Video Coyote Missed Shot, How?

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Wow everybody thinks that was over its back? It is very clear the dog was hit. A pasture poodle at 100yds is not going to duck like that because a bullet went over its back. You can see the body's reaction from being struck. The mouth comes open as its ducking. A dog would likely react and run from the report but at 100 yds not like that. That animal was not just startled it was hurt. Finding blood or hair from coyotes not easy. From a air gun at that distance good chance there was none to find. Have no idea of where but am very sure you did hit that animal.
 
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Wow everybody thinks that was over its back? It is very clear the dog was hit. A pasture poodle at 100yds is not going to duck like that because a bullet went over its back. You can see the body's reaction from being struck. The mouth comes open as its ducking. A dog would likely react and run from the report but at 100 yds not like that. That animal was not just startled it was hurt. Finding blood or hair from coyotes not easy. From a air gun at that distance good chance there was none to find. Have no idea of where but am very sure you did hit that animal.
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I really thought it got hit, that night. I searched really hard the next day. I do see what could have been a mark in the fur but not sure. I'll go out again look for vultures and crow.
 
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Wow everybody thinks that was over its back? It is very clear the dog was hit. A pasture poodle at 100yds is not going to duck like that because a bullet went over its back. You can see the body's reaction from being struck. The mouth comes open as its ducking. A dog would likely react and run from the report but at 100 yds not like that. That animal was not just startled it was hurt. Finding blood or hair from coyotes not easy. From a air gun at that distance good chance there was none to find. Have no idea of where but am very sure you did hit that animal.
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Yes, that coyote was hit. The gun did jump at the shot but it was on fur when the sear broke.

Some coyotes will cover a lot of ground with a lethal hit. Hate to say it here but if you're shooting them in the ribs with an airgun, get used to not recovering them.
 
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On my phone I can’t tell but it sure looks like it went through the fur on the top of its back when I look at it on my big computer screen.

What weight of projectile and what speed were you shooting? 




Hate to say it here but if you're shooting them in the ribs with an airgun, get used to not recovering them.
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My Texan begs to differ.
 
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I don't know if the coyote was hit or not, but there was a puff of dust over the back of the coyote.

Look closely at the video. Did the projectile pass through the top of the coyote's back or miss completely?

From what information that has been given here, there is no way to be sure.

If it was my shot, I would call it a miss as I could not verify it by locating a dead coyote. And even if the shot did hit, it was not in a place that I would call a good shot for humanely putting down any pest.

Thanks for posting the video. Work on your shot placement.

Good kills depend on shot placement. Location, location, location!

No matter what caliber you choose.
 
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Hate to say it here but if you're shooting them in the ribs with an airgun, get used to not recovering them.
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My Texan begs to differ.
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I wish I could get the same ballistics out of my Texan as a .243 but that’s sadly not the case. 
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Anyplace that you're hunting that's safe to use that Texan is safe to use that 243. That .243 will bang/flop more coyotes where they stand than that Texan will recover... assuming you have any significant cover. Leaking coyotes can cover a large amount of ground.

We are choosing to handicap ourselves with air regardless of what a "Texan" opines. 




 
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Of course a .243 would flop more coyotes, but a big bore in the vitals will also put them down. I agree, they can cover a lot of ground pretty quick. Even poorly placed shots with a .243 don’t work so well, right? 
If you’re trying to argue against hunting coyotes at all with an Airgun, you’re in the wrong place. Just take that argument and move along. If your argument is that you need to take a headshot, then I would agree if you’re using a small caliber. 

Jwrabbit has killed quite a few yotes the last couple of years with his airguns and hasn’t lost too many from what I can tell.
I am a fan of larger bullets though, so that’s why I was wondering what bullet was shot at this yote. 

We didn’t used to have too many coyotes in Florida, but seems there are quite a few almost everywhere these days. I just really started hunting them, so I’ll have to keep a tally, but my Texan is 1 for 1 so far.



 
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Don't get me wrong. I'm all for taking coyotes with an airgun if that is the goal. I don't have that itch and consider the gun a tool. Anywhere that a 45 caliber Texan could be safely used, a shotgun or a rifle will do a more efficient job of removing the problem. I could see the usefulness of the smaller caliber pellets for braining coyotes in town (where I get most of my coyote calls) but that application wouldn't be legal here.

As to the question above. Yes a 243 shooting light bullets fast, will kill coyotes effectively with marginal hits. It puts them on the ground where they were standing with any reasonable hit between the base of the nose to the base of the tail. Hits in the margins with a subsonic 45 bullet would produce unrecoverable runners.




 
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Hey Guys,

I was using my .308 with a 75grain AVS slug at 1000fps. I took my gun out to the range and found there was a small scope shift high. 2 moa at 100yards. Then if you add the wrong range (3moa), the right to left wind (1moa), then the faster than expected speed of my gun in warm weather (1/2moa); I think it is safe to say I missed high. I will go back to that hunting area in 2 days. I'll search the area if I find the coyote, I'll let you know but I doubt it. 
 
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