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I promise I'll quit after this one, but I had to share this! Yesterday, I was hunting a CRP (public) piece of ground in Nebraska. A farmer was cutting corn on the property next to it (private) He was almost finished and each time the combine reached my end a horde gaggle flock of pheasants would flush. I took a position about 100 yards from the end of the corn field and pass shot roosters with the big 10! I got my three and was sitting down in the grass watching the birds come out, when on the last pass, 2 coyotes ran out. They were watching the combine and headed right for me. I made my first ever, and probably only ever double on coyotes! One at about 50 yards one at about 25. The farmer, who up to that time clearly wasnt wildly enthusiastic about me shooting birds in front of his combine, gave me a High Five, and invited me to hunt the rest of his ground. So far I have shot the 10 nine times, 6 roosters and 2 coyotes. Life is good!
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A coyote at 50 yds with a shotgun and bird loads? That's optimism for you...
_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan) =>/ ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/qclHjMQ.jpg)
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No actually it was an ounce and a quarter of #5's out of a full choke 10 bore. Optimism is what Hawkeye fans have.
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It's called the "lucky pellet".
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I killed a red fox dead last year with one shot from my ten at about 45 yards. I didn't think I was overextending the gun or the load of #2 steel. It wasn't one pellet by any means, lucky or not.
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Lets get realistic, guys. A coyote offers about 3 times the target area of a pheasant. A coyote is a very thin skinned critter, especially this time of year. It aint no big thing to put a whole bunch of pellets in a target that big at that range. Besides me and homeless have developed a pattern testing system to make sure it will do it.See, we throw some clay pigeons up on the roof of my hay barn.....
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No actually it was an ounce and a quarter of #5's out of a full choke 10 bore. Optimism is what Hawkeye fans have. What's a Hawkeye fan? Yup, I call that really optimistic
_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan) =>/
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I'd call it a good old big bore performing in a way which would make Uncle Dan proud. Thats just my opinion.
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Dan must've been a Hawkeye...
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Letting the air out of a Coyote or Fox at 45-50 yards with a 10-bore is still a common practice in some parts of the country, and happens more than one might think. If I had to pick an experienced and worthy shot, Eightbore-Murphy is the one I'd want standing next to me when those unruly Coyotes and Foxes decided to exit the field at a high rate of speed. I support Last Dollar's decision to take the double on these known Pheasant predators, the only thing missing here is a good photo of the two Coyotes laid out next to the "E" Lefever with a limit of Roosters.......... Any dead Coyote and "E" Lefever Photos, Last Dollar?
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