This is what I have on my ARs: Burris 332s, and I'm a "satisfied customer." (Two of them cost less than one Trijicon.)
Posted on 03/06/2019 5:03:36 AM PST by w1n1
AR15?
Use a Barrett .50 for coyotes.
Get them just as they cross the border.
“or a high-priced optic like a holographic EOTech sight.”
Yet there’s an ACOG on the rifle in the picture. They run anywhere from $900-$1,500. This is absolutely the worst shooting blog ever.
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This is what I have on my ARs: Burris 332s, and I'm a "satisfied customer." (Two of them cost less than one Trijicon.)
See 4.
Wish there were 5 k of you....
I put a Nikon M223 mount and M223 4-16X scope on my FN DMR and I like it/them a lot.
I’ve noticed a switch to scopes adjustable in the field to help dope the wind etc. they have turrets that can be adjustable and a button to go back to zero.
I have shooting acquaintances that have these and seem happy with them. I tend to hunt within my abilities. 200 yd maximum Of course I live in the NE where most shots are usually 50-60 yards in dense forests. At the range I dope the wind and use Kentucky windage to compensate. I try to buy decent brand scopes but have done real well with scopes like a tasco that I purchased about 1982 or so. I could put it in the safe mounted on my Marlin 336 in .35 Rem. And for 6-7 hunting seasons take it out and it would be dead on and my rifle would print sub-moa groups. Lately I’ve bought lower priced Leupolds and find them excellent. The prices of some scopes are ridiculously high, but hey, I suppose they perform, so good luck to those who buy and use them
Variables is pretty much what I own. 2-7. 3-9. I keep them set at the lowest setting and have never had to raise them. But none the less they are available if I need them.
I can remember when I lived in Western Kansas, a friend and I were hunting in the Finney County Wildlife area. At one time it had been a lake but was dry.
We both had deer tags, me a doe tag and he anything including fawns which we would not have shot. We watched a bunch of coyotes for nearly an hour. They were just walking around not paying attention to us or anything else that we could tell.
Now I am back home in the Florida woods. Last year I was standing at my bathroom window looking out at my pear tree. There were a few on the ground. Suddenly a flash, a pear gone and the flash went back in the bushes.
It took me a few seconds to realize what had happened. A coyote had darted from the bush, grabbed a pear then disappeared all within a second.
I could not have shot him even if I had a gun ready and already aimed. I hear them sometimes but seeing them is almost impossible.
I have seen them at night crossing the road tho.
I use an old 2003 Trijicon ACOG 4 x 32; haven’t missed yet.
Those look nice. We opted for Aimpoint red dots. We got two for the price of a single ACOG. And they do just fine out to 300 yards or so once you figure out the drops.
Sadly my town frowns upon shooting coyotes. Which is a shame because they’re thick around here. On garbage nights there will be 2 or 3 prowling the suburban block we live on picking easy meals out of the cans.
One morning a neighbor’s boy was sitting at the school bus stop when one strolled up to him and snatched his bag lunch right out of his hands. Mom was watching him through the window when it happened.
Boy did she freak.
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I pheasant hunted around Logan KS a few times. Every time we spotted a coyote it was after it had spotted us and high tailing it out of the area. Watched one run full speed for about a half mile before it stopped and turned around to look at us then took off running again......
The farmer who would let us hunt his property hunts coyotes with greyhounds
Western Kansas was good territory for shooters. My shooting and hunting buddy was friends with Alvin Dewey who caught the criminals of the “In Cold Blood” book.
We would plink and hunt rabbits within sight of the Clutter house. It was across the dry Arkansa River from Dewey’s property.
Thanks for the tip Travis. I will check them out when I pick up my M4
That’s mighty fancy. Not sure how much abuse it would take in the field, though.
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Interesting that you observed one just dart in and out to grab a pear. I had two coyotes linger for quite a while under my persimmon tree to munch up anything left behind by the deer. They also spent some time marking the territory with urine to keep the deer away from “their” persimmons.
I’m very happy with mine. I do fine in carbine drills up close, and it’s pure gain (especially for older eyes) from 50 yards to 500.
BTW, it has a permanent etched reticle, so even with a dead battery, it still works. (Unlike pure red dot sights.)
Am building a 22-250 on a Remington 700 action with a remage barrel. Got a leupold mark IV 4.5 x 14 and will give it a try for ground hogs this summer and maybe yotes next winter. Should work well on an out West prairie dog shoot.
Just as rugged, if not more so than an optical scope.
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