First Fall 2020 Yote

[passengerseven]

First coyote of the season this morning just after 09:00. Female, nice thick fur already although here in Foothills AB last 10 days we had over a foot of snow and temps went as low as -22 overnight.


She came skulking though the Aspens as they do and I took her at 55 yards with a Sako Finnfire II in .17 HMR using Hornady 17 gr V-Max ammunition. One shot DRT.

 

[bbobie]

nice start congrats with the 17 hmr to boot
did the bullet stay inside at that range

 

[Crashman]

Very nice looking yote, congrats! My deer hunting property is getting hammered by a trio of coyotes, I normally wait until the new year to go after them but four mature does last night and only one fawn between the bunch of them tell me I better get to work fast!

Keep shooting' them deer killers!

 

[passengerseven]

nice start congrats with the 17 hmr to boot
did the bullet stay inside at that range

The bullet passed through although there was a decent exit wound (for a 17gr bullet). It was a neck shot. I suspect had I gone for a double lung/heart that it would have just fragmented inside the chest cavity.

 

[IvoB]

+1 on the DRT with the 17HMR

 

[rhino519]

nicely done

 

[Power Pill]

I've always thought the 17hmr a little light for coyotes, but you proved me wrong!

 

[fratri]

Nice job, looks like a nice hide
Congrats

 

[passengerseven]

Nice job, looks like a nice hide
Congrats

Coming from you Fratri , that’s a real compliment. Thank you.

 

[FLHTCUI]

Hope there are many more to come !!
Thanks for sharing.
Rob

 

[passengerseven]

I've always thought the 17hmr a little light for coyotes, but you proved me wrong!

My .17 HMR is dialed in for 100 yards and that would be beyond the max distance I would use it on coyotes. Realistically, I think no more than 75-80 yards to ensure a clean kill. I think I might also step up to the 20 grain HP XTP bullet that Hornady uses in their Varmint Express ammunition.