Soup, Coyote hunting isn't like whitetail still hunting. if you can hump your rifle from setup to setup put a bipod on and pretend its a m60 on a pintle mount!
we are of the same age and i find i'm lightening my carry guns. yous sounds like medicine for reaching out to shy dogs.
i am going out this weekend and my savage 10 in its current stock pushes 10 lbs.
key is finding a youngster that wants to hunt with you and getting him/her to pack it for you grin

ps OT. pray that Big Stick finds his sanity. clearly missing.

the consolidation of the states into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of that ruin which has overwhelmed all those that have preceded. Robert E Lee
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