diggler1833
LSB Active Member
Anybody else experience this?
I have plugged a half-dozen coyotes this year through the boiler room, only to have them run off and die a considerable distance frtom where they were shot. I just found the remains of one a few weeks ago while I was looking for a doe I shot (found her quickly).
Lengthwise shots are a whole different story. The bullet has time to open up...and the results are messy to say the least. However I've learned that I have to place the bullet on the shoulder of a coyote in order to anchor it with a broadside shot.
If I hit the heart, death still occurs quickly and the animal is down within seconds, but double lung shots are about as effective as a FMJ. The bullet just doesn't have time to open up I suppose.
*Still going to stick with the SST for general killing...just going to be a bit more wise on where I place the shot on a coyote.
I have plugged a half-dozen coyotes this year through the boiler room, only to have them run off and die a considerable distance frtom where they were shot. I just found the remains of one a few weeks ago while I was looking for a doe I shot (found her quickly).
Lengthwise shots are a whole different story. The bullet has time to open up...and the results are messy to say the least. However I've learned that I have to place the bullet on the shoulder of a coyote in order to anchor it with a broadside shot.
If I hit the heart, death still occurs quickly and the animal is down within seconds, but double lung shots are about as effective as a FMJ. The bullet just doesn't have time to open up I suppose.
*Still going to stick with the SST for general killing...just going to be a bit more wise on where I place the shot on a coyote.