Paid For It's Self Today

[chickortreat]

Sorry I was on the river canoeing as a chaparone.
DS told me that the coyotes are getting bolder since I was gone.
Had 2 of them up just north of the house heading towards where the dead coyote laid. The dead one is now gone
asked him if he took out the .22-250 but he didn't wanted to shoot them with his .243 but they had disappeared by the time he got outside.

If you don't mind my asking, why would he prefer to shoot them with the .22-250 over the .243? They are nearly identical in recoil, with the .22-250 probably costing more (per shot). I can't think of a single reason to prefer one over the other, if both are at hand and a coyote needed dealing with.

 

[Red Barn Farms]

Nice shooting! Way to go!

 

[herfrds]

chickortreat I bought this gun from a family friend, went shooting gophers and prairie dogs with him and this gun. Call me sentimental but that is the main reason. Also my buying it helped them out.
Recoil means pretty much nothing to me. neither does cost of ammo, but the memory of the good times mean much more.

Coyotes got one of my barn cats leaving behind 5 orphan kittens. The battle to control the coyote numbers continues.

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

Quote: It sounded to me like the 243 was the preferred choice

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I'm pretty sure there are some words missing there

Try adding one word, and throw in a little punctuation

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[herfrds]

Bear foot I was pretty darn tired when I wrote it.
Excuse me for not typing properly.

Guess maybe I should pull some irons out of the fire but that ain't happening.

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

Bear foot I was pretty darn tired when I wrote it.
Excuse me for not typing properly.

Guess maybe I should pull some irons out of the fire but that ain't happening.

LOL


I still understood what you meant

 

[Extra Java]

This is a great thread.
How we wish we could even the score around here as well!!!

Good for you!

 

[Extra Java]

I've been JINXED!

As soon as I started reading these predator threads, the attacks have been never ending day & night!

The last 2 nights in a row a small cat killed some of our large Muscovies. Yesterday, a juvenile Red Tail Hawk no larger than a blue jay jumped on the back of a 20lb Drake and killed it, came back and killed 2 more just for fun. Last night, we had the ducks locked up so, I let them out this morning, milked the goats and came back to find a coyote had dug under the fence and nabbed another duck in broad daylight on my front lawn! We have 5 ft chain link surrounding our property with 2 ft barbed wire on top...coyotes just dig under.

I followed the trail of feathers to my next door neighbor's front yard where she feeds the little poopsies.

Looks like we're going to have a long, busy weekend.

 

[herfrds]

3 coyotes around our house yesterday morning!!!
I had gone down to milk my cow and my horse was standing at the back gate. He was acting weird. So I walked out to him and standing about 100 yards behind him is a coyote! Of course no gun!

Coyote walks away. I go back outside about 10 minutes later and there is a different cyote! The first one was an older one, this other one is probably one of this years pups. He was coming down the coulee towards my house.

I get done milking and head home. I step out my front door and look to the north and see something go running into the coulee. I grabbed my .22-250 and head out. I find that coyote in the second coulee. He is around 300 yards out. I should have put the cross hairs just above his shoulders I shot under him!

Took a running shot at him and missed but he was hauling butt out of here.
Had a coyote the night before this howling in the trees behind the house again. DS and I spot lighted the area but couldn't see anything.