BeardownAZ

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Well we were down in some grassy flats looking for pig in the brushy washes when one of my buddies spotted two coyotes about 150 yards away. They had no idea we were there. So my buddy said "should I lip squeak and see if they come in? " Sure why not, I told him. Figured what the heck, what do we have to lose. Next thing you know, here they come once he starts. All three of us kneel down in the grass and pull our pistols thinking no way they will ever get close enough. One heads in straight towards us at a trot, the other splits off too our left, trying to flank us. Next thing you know at about 40-50 yards the one jumps up over a bush and stops right in front of us. I take a shot and miss, take another as he runs, and by chance on the third shot, nail em. All I see was feet in the air and then disappear in the grass. With total disbelief, we walk over and there he is dead. Of course with the first shot, the other one bolts before our other buddy can see it too shoot. The whole sequence is still unbelievable. From simply lip squeaking them all the way to pistol range to hitting him on the run. It was possible the coolest thing I've seen hunting ever. Couldn't do that twice again if we had too.

Thats a fact! I hit a coyote this hunt with that same 10mm and he died instantly. Not to sound morbid or weird but I guarantee a large man could not handle being hit the way those pigs got stuck. It was unbelievable how tough they were to get down.

Toughest little animal I've ever shot at. The one blooded up is my buddy's. it took 3 shots from a Glock 10mm and a finishing shot from a 44 mag to kill it. The other one was killed with two shots with from a 10mm. I still can't believe how they take shot and run like they were never touched. Mine never bleed one bit. I have much new respect for an animal I never thought twice about. Sorry for the crappy pics and less then wonderful write up, lol.

Well bummer. The first two days we hunted in my buddies honey hole, we noticed the pigs were extremely skittish and quick to completely leave the area. He said this was unusual. It seems someone has been poaching in there. We found three pigs dead, not real recent but last month or so in the wash we were hunting. Just left within feet of each other. Today, we couldn't find pig to save our life except one and he cleared out of the country ASAP. Something tells me,us, that someone or some people are going in there a lot more then we realize and taking game. We have not seen one vehicle in this area any of the days we have hunted. Sucks when this happens

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I think most pistol calibers will work fine within reasonable distance. I would love to have a Smith and Wesson R8 357 mag just for hunting. I think pig and coyote calling with that would be fun. Kinda pricey though. Might even do a rifle hunt next year with an open sights AK. Really digging this up close stuff more.

I just started this year hunting javelina. And the area we are hunting, has been hunted a lot over the years by the friend I'm hunting with and they seem to love the area no matter what. He said he's never not seen javelina in this area despite pigs being killed in the area.

How far away would you guess the coati was? How accurate are the 5.7s? Thought that would be an interesting round to hunt with.

Yeah I was out using my Glock 20 for the first time. I think flinching or over squeezing and pulling happened. Need to practice more that's for sure. But fun and a lot of learning took place.

Your better then me or us Desertmafia, we failed horribly. Made for a lot of good laughs all of us missing with pigs running everywhere

yes its a lot of fun

With Ozark Trail making tumblers and coolers(if they were ever in stock), the competition is only gonna put more pressure on Yeti. Once RTIC redesigns the cooler, that will be just another reason tonot pay Yetis prices once again. Good Luck on Yeti spending the coin going against Walmart(Ozark Trail). I have no issue with Yetis other then what I think is a ridiculous price. I guess some don't mind as long they can put a cool sticker on the back of there truck, lol.

maybe yeti will come off there high horse and sell at reasonable prices now that there game has been figured out. I refuse to buy there stuff at there ridiculous prices. But $140 bucks shipped, definitely worth a try

Walmart has the Ozark Trail softpak coolers for $45. I believe they are the 30.

Wow, trump really is making America great again!! lol

Liberal tool. Not surprised in the least

So this is what winning feels like again?

Never mind, found it. AZbowhntr, pm sent.

One day sale?? Of course if it was, I missed it!

So whats "seeing the light" on vortex? Does seem over priced but don't have one so not sure. At the same time not everyone wants to spend a lot of money on optics either. They(vortex) are, like Nikon and others, even Leupold to a certain extant. They fill a middle of the road niche with a good warranty so some "not" so hard core hunters can have something that works for them.

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Both are good. Not $2500 good but for the money they work good. But there is a difference due to the fact one has a bigger objective so it gathers more light. I wish the vipers had a 56mm objective. My vultures work well for my kinda of hunting. Good luck

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