know I typically hunt with a white-hot thermal color palette/background. However, different conditions yield different results. On this night, the Pulsar Thermion 2 LRF XL50 looked better in black-hot mode. Make sure to try different settings at times to get the best results possible.

 

[kirsch]

 

[kirsch]

There is something about irrigation pivots that attract coyotes. On this night, most of the hunting was done on or near irrigated agriculture fields that had been harvested.

 

[kirsch]

 

[kirsch]

Protecting A Friend's Ranch:
A high school friend and classmate called me saying he was worried about coyotes getting too close to their cattle. I always enjoy helping ranchers, but it makes it even more satisfying when helping out a Buddy. I made 5 stands and removed 8 coyotes.

 

[kirsch]

 

[sgtsmmiii]

Kirsch is a machine. Nice shooting.

 

[kirsch]

Kirsch is a machine. Nice shooting.

Thank you. Very kind of you to say!

 

[CStroud]

That video is wild. I've never seen them just keep on coming like that. It's usually 1 shot and everything scatters around here.

 

[StephenShivers]

That video is wild. I've never seen them just keep on coming like that. It's usually 1 shot and everything scatters around here.

Kirsch is a coyote magnet.

 

[kirsch]

That video is wild. I've never seen them just keep on coming like that. It's usually 1 shot and everything scatters around here.

I would say in general, yes the same thing happens in the areas I hunt typically. However, there are four things that I believe make a major difference in calling in multiple coyotes on a stand even after your first shot.

1) shooting suppressed definitely helps as well as shooting quieter calibers. I realize the majority of sound happens with the breaking of the sound barrier, but I swear the coyotes don’t spook as easy with smaller calibers as well as shooting suppressed.

2) not mag-dumping on additional coyotes, as well as only shooting at standing coyotes making sure you only have to shoot once per coyote.

Also, my call is almost always muted before I shoot number one. When a second or third coyote is leaving, if you often switch the sound or start it again, they will stop and check it out. I’m usually doing some type of coyote distress or fight sound to stop them. In this video example, you will see coyote #2 looking to my left as I had hit my stopping sound immediately after shooting #1. It was looking at the call making for an easy follow-up shot.

I absolutely love the foxpro foxgrips. I have the ability to mute and play the call with the button on my gun grip. I have a 2 button remote on my tripod leg for my left hand so I can change the sound. I also have my remote control mounted for easy access as well on the other tripod leg. This gives me 3 different ways to mute/play or switch sounds with very little movement.

What I am getting at by all of this is, it helps to have immediate control of your sounds, and if you can read coyote’s body language, you can often stop them before shooting and after.

3) you typically need to change the calling sequence to continue triggering coyotes. In the example of this video, I got super aggressive with the last three coyotes to get them to commit after shooting the first two.

4) a high population of coyotes definitely helps. If you watch the times on the videos, you will see there were two waves of coyotes. There was the first three and then the last two came about 10 minutes later.

 

[carbonbased]

Wow. Nice set! Are you still shooting the 204, or did you switch back to the 22-250?

 

[kirsch]

Wow. Nice set! Are you still shooting the 204, or did you switch back to the 204?

This video is from a night last season before I started using my 204. I was using my 22-250 for this one.

For this season, I plan on using my 22-250 and my 204. In addition, I hope to try using a 20-250 this season as well if my barrel ever gets done.

 

[rlsmith1]

This video is from a night last season before I started using my 204. I was using my 22-250 for this one.

For this season, I plan on using my 22-250 and my 204. In addition, I hope to try using a 20-250 this season as well if my barrel ever gets done.

20-250 sounds like a light saber, what are you hoping for velocity / loads with that one?

 

[kirsch]

20-250 sounds like a light saber, what are you hoping for velocity / loads with that one?

There seems to be 2 schools of thought with the 20-250. Some try to go heavier bullets with fast twist, and they seem to be barrel burners. I want to do the opposite. I want to go a little lighter and shoot the same bullets as my .2104. I found the 40 grain hp bullets I love. I could have gone with a long barrel and tried to get probably 4,300-4,400 fps. Instead, I wanted a gun that I can in and out of the truck easier but keep the speed pretty dang good. My hope is to be shooting those 40 grainers around 4,000 fps with my 20" barrel. The people I know running the 20-250 seem to think that is should be totally doable. My .204 is shooting them around 3700 currently. So at 4,000, it will be fast but hopefully not too fast. Some of the bullets start to come apart at super fast speeds and can also not perform right on coyotes. Only time will tell which should be late Fall/early Winter.

 

[carbonbased]

There seems to be 2 schools of thought with the 20-250. Some try to go heavier bullets with fast twist, and they seem to be barrel burners. I want to do the opposite. I want to go a little lighter and shoot the same bullets as my .2104. I found the 40 grain hp bullets I love. I could have gone with a long barrel and tried to get probably 4,300-4,400 fps. Instead, I wanted a gun that I can in and out of the truck easier but keep the speed pretty dang good. My hope is to be shooting those 40 grainers around 4,000 fps with my 20" barrel. The people I know running the 20-250 seem to think that is should be totally doable. My .204 is shooting them around 3700 currently. So at 4,000, it will be fast but hopefully not too fast. Some of the bullets start to come apart at super fast speeds and can also not perform right on coyotes. Only time will tell which should be late Fall/early Winter.

I shoot Hornady Superperformance ammo, mainly, as it is the fastest stuff I’ve found. I don’t reload.

But it’s weird, my 204 shoots the Hornady 40gr ammo at about 3700 (+/- 100fps on temp) but never reaches 3900fps out of 26” (which is the box speed…I know I know).

Meanwhile, its 50gr Hornady 22-250 cousin is at 4050-4150fps out of a 25.5” (box speed 4100).

I’ve always dismissed the box speeds as optimistic, but the 22-250 Superperformance stuff is breaking the mold.