First coyote for the bushmaster

1965Jeff

he offered a seventy yard broadside shot, happened quickly, using hornady 55 grain bullet

earlyagain

Perfect.👍

JerryBobCo

That shot did some damage.  

Congrats.

1965Jeff

I  bought that rifle late last spring and carried it on a couple trips , was starting to think it was jinxed until this morning.

Jeff in TX

Very nice!

bisley

Good job.

You may have saved a couple of fawns who will grow into nice bucks, and exercised a nice rifle, in the process.

Jayhawker

Well done...love those relatively short range pop-ups....what bullet, specifically, did you use?

Six-Gun

Nice job, Jeff!  I was just going to echo Jayhawker’s question: what specific bullet did you use?

1965Jeff

This was factory hornady .223 ammo that was loaded with a 55grain soft point , that my other AR is very accurate with. The bushmaster has a 4x scope so I haven’t tried much further than a couple 200 yards sessions practicing with it. 

Jayhawker

Interesting...it really did a job on that coyote...
My favorite .223 coyote bullet is a .55 grain VMax..,

1965Jeff

It was a yearling, not a pup of this spring, but not big by any means. I second the vote for 55 gr bullets, it has a thump for that sized game and good speed for minimal holdover for longer shots if necessary. I had been practicing on limestone pasture rocks with it this summer, they give a satisfying puff of white rock dust when you connect.