….as a killing bullet. (Yeah yeah, preaching to the choir, I know.)
Shot a handful of coyotes in my yard last weekend with 88’s and liked what I saw so figured I should try them on something bigger. I’ve killed literally tons of deer and black bears with 75 Amax’s so knew basically what to expect but was curious about penetration with the 88’s and just how deep they’d dig spun that fast from a 223AI
So yesterday a buddy was up for a weekend hunt and to set up some whitetail cameras and we poked around some to see what was out and about.
When a fat 2 point stepped out of the alders at 175 yards on the nose it looked like a pretty good opportunity. Had about a 6” inch window to thread a bullet through that lined up with his shoulders so sent it on its way.
I’m pretty quick on a bolt gun, and the shooting is the fun part to me and I’m a big proponent on if they are still standing they get another one. But when the bolt slapped home he was already turning and then it was legs in the air.
Onside hit was just into the rear of the scapula, offside was centerpunched through the middle of the scapula and the bullet was caught just under the hide. That impressed me. Most of the jacket intact and a couple pieces of lead all in a clump.
Incidentally when a second two point stepped into the clear my buddy figured he wanted in on the fun so slapped that one with his 708AI with a 162 Amax.
Was fair brisk at a balmy -27*C and only 5km from the truck, but we managed to get it done.
Shot a handful of coyotes in my yard last weekend with 88’s and liked what I saw so figured I should try them on something bigger. I’ve killed literally tons of deer and black bears with 75 Amax’s so knew basically what to expect but was curious about penetration with the 88’s and just how deep they’d dig spun that fast from a 223AI
So yesterday a buddy was up for a weekend hunt and to set up some whitetail cameras and we poked around some to see what was out and about.
When a fat 2 point stepped out of the alders at 175 yards on the nose it looked like a pretty good opportunity. Had about a 6” inch window to thread a bullet through that lined up with his shoulders so sent it on its way.
I’m pretty quick on a bolt gun, and the shooting is the fun part to me and I’m a big proponent on if they are still standing they get another one. But when the bolt slapped home he was already turning and then it was legs in the air.
Onside hit was just into the rear of the scapula, offside was centerpunched through the middle of the scapula and the bullet was caught just under the hide. That impressed me. Most of the jacket intact and a couple pieces of lead all in a clump.
Incidentally when a second two point stepped into the clear my buddy figured he wanted in on the fun so slapped that one with his 708AI with a 162 Amax.
Was fair brisk at a balmy -27*C and only 5km from the truck, but we managed to get it done.