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540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields!

Posted By: J.G.

540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 01:58 AM

Killed a hog out there two days ago, and was 200 from it. This morning I hit a coyote eating the hog from 343 yards. This evening I set up hill and ranged the dead hog at 540. About 20 minutes later this coyote came out. Gettin busy around my place. Love me some winter wheat! Business is picking up!

6.5 Creedmoor, 140 A-max

Posted By: janie

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 02:02 AM

Good gosh. Every pic of your place I drool a lil more each time. Congrat's on the harvests. up
Posted By: Navasot

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 02:07 AM

Was bought to say prolly planted that field runnin 540 but that dnt need a pto.. My catchy joke just got ruined...
Posted By: T Bone

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 02:10 AM

Which scope Fireman?
Posted By: Txkiller

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 02:11 AM

Drilled em flehan
Posted By: J.G.

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 02:21 AM

Originally Posted By: T Bone
Which scope Fireman?


SS 5-20 HD, Mil/ Mil, FFP
Posted By: J.G.

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 02:22 AM

Originally Posted By: janie
Good gosh. Every pic of your place I drool a lil more each time. Congrat's on the harvests. up


Not my land. Its farm land north of mine. The farmer told me I am cleared hot on all hogs and coyotes.

10-4
Posted By: Brother in-law

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 02:39 AM

What? A post about how far and awesome you are but we get a pic of tweaked tikka? Where da hog at?
worthless
Posted By: J.G.

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 02:47 AM

Coyote was hit, fell, got up, walked 16 yards to the right, fell dead, hog wouldn't fit in the scope.
Posted By: J.G.

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 02:48 AM

And I am not awesome. Post your through the scope pics from outside a quarter mile SUCKA!
Posted By: Brother in-law

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 02:54 AM

If I had proof I WOULDA not just post a pic of a gun sitting on wheat grass and name my post soft tissue damage.
Posted By: J.G.

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 02:55 AM

You can't see the coyote in the scope?
Posted By: RiverRider

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 02:55 AM

Your danged bolt's on the wrong side, JG. How in hell you ever hit anything at all?

grin

The winter wheat on our place has been good to me also. I have to look out the back window of my blind now and then and if I'm lucky I'm rewarded with a nice view of a coyote who thinks he's sneaking across the field. A few have made it, but a few have not. elmer The one I missed was the closest...go figure.

It seems the coyotes were WAY more interested in the cattle last year when they were cows-n-calves, but this year the land owner leased out to a steer operation. They completely screwed up the deer hunting and the coyotes don't seem to be near as interested.
Posted By: J.G.

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 02:57 AM

Originally Posted By: FiremanJG
You can't see the coyote in the scope?


3.5 Mils up, 6.0 Mils right of center = tan, dead coyote on a green wheat field.
Posted By: J.G.

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 02:58 AM

Something to hunt 12 months a year. up
Posted By: SR025

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 03:06 AM

There is something in the scope?
Posted By: Brother in-law

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 03:10 AM

Originally Posted By: SR025
There is something in the scope?


Mil dots
Posted By: 603Country

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 03:21 AM

Geez, they even put the safety on the wrong side. Don't tell me that the twist is even backwards.
Posted By: KRoyal

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 03:25 AM

Originally Posted By: Brother in-law
Originally Posted By: SR025
There is something in the scope?


Mil dots


Those would be MILs sir...
Posted By: SR025

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 03:44 AM

Originally Posted By: KRoyal
Originally Posted By: Brother in-law
Originally Posted By: SR025
There is something in the scope?


Mil dots


Those would be MILs sir...


MILs that are dots?
Posted By: KRoyal

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 03:46 AM

Originally Posted By: SR025
Originally Posted By: KRoyal
Originally Posted By: Brother in-law
Originally Posted By: SR025
There is something in the scope?


Mil dots


Those would be MILs sir...


MILs that are dots?


No if you look real close they're see through diamonds with MIL lines in them. up we'll call em MIL Diamonds. smile
Posted By: Big Fitz

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 04:23 AM

hmmm? I recall JG sayin' he had been slaving at his place spreading gravel...I don't see any gravel...
Posted By: BigPig

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 06:04 AM

Your gun is backwards sir. And I hope this hasn't interferred with your gravel work, I just washed my truck for the first time in a year and half and would like it to stay clean for a a few weeks
Posted By: dee

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 12:16 PM

Love shooting coyotes in wheat fields.
Posted By: J.G.

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 12:54 PM



Originally Posted By: Big Fitz
hmmm? I recall JG sayin' he had been slaving at his place spreading gravel...I don't see any gravel...


You were saying?

A guy can't cut out 45 minutes at dusk to do some killin?
Posted By: Ramball36

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 01:03 PM

I'm just happy that Garvey took a minute away from breaking his back to enjoy himself, guy never sits still!
Posted By: Nogalus Prairie

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 01:23 PM

That looks like fun!
Posted By: JRJ6

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 01:33 PM

winter wheat fields can be very productive. congrats!
Posted By: Wburke2010

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 01:52 PM

Holy driveway, No wonder it took two days to build. That things is four lanes.

Walter
Posted By: J.G.

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 02:04 PM

Nah. Its just that wide in front of the shop. Its one lane from the gate to where I was standing. 750' though.
Posted By: ccoker

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 02:34 PM

awesome.. can't wait to make a trip up there
Posted By: tth_40

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 02:59 PM

Great stuff!! up

I gotta start shooting like that with the '08. I have a 140 grain load that's up to it, thinking about trying out a 120 grain load.
Posted By: J.G.

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 03:31 PM

Originally Posted By: ccoker
awesome.. can't wait to make a trip up there


Charles, we can prolly stack up hogs and coyotes like cord wood, day or night, with your cool toys!

Originally Posted By: tth_40
Great stuff!! up

I gotta start shooting like that with the '08. I have a 140 grain load that's up to it, thinking about trying out a 120 grain load.


162 A-max or 168 Berger...

I have some test loads made for the 154 SST. I'll give yall a range report in the next couple of weeks. If I can get the time to shoot them.
Posted By: tth_40

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 03:38 PM

If I could find some more 162 A Max, that's what I'd be shooting full time. Kinda settled on 140's for now.

Looking forward to your report on the 154 SST. cheers
Posted By: redchevy

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 04:01 PM

Nice shootin!
Posted By: Big Fitz

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 06:16 PM

Originally Posted By: FiremanJG


Originally Posted By: Big Fitz
hmmm? I recall JG sayin' he had been slaving at his place spreading gravel...I don't see any gravel...


You were saying?

A guy can't cut out 45 minutes at dusk to do some killin?


Just trying to keep you on your toes banana

Originally Posted By: Ramball36
I'm just happy that Garvey took a minute away from breaking his back to enjoy himself, guy never sits still!


Dangit Mike, don't enable him...he needs to be challenged from time to time!
Posted By: Judd

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 06:19 PM

Originally Posted By: Ramball36
I'm just happy that Garvey took a minute away from breaking his back to enjoy himself, guy never sits still!


+1

He's a machine....now when he tells me he's busy, I don't even question it grin
Posted By: J.G.

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/22/15 08:13 PM

Dang Tim! What'd I ever do to you? grin
Posted By: Big Fitz

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/23/15 06:02 AM

Just have to have a little fun! I would say "great shot" but just a chip shot for you. And the gravel work....well, not surprised with your work ethic!
Posted By: wp75169

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/23/15 08:06 PM

What stock did you chose for your LH tikka? I will be rebarreling mine very soon and the stock will be the next step.
Posted By: Gone to Texas

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/23/15 08:30 PM

Damn man, those are some badass shots! Do you hunt the same land where your shooting range is?

I ask because I am thinking about practicing shoot at my lease but during the spring but I don't know if it will scare the animals off.
Posted By: J.G.

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/23/15 11:42 PM

Originally Posted By: wp75169
What stock did you chose for your LH tikka? I will be rebarreling mine very soon and the stock will be the next step.


Manners T-4, but if the MCS-EH1 had been available that is what I would've ordered.
Posted By: J.G.

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/23/15 11:45 PM

I hunt everything surrounding my place. I had several shots on the range last week and the next day saw doeson the range. Still havnt decided if I'll be able to keep a deer herd around. Maybe they'll get used to it. I'm gonna build a foot plot for them and see what happens.
Posted By: Wburke2010

Re: 540 yard soft tissue. Love winter wheat fields! - 01/24/15 12:10 AM

Idk about the deer. When I was out there did some shooting then walked down to the 800 and was looking back and two doe walked right by the firing line. Not to mention all the tracks. Don't seem to mind it too much.

Walter
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