Picture this!
I'm sitting in my recliner watching TV and just happen to notice something different out through the patio doors! I have about a 500-800 yard view into the meadows of my brothers farm, depending on the direction you look!
I spotted what I thought was two coyotes and confirmed that with my binoculars.
I grabbed my rifle and a bunch of cartridges and headed out the door! I sneaked along the tree-line for the first 175 yards and stopped to check things out and notice that they were both looking at me!
I had a good rest in the crotch of a cherry tree and pulled for the shoulder on the one that presented the best target, relaxed and squeezed off! The coyote went about 3 feet straight up and hit the ground running! I thought I had missed, because I saw snow fly, beyond and to the right of the coyote.
I went to where the coyotes stood and I spotted the dead coyote about 30 yards away! I went to check it out and tucked under the right front leg, was the entrance hole, about the size of a dime, on the left side was a hole about half that size! I figure that the bullet core or part of it exited and that's what caused the snow to fly, beyond the coyote.
I was using my Encore in:
Caliber: .221 Remington Fire Ball, 26 inch barrel
Bullet: 40 grain Speer SP (.223 diameter)
Powder: 19 grains IMR 4198 (slightly compressed)
Primer: CCI 400
Velocity: 3700 FPS (3-shots 3707, 3718 & 3692)
DISCLAIMER: I am not recommending that anyone use this load, I'm just saying that it works for me. I therefore assume no responsibility for it's use!
DISTANCE: 325 yards, according to my Bushnell Yardage Pro!
Not a bad hour of watching TV!
