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<blockquote data-quote="SDMF" data-source="post: 314071" data-attributes="member: 412">I didn't call either of them, but, I have taken 2 over 500 this fall.&nbsp; 1 @ 512.&nbsp; Doggie and I did a late evening walk for sharptails early in the season.&nbsp; The coyotes were doing their evening yodeling when we were on our way back to the truck.&nbsp; I dump some water in a bowl, grab the binocs to scan and find one out mousing in the cut alfalfa.&nbsp; Range, dial, hold 1/2Mil into the wind, squeeze, dead.2nd was surprised by the truck coming down the gravel.&nbsp; Missed him low running dead-away @ 350ish, he goes through a low spot where I can't see him, comes back up, still running dead away.&nbsp; Wind didn't affect 1st shot so I hold dead center and 1.5Mil hash between his ears.&nbsp; Squeeze, bullet enters between his ears, out above his left eye.&nbsp; Range after the fact, 503yds.&nbsp; I call this &quot;educated guess lucky&quot;.&nbsp; I saw the bullet hit low @ 350 and it gave me a good frame of reference for the next shot.&nbsp; The .5Mil hashes gave me a reference hold that wasn't &quot;off in space&quot;.It's not all wine and roses, I missed one a day earlier running dead-away @ 150ish because I got excited, lost focus, and mashed the trigger like I was shooting a shotgun.&nbsp; I saw the crosshairs pull off before the trigger broke.&nbsp; When I get excited and don't take about 1/2sec to tell myself &quot;squeeze&quot; I almost always mash the trigger, sometimes also rolling my shoulder into the recoil and peeking over the scope.&nbsp; It's a nasty habit that I have to consciously ameliorate.&nbsp; Shotgunning is muscle-memory, rifle shooting is a conscious and deliberate effort, or I miss.1:8 22-250, 75gn A-max @ 3275FPS.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SDMF, post: 314071, member: 412"] I didn't call either of them, but, I have taken 2 over 500 this fall. 1 @ 512. Doggie and I did a late evening walk for sharptails early in the season. The coyotes were doing their evening yodeling when we were on our way back to the truck. I dump some water in a bowl, grab the binocs to scan and find one out mousing in the cut alfalfa. Range, dial, hold 1/2Mil into the wind, squeeze, dead. 2nd was surprised by the truck coming down the gravel. Missed him low running dead-away @ 350ish, he goes through a low spot where I can't see him, comes back up, still running dead away. Wind didn't affect 1st shot so I hold dead center and 1.5Mil hash between his ears. Squeeze, bullet enters between his ears, out above his left eye. Range after the fact, 503yds. I call this "educated guess lucky". I saw the bullet hit low @ 350 and it gave me a good frame of reference for the next shot. The .5Mil hashes gave me a reference hold that wasn't "off in space". It's not all wine and roses, I missed one a day earlier running dead-away @ 150ish because I got excited, lost focus, and mashed the trigger like I was shooting a shotgun. I saw the crosshairs pull off before the trigger broke. When I get excited and don't take about 1/2sec to tell myself "squeeze" I almost always mash the trigger, sometimes also rolling my shoulder into the recoil and peeking over the scope. It's a nasty habit that I have to consciously ameliorate. Shotgunning is muscle-memory, rifle shooting is a conscious and deliberate effort, or I miss. 1:8 22-250, 75gn A-max @ 3275FPS. [/QUOTE]

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