Originally Posted by aalf
Originally Posted by 65BR
Aalf, perhaps you have some really long shots out there? Watched my brother dump two coyotes back to back with a TC Contender Carbine 223 with a 6x42 LRD, furthest out no more than 200 yds IIRC.
Regarding FOV, I dropped a nice 8pt at 15 yds with a 6x ..........centered the shoulder......all over.

No, calling coyotes up close and personal, 6X is too much with it's minimal field of view. Throw in some trees, brush, and set aside fields, and you can't have too much FOV.

Like this:

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Called in a pair, dropped the first one, couldn't catch up to, or find the 2nd in the scope. Spot another, can't find it in the scope either, then lost it in the weeds. Come to find out, it was the first one that went on a little 30 yard death run. Took a while to figure out if I saw 1 or three coyotes.

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I took the scope off after that CF......








Yeah, I've gotten a buck/bonus tag doe double with a single shot rifle, but I'm resigned to only shooting one coyote at a time........ 6x fixed, magical wizard's eyes, I don't think optics are the issue.