Farm lady 1, coyote 0

[Guest]

One of the things that many folks forget is the the spinal column is made up of three parts. The vertebra, the nerve bundle running through it and the discs between each vertebra. My guess is that the lady most likely slipped one into and through one of those discs and blew up the nerve bundle.

She used the gun that she was comfortable with and that is the "Best of the Best" for anyone to use. This just goes to prove that changing guns just because you can, doesn't always make the most sense! I carry the same gun in the same place; each and every time I carry. That way I know "just" what I have and where it will be and I also know what I can do with it.

I've used a .22RF to drop a steer that weighed in at about 1700 pounds after it had been dressed and quartered. Of course, this was a shot with the barrel pressed into the ear channel and the shot aimed toward the opposite eye socket and the steer was currently hung up by it's hind legs and has the front legs also trussed. It seems that once a steer is hanging upside down in this manner they don't do much thrashing around. The two gentlemen I assisted with this little project were planning on using nothing but a pocket knife for the whole project! They didn't even have a stone to put an edge back on the blade and they were trying to figure out just where to make a cut to bleed out this steer!

The one thing that can be said about ALL bullet wounds is that no two of them are alike!

 

[jonnyringo]

The .22LR only loses a few hundred fps at 100 yards so I have no doubt there would be plenty of energy to drop a yote, if shot placement was in a critical area.

Yotes are a huge problem for those of us who run beagles. I have known many a houndsman who have lost some badazz hounds to yotes. But, up in Michigan I know of a guy who hunts yotes with Patch beagles. They are 17" class beagles that are are pretty tuff hounds.

 

[macbullet]

76 lbs is a huge coyotee!

 

[okie john]

That's a big yote, and some very nice shooting.

If the bullet splintered a bone, that could account for the large exit wound.


Okie John

 

[Spotteddog]

Reading stories like this are some of the reasons I never P/O a woman who can shoot as good as my Wife can! Her experience began with grade school archery. Outstanding shot by the Lady, and proof of one's own confidence in one's own competence!

 

[walnutred]

Originally posted by Spotteddog:
Reading stories like this are some of the reasons I never P/O a woman who can shoot as good as my Wife can! Her experience began with grade school archery. Outstanding shot by the Lady, and proof of one's own confidence in one's own competence!

Yes, but I guess I can give you the rest of the story now without taking anything away from the actual shot she made. When I said she practices with this rifle, I mean she practices. She has targets set up at known ranges from her back porch and barn. This coyote happened to be in a pasture that contained one of her targets and she waited until the coyote passed in front of her target to take the shot. This meant she could probably judge the range within a yard.

Now, just because she actively plans to defend her farm and livestock from vermin doesn't take anything away from the actual shot. IMHO

 

[7.62foryou]

The coyotes around here are big also. Easy to mistake one for a G.shepard. I wonder if they've mated with wolfs along the way?
Someone on this site has a signature that says A hit with a .22 is better than a miss with a .44. There's the proof!