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quote:Originally posted by dawnie
I am not worry about killing it,it just wish I had killed it,wasnt thinking at the time but I should of taken a picture with my camera phone.but i was to excited about shooting this thing.
i will try the rifle,i just dont like anything that kicks,cause to tell the truth I dont like pain,I have had one kick before and I am scared of it.
target shooting hurts. in the moment whether deer or varmit you dont feel it because of the adrenaline.
Dawnie
Recoil is one of those things that, if you do it right dosn't hurt but if you do it wrong can sting a little. It's a lot like getting a injection, if your relaxed it isn't bad but if your tense.......
Keep the butt pulled snug/firm (not tight) into your shoulder, and your face down on the stock. Keep your back straight and your waist relaxed. The rifle (when standing) will be angled about 15-20 deg off your chest (for shotgun use a more open angle, closer to 60deg). If your shooting off a bench, you will find that most benchs have the seat to high for comfortable shooting, either bring a shorter seat (5 gal bucket or milk crate) or you can kneel next to the bench with the rifle still on the bench (back to keeping the back straight again). The "classic" hunched over the bench look is OK for playing with a 22rf, but it dosn't allow your body to move with the recoil once you start playing with the bigger stuff.
If I thought Nunn was going to start you out on something that had a higher level of recoil, than I'd also suggest pushing slightly forward with your forward hand, while pulling back with your trigger hand (this trick helps spread the recoil across your upper torso, instead of focusing it into your one shoulder).
BTW, my wife is the same way about protecting our critters, except she reaches for her 12ga.
North of Denver, they are called coy-ot not coy-otie. Any varmint critter that approaches a house in daylight, and keeps returning when there are dogs and people upset, is probably rabid. I love all God's critters, but under such conditions shoot to kill.
quote:Originally posted by dawnie
I am not worry about killing it,it just wish I had killed it,wasnt thinking at the time but I should of taken a picture with my camera phone.but i was to excited about shooting this thing.
i will try the rifle,i just dont like anything that kicks,cause to tell the truth I dont like pain,I have had one kick before and I am scared of it.
Nothing to be scared of. A shotgun will give you a nice push, but you literally won't even feel the kick of a .22 rifle, that's how light the recoil is.
quote:I called nunn and asked him if i [had] bullets in my gun,,He said WHY????
i dont shoot the gun,i didnt know if they were blanks or bullets,i was also talking to nunn on the phone when I was shooting at it.
Perhaps he should teach you how to tell for yourself if your gun is loaded or not (and how to load and unload it safely yourself).
If you have a gun, and think you might want to rely on it to protect yourself and your family, that might be something you'd like to know.
What if next time, the line is busy while you are calling your husband to find out if the gun in your hand is loaded or not? Will you ask the rabid coyote (or knife holding intruder) to still still for a moment while you re-dial?
An AR15 has very little recoil. If it got close enough to hit with a 3 inch Smith then a lever action in 357 or 44 would be just right, with very little recoil also.
quote:Originally posted by nunn
This afternoon, Dawnie showed me where she was standing and where the coyote was when she shot it. I measured it off. It was 33 yards. Not bad.
purty darn good shootin Dawnie...turning into a regular Annie Oakley.[;)][8D]
quote:Originally posted by 1911a1fan
what kinda dogs you have that a coyote might kill? is one of them female, and in heat?
1911 Yotes will kill just about any dog out there...they usually send one yote in to bait the dog out away from their home and then the entire pack jumps on that one dog...Yotes kill dogs every day around here...cats too. The only thing Yotes are good for is target practice.
We have two dogs small enough for a coyote to carry off, a mixed breed female and a male rat terrier. Several people in Greenville have lost small dogs to coyotes. They let Fifi out to potty in the morning, then hear a yelp and look, and see a coyote bounding over the back fence with Fifi in its jaws.
If a dog is too big for a coyote to kill, it will lure the dog away from home, and lead it to the rest of the pack, and they will all kill it.
We have lost ducks, geese, and sheep to coyotes. Several outdoor cats have also gone missing, possibly taken by coyotes. They are overpopulated in this area, and are not afraid to come up to occupied homes and take small pets and stock.
i guess mine where to big they never even stepped foot on my property until after my last dog got hit on the road, i had a pack that lived on the edge of my property, i never bothered them, they never bothered me, until our last week living there i suspect it was them knocking off my chickens and turkeys, but if they ever got brave like they did with dawnie i would have done the same thing, i had plans to smoke their den out and pop them off if the need arised, but we moved
dawnie ,FWIW my wife didnt like shooting my 12 ga (althou she did shoot it and was pretty good from the hip). i surprised her with a 20 ga which she is comfortable with .it is a pump remington ,loaded with buckshot would of better protected your home .
good job thou ,we dont like yotes round here either .we worry about our dog out at nite also .
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I am not worry about killing it,it just wish I had killed it,wasnt thinking at the time but I should of taken a picture with my camera phone.but i was to excited about shooting this thing.
i will try the rifle,i just dont like anything that kicks,cause to tell the truth I dont like pain,I have had one kick before and I am scared of it.
target shooting hurts. in the moment whether deer or varmit you dont feel it because of the adrenaline.
(Notice I left off the e in deference to you dyslexic Texans who figure the way of Texas should be the way of the world[:p])
Sorry though, kahy-oh-tee is the first choice pronunciation and kahy-oht the last. Texas got it wrong again![:p][:p]
Recoil is one of those things that, if you do it right dosn't hurt but if you do it wrong can sting a little. It's a lot like getting a injection, if your relaxed it isn't bad but if your tense.......
Keep the butt pulled snug/firm (not tight) into your shoulder, and your face down on the stock. Keep your back straight and your waist relaxed. The rifle (when standing) will be angled about 15-20 deg off your chest (for shotgun use a more open angle, closer to 60deg). If your shooting off a bench, you will find that most benchs have the seat to high for comfortable shooting, either bring a shorter seat (5 gal bucket or milk crate) or you can kneel next to the bench with the rifle still on the bench (back to keeping the back straight again). The "classic" hunched over the bench look is OK for playing with a 22rf, but it dosn't allow your body to move with the recoil once you start playing with the bigger stuff.
If I thought Nunn was going to start you out on something that had a higher level of recoil, than I'd also suggest pushing slightly forward with your forward hand, while pulling back with your trigger hand (this trick helps spread the recoil across your upper torso, instead of focusing it into your one shoulder).
BTW, my wife is the same way about protecting our critters, except she reaches for her 12ga.
Death to all Yotes. Their all worthless scum...[;)]
Trinity +++
Crazy redheads lobbing lead at running animals!!!
I wish I could have seen it!
Good job, dawnie. He won't be back.
Ben
It is a coyote (rymes with boat) in the US.
Nunn: think of a Remington 597 Magnum for the next time a yote comes a calling...
Remington 597 no bueno. Maybe a nice Marlin or Ruger.
How about a Bushmaster???
Even a Savage 93R would be a great little rifle for her.
I am going to dust off the old Marlin 99 and see if she likes that.
I have one with a nikon that hits great at 100 yards. Don
I am not worry about killing it,it just wish I had killed it,wasnt thinking at the time but I should of taken a picture with my camera phone.but i was to excited about shooting this thing.
i will try the rifle,i just dont like anything that kicks,cause to tell the truth I dont like pain,I have had one kick before and I am scared of it.
Nothing to be scared of. A shotgun will give you a nice push, but you literally won't even feel the kick of a .22 rifle, that's how light the recoil is.
quote:I called nunn and asked him if i [had] bullets in my gun,,He said WHY????
i dont shoot the gun,i didnt know if they were blanks or bullets,i was also talking to nunn on the phone when I was shooting at it.
Perhaps he should teach you how to tell for yourself if your gun is loaded or not (and how to load and unload it safely yourself).
If you have a gun, and think you might want to rely on it to protect yourself and your family, that might be something you'd like to know.
What if next time, the line is busy while you are calling your husband to find out if the gun in your hand is loaded or not? Will you ask the rabid coyote (or knife holding intruder) to still still for a moment while you re-dial?
COWBOYS WIN!!!!
37-27
This afternoon, Dawnie showed me where she was standing and where the coyote was when she shot it. I measured it off. It was 33 yards. Not bad.
purty darn good shootin Dawnie...turning into a regular Annie Oakley.[;)][8D]
what kinda dogs you have that a coyote might kill? is one of them female, and in heat?
1911 Yotes will kill just about any dog out there...they usually send one yote in to bait the dog out away from their home and then the entire pack jumps on that one dog...Yotes kill dogs every day around here...cats too. The only thing Yotes are good for is target practice.
If a dog is too big for a coyote to kill, it will lure the dog away from home, and lead it to the rest of the pack, and they will all kill it.
We have lost ducks, geese, and sheep to coyotes. Several outdoor cats have also gone missing, possibly taken by coyotes. They are overpopulated in this area, and are not afraid to come up to occupied homes and take small pets and stock.
good job thou ,we dont like yotes round here either .we worry about our dog out at nite also .
wrench