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Old 01-16-2020, 03:52 PM
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So today I should buy a lotto ticket ..went to check some close to home snares and found a nice coyote caught in one around the chest like a saddle cinch .. he was wound around a broom stick size small tree and struggling to get out.. Not wanting him to break free I dropped my pack and shouldered my 17hmr and from 30 prepared to dispatch him . I always go for the top of lungs as they tend to bleed less than a headshot.
Pull the trigger and promptly hit the breakaway on the snare and release him!!Luckily the tiny bullet penetrates enough that he only makes it 40yds and goes down..couldn't hit that again with a bench rest ..

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Old 01-17-2020, 09:39 AM
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Yup, your lucky day.
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Old 01-17-2020, 11:01 AM
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i had something very similar happen to me a few weeks ago.

I caught a coyote far back on the neck and it was still alive when i drove up to the site. I had my 22-250 in the truck so I retrieved it a shot the coyote in the shoulder area from the truck. coyote fell over immediately and I grabbed my cable cutters to cut him free. when I walked up I found the snare laying on the ground beside him. turns out I shot the breakaway of the snare and the loop popped off the coyote before he fell over.

as you said, couldn't do that with a bench rest!
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Old 01-17-2020, 02:29 PM
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HA! Take them any way you can get them. It’s funny how some things work out. Have you noticed your coyotes down there starting to rub much yet?
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Old 01-17-2020, 07:22 PM
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Not bad the odd one has some rub..not as badly damaged as this one today ...I've lost 4 this year to eagles and I'm tired of feeding them ..will pull most of the snares tomorrow..can still call and shoot a few ..saw lots of eagles all summer and knew they would be a problem .

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Old 01-17-2020, 07:58 PM
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H380.
Eliminate " the problem"
Sumbitches are like flies on a fresh thrown turd here!!
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