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post #1 of 39
9/4/12 at 8:11pm
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Let the dogs out this morning. They went nuts barking. Couldn't see anything but I knew there was a coyote behind our house but due to the tress and brush cannot see a thing. Dogs are quiet for awhile then they go to barking again.

I go outside again and as I step around the corner of the house there is the coyote sitting on the hillside at around 250 yards. I run back in the house and grab my glasses and grab my new .22-250. Jack in a round. I found a a steady perch and hit that yote behind the shoulders.

I was able to get to within 150 yards and finished it off with a head shot.

 

Well worth the hefty price I paid for that gun.

 

Boy is that sucker accurate.

 

One chicken killer down and more to go.

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post #2 of 39
9/4/12 at 8:32pm

yeah that is a nice one, how much did you pay for it?
 

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Chickens and gardening just seem to go together.

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2 N.H. reds, 2 Barred Rocks, 2 Golden Sex-links 3 Ameraucanas, 2 danish brn leghorns, 2 Rohde Island reds
Urban farmer 5 orange trees 3 peach trees 2 avocados 1 lemon 1 lime 1 plum 1 loquat and an always rotating crop of vegetables.
Chickens and gardening just seem to go together.

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post #3 of 39
9/4/12 at 8:34pm
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$1050

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post #4 of 39
9/4/12 at 8:54pm

Oh my, how could you kill such a beautiful animal ?clap.gifclap.gif   Just kidding.....  I have been calling foxes morning and night from a treestand to try to get the SOB that has been killing my roosters in the middle of the day.  Might have to buy some steel traps from ebay...

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post #5 of 39
9/5/12 at 12:56pm

Nice shooting. Keep the gun loaded.

I'm out of eggs. But I know where some brown ones are. I now raise big Ol' Honkin' Bob Whites & Layed back Coturnix. Pray For Rain In Texas!

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I'm out of eggs. But I know where some brown ones are. I now raise big Ol' Honkin' Bob Whites & Layed back Coturnix. Pray For Rain In Texas!

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post #6 of 39
9/5/12 at 5:01pm
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Let the dogs out this morning. They went nuts barking. Couldn't see anything but I knew there was a coyote behind our house but due to the tress and brush cannot see a thing. Dogs are quiet for awhile then they go to barking again.

I go outside again and as I step around the corner of the house there is the coyote sitting on the hillside at around 250 yards. I run back in the house and grab my glasses and grab my new .22-250. Jack in a round. I found a a steady perch and hit that yote behind the shoulders.

I was able to get to within 150 yards and finished it off with a head shot.

 

Well worth the hefty price I paid for that gun.

 

Boy is that sucker accurate.

 

One chicken killer down and more to go.

AWESOME!!! 

A Haunter run a'fowl

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A Haunter run a'fowl

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post #7 of 39
9/5/12 at 8:52pm
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7L got 3 rounds in it with the bolt open and safety on.

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post #8 of 39
9/6/12 at 4:15am

Sweet! I love reading about  people's guns. I can not wait to get my first. Just so darn hard to pick.How did you decide on the one you have,which I agree has quite a price.My dh would flip if I asked for that one.

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post #9 of 39
9/6/12 at 4:41am

Here's what I have, except mine is several years old......http://www.remington.com/products/firearms/centerfire/model-700/model-700-sps.aspx. Mine's .223 Remington. I have taken crows and fox at 240+yards with it. I have targets at 400 yards and when in practice, I can ring the plate with little problem. This rifle should run you less than $500. Recoil is hardly noticeable, and ammo is relatively cheap for .223.

Samuel Adams:  "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."

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Samuel Adams:  "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."

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post #10 of 39
9/6/12 at 4:42am
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Originally Posted by herefords View Post

7L got 3 rounds in it with the bolt open and safety on.

 What make of gun did you get & which scope ? Dang scope usually cost as much as the rifle. I have a silencer on my varmint rifle.

I'm out of eggs. But I know where some brown ones are. I now raise big Ol' Honkin' Bob Whites & Layed back Coturnix. Pray For Rain In Texas!

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I'm out of eggs. But I know where some brown ones are. I now raise big Ol' Honkin' Bob Whites & Layed back Coturnix. Pray For Rain In Texas!

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