Same setup as earlier. 38.5 grains to the skull
The cold front is making them hungrier
GRAPHIC RESULTS VID
The cold front is making them hungrier
GRAPHIC RESULTS VID
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Coyotes Keep Coming Here 2 Die
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Excellent shot and video! You have wonderful patience for humane shots in each of your videos 
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@sasquatch From what I've seen, you are deadly in the area around your home that you've filmed sniping coons and yotes. Nice shot to the back of the head!
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The skull on a coyote is wafer thin. It doesn't take much to pop. So at about 70lbs energy it seems to dump all of it into the head. Almost every shot did not pass through.
With that, I prefer hollow points. I've shot quite a few now into the skull, front side or rear. What I have noticed is that I prefer that head shot when at close range because unless you miss (or barely hit which is equivalent to a miss) they'll drop instantly. If they run off, you probably didn't hit it square or were not using enough energy. Thin skull easy to penetrate but target area is small and animal seems to constantly move around making it easy to let one get away when you either take a bad shot or have the same result by luck.
Coons have thicker bones in the head and more muscle mass to penetrate. Different topic.
Too many people are fixated on energy. Yes, you need appropriate energy. On coyote head shots at close range I'd start at 50lbs and work up to 75 as I seem to get the most effective results when stepping into that range from different rifles and ammo. Less is more because I use less air and get more shots out of my air tank with the improved efficiency. It also makes less noise.. And noise level is very important for me. I want to be as quiet as possible. Noise is one reason I downsized from 35 to 25.
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@sasquatch. Good shot placements. Yes, coyote's skull is very thin. I have shot 7 now, all with head shots and they didn't suffer long. My first coyote was shot with my Crown at 70 yards with 18gr pellet, 32ft.lb at the muzzle. I tapped it on the temple and it just died instantly. I got lucky with that shot. I have since switched over and designated my FX Impact MK2 to shoot 23gr slugs with 45ft.lb of energy. I have increased the power to 54ft.lb shooting the H&N 25gr Gen2 slugs. It is a much better power plant and I only go for head shots and nothing else. Obviously 25 or 30 calibre would be better, but IMO, shot placement is the key for me.
Here is the link to one of my coyote video if anyone interested to watch:
Here is the link to one of my coyote video if anyone interested to watch:
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@ sasquatch & Max115. I really enjoyed both of your videos thank you for sharing. I’ve set my RTI P-3 in .22 (about 50 ft. Lbs.) to do the same however I’ve not connected with a yote yet. It’s Pretty cool to see you guys shooting and hunting so we’ll!
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@sasquatch. Thank you. I was very nervous with my first coyote shot, but I was very relieved and happy with the end result. Just like everything in life, having lots of practice with tons of target shooting and successfully tagging more coyotes, I became more experience and gained confidence with my tools and my ability to make the shot. I am now hunting for my coyote#8.
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Absolutely. There's been another one lingering. He'll get the touch eventually. Sometimes it takes a day or 2 months.
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Yes. Where I hunt them, I have to wait for them to cycle in. I can go weeks with only sporadic pictures of them. But then all of a sudden they are in that bottom for days. That’s when I pounce before they move out for a while.
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Another just came by. I filmed it but will update with more footage later of the body.
This one moved right when I was taking the shot and resulted in a body impact. It took a few to expire but he's no longer eating people's cats and harassing me when I walk my dog.
I'll leave this video unpublished as I intend to make a further update to it prior to publishing and putting on my channel
This is why I prefer higher than 50ft lbs. Sometimes the shots don't go as expected.
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This one moved right when I was taking the shot and resulted in a body impact. It took a few to expire but he's no longer eating people's cats and harassing me when I walk my dog.
I'll leave this video unpublished as I intend to make a further update to it prior to publishing and putting on my channel
This is why I prefer higher than 50ft lbs. Sometimes the shots don't go as expected.
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@sasquatch First time I’ve seen one drop from a body shot with an air rifle. Did it stay down? Looks like you got at least one lung. Thank you for sharing this. This is still a .25 I presume. Which projectile and weight did you use on that yote? Around what velocity and distance would you say the shot was?
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I've had em move before and hit the neck/spine. That was instant death and there's a video on my channel from a year or so ago on that one.
Same gun, same ammo, same velocity. 10 yard shot.
Fx Impact M3 25 cal, NSA slugs 38 grains, 910fps
Same gun, same ammo, same velocity. 10 yard shot.
Fx Impact M3 25 cal, NSA slugs 38 grains, 910fps
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