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d4570
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Posted: 03 September 2017 at 16:15 |
Friday the first kicked off our upland bird season and turkey. The Boy is busy saving Christmas trees, so for the first time in MANY years I had to go on our annual labor day hunt by my self. I even tried to get the little Granddaughter to skip school ( second day of third grade )and come . She said " Papa I just cant do that " Humm what are they teaching kids now days anyway. Turkey hunting is just to far for an old man to do a one day hunt so I elected to stay closer to home and try sharp tail and doves. One section 640 acers of grass is very donating for one guy to hunt let me say that. I would concentrate on structure like fence lines , coulees and water fetchers . I JUST could not be in the right place at the right time, I found birds, just not where I could shoot them. I did get one long shot and did not connect. Hunted hard from sun up to noon. Nothing. I had to change the sight in on the 6mm from the varmint loads 55 gr Nosler 4200 fps to my deer loads 80gr Barnes at 3700 fps. Not a big change 2 clicks up and one click to the right and we where good. I did 6 shots to confirm 3 and 3. I zero at 200 yards off my sticks, that's how I normally shoot hunting. That's about the size of a quarter , off sticks I think that will do. Funny thing. As I turned around to put the rifle back in to the truck I look over on the hill behind me and see 2 pup coyotes sitting there around 80 yards just watching me. Dang, empty gun shells on the seat of the truck. I thought I was finished hunting for the day and headed home. On the way I see a flock of Hungarian Partridge "Huns" setting in the drainage of a stock tank about 10 feet off the road. I think to my self " If they where on state land I'd try for them" as I look at my GPS. WOW they are on state land and I poked the nose of my new red truck in to the barrow pit and jumped out. Not a bad park job I think as I duck under the fence. Over a slit rise and the birds jumped about 40 yards I picked one and fired He crumpled and fell along side the road, nice! Huns can fly about mock 2 and can get to speed in one second flat so a second shot was a no go. I'm standing there looking over the drainage ditch just kinda looking around. Crap two more coyote pups sitting up looking back. This time I had more shells in the gun and wasted no time leveling the 870 on to one of there chest. A , 1 3/8oz , load of #5X#71/2 lead at 1300 fps and a 50 yard shot put the poor pup down flat not a wiggle the second one fled in the over grown ditch never to be seen again. COOL On the way home parked in a ditch I get more game in a minute and a half then I did all morning Edited by d4570 - 03 September 2017 at 16:19 |
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must be the new truck. they had that suburban spotted.
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Irish Bird Dog
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hee hee...you got that one right bear.....great day there d....maybe red is you lucky color...listening to Marty Robbins singing "El Paso"as I type this note....really like that guys singing/songs...too bad he is gone now
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Good shooting D. How often do you get a coyote within shotgun range?
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I have always considered myself to be quite the bullshitter, But ocasionally it is nice to sit back and listen to a true professional......So, Carry on.
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d4570
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When we call there is a lot of shotgun opportunities.
Normally when you "Jump" a dog it is running full speed and have .0002 seconds to shoot for sure.
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Hmmmm.......Would those first two pups been in range had you loaded up some of Hubel's 6"mag's with shot?
Well done. Funny how the tried and true hunting techniques fail some days and just plain old luck comes to the rescue. For me I think thats why I keep going at it. |
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...oh yeah! thats gonna hurt!
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