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[rabiddog]

As I posted earlier I had a job interview in Stead,NV will hear back on that sometime next week. Now if you thought I could go to Nevada and not hunt the coyotes that aren't there you thought wrong. Now I'm not going to get into the whole thing cause i'd just take to much time just let me say I missed a chip shot at 100 yds and it bent me. I don't know how I missed but it just happened. We get to the next spot and set up just below some rim rock overlooking a big bowl shaped bottom with 3-4 washes coming into it and we saw sign everywhere. After about 15 mins. I spot a coyote coming over a ridge over 350 yds away, It stopped and looked down at the Mojo and went like it was gonna commit and then stops pisses on a bush then turns around and just before it drops off the back where it cam from it stopped and took one last look.....................OOPPSSI centered the crosshairs just on top of its back and let an 87 gr vmax do its job and the unmistakable whack sound confirmed it did it. Now because of the terrain I couldn't pace the shot and my friends rangefinder was in the truck but it was a long ways from the rim we were sitting on to the ridge top the coyote was on. Here he is.....This is the first picture I took when I got to it.......Later that day we call around a pasture and @ around 5 mins this female showed up and gave me the run around and vanished for a bit. When I finally picked her out of the brush again she was standing quartering towards me @ over 300 yds and I aimed right at the top of her shoulder and again the 87 gr vmax did the deed. I paced this off and if my feet didn't lie it was 325 yds.I've never seen a coyote jump straight up in the air on impact but this one did, Went 20 yds from where it was and piled up how I don't know it had a huge hole...All told we called 6 coyotes and I missed a chip shot and nail 2 long ones go figure that one out.......My friend Austin missed all three he had in his sights but in his defense none of them would stop and it didn't matter how loud we were they just charged straight in and he had to try running shots, He'll get em next time and I'm sure the Nevada coyotes don't want me to get that job in Stead.

[Yateswell]

This was a fun job interview, imagine how much more fun you will have once you got that job

[Bennie]

Very nice on the coyotes. Hope you get a good paying job that you enjoy.

[Thumper Dunker]

Good shot and good luck.

[theduracellbigd]

Great shooting. I just bought a .243 and could use some info. I have thought about loading up the NBT 55 grain. Have you tried those? I like the idea of more mass (87g vmax) What kind of load are you using and how do you sight it in because I sure like your results.

[KNOCKED UP]

Neither one of those had a chance.Nice shooting.Tom

[rabiddog]

Great shooting. I just bought a .243 and could use some info. I have thought about loading up the NBT 55 grain. Have you tried those? I like the idea of more mass (87g vmax) What kind of load are you using and how do you sight it in because I sure like your results.

Just my preference, but I like the higher B.C. 87 vmax and the 105 amax. No the velocities not there but they usually don't get up and the heavier the bullet and the higher the BC the flatter it flies and less the wind affects it flight.The 87 gr vmax has a B.C. of .500 and so does the 105 amax and they both hit hard.At 300 yds the 87 and 105 are almost mirror images of one another after that I don't know haven't shot any farther than that.With 42 grns of H4350 the 87 is going near 3200 and I can get the 105 almost to 3000 fps. Just my input I've seen people shot long range with the lighter bullets to so just try to decide before you burn the barrel, which road you take. I use both the bullets I have listed above with excellent results,Velocity not being a huge factor for me.Frank

[BPS]

Way to double dip Frank.Keep us posted on the Job, Lee

[Iron Worker]

The 87gr V-max has a BC of .400 the 105 A-MAX IS .500.

[rabiddog]

Glad someones on top of it....... Yep my mistake the 87 is .400. Please don't the those coyotes I shot I think they'll be mad.

[Iron Worker]

Congrats on your excellent shooting skills.