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Missed another coyote :(
Thanks to the FINE job of scheduling my employer does, came home after 30 minutes on the clock today (another story in and of itself)
I always take a look through late fil's yard when passing to look for signs of trespassers thieves or vandals.
On my way in today, saw a 'yote out in the kudzu partch. Got home, grabbed the bedside AR and headed back up the hill.
Parked close to the road and headed back towards the old shop, figuring "wiley" had already left. Saw movement and it popped out of a low spot ~150-200 yards away. The 3 MOA dot I have on the HD AR nearly covered its chest, so I held about the top half of the dot over and touched off 2 in quick succession. No joy :tissue:
Lesson learned? Red dots aren't that great for smaller targets at extended ranges. FYI, busting clays on the 100 yard berm normally isn't an issue with that rifle/scope/load combo
I am probably going to take my scoped HBAR to the range and re-dial it in for varmint bullets instead of the 64gr bondeds it's currently sighted in for. I MUCH prefer crosshairs over that 3MOA red dot for distance shooting.
I always take a look through late fil's yard when passing to look for signs of trespassers thieves or vandals.
On my way in today, saw a 'yote out in the kudzu partch. Got home, grabbed the bedside AR and headed back up the hill.
Parked close to the road and headed back towards the old shop, figuring "wiley" had already left. Saw movement and it popped out of a low spot ~150-200 yards away. The 3 MOA dot I have on the HD AR nearly covered its chest, so I held about the top half of the dot over and touched off 2 in quick succession. No joy :tissue:
Lesson learned? Red dots aren't that great for smaller targets at extended ranges. FYI, busting clays on the 100 yard berm normally isn't an issue with that rifle/scope/load combo
I am probably going to take my scoped HBAR to the range and re-dial it in for varmint bullets instead of the 64gr bondeds it's currently sighted in for. I MUCH prefer crosshairs over that 3MOA red dot for distance shooting.
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curious as to where you hold shooting them at 100 ?
Would a 3" one appear to be 6-7 inches at 200 yards then ?
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