First kill with my 460 S&W!
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Chance Weldon
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They say there's no such thing as overkill, and I have to admit, there's some truth to that. I'm in a bit of a rush right now, so I'll post a full story later. The short version: I saw this coyote on my neighbor's property, but I managed to call her over to the field I was hunting in. At less than 40 yards, I hit her dead center with a 200 grain Barnes XPB from my Model 460. Despite being nailed with such a potent load, she still managed to run about 60 yards away before collapsing. This coyote is my first kill with a revolver, specifically a Model 460 which got me into handgun hunting, as well as being my first coyote kill with a handgun, period.
Last edited by Chance Weldon; 11/19/2018 3:32 AM. Reason: Typo
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Re: First kill with my 460 S&W!
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11/17/2018 6:41 PM
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Congratulations. Coyotes are my favorite handgun target.
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Re: First kill with my 460 S&W!
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This is excellent WTG job well done. They make for great practice...
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Re: First kill with my 460 S&W!
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11/17/2018 7:19 PM
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Re: First kill with my 460 S&W!
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Way to go Chance... I center punched a Nevada coyote with 454 and he ran about the same distance as yours.. Congratulations..
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Re: First kill with my 460 S&W!
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11/17/2018 8:43 PM
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Re: First kill with my 460 S&W!
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Re: First kill with my 460 S&W!
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11/17/2018 9:31 PM
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Congratulations. A great trophy.
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11/17/2018 10:21 PM
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Re: First kill with my 460 S&W!
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11/17/2018 10:29 PM
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I LOVE killing coyotes! You did a good deed for all the ranchers in your area....
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11/17/2018 11:05 PM
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Good job, Chance. Coyotes can be tough sometimes. My first was taken in UT on my Shiras moose hunt. Shot it with a 260 gr. AB in my .375/.284 XP. Ran about the same as yours and James'.
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11/18/2018 2:20 AM
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Re: First kill with my 460 S&W!
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11/18/2018 2:37 AM
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Great job!!! Good job shooting but also nice job calling as well.
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11/18/2018 2:38 AM
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Congrats. I read an article once that said for every coyote you kill you save an average of four fawns per year.
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11/18/2018 3:51 AM
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Congratulations .Took my biggest deer with my 460 to date a few weeks ago. Those 460's are awesome.
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Re: First kill with my 460 S&W!
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11/18/2018 4:11 AM
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11/18/2018 4:19 AM
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Congratulations, taking a coyote with a handgun is never easy. That's a nice trophy.
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11/18/2018 7:40 AM
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Congratulations Chance. That 460 is a cannon with the long barrel and muzzle brake. I see a lot more fox's and bobcats than I do coyotes while deer hunting here for some reason. Good Shooting.
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11/18/2018 9:52 AM
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Good shooting Chance, nice trophy.
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Re: First kill with my 460 S&W!
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11/18/2018 3:53 PM
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Congratulations Chance! A coyote with a revolver is a real trophy!
And yes, they are very tough for their size.
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Good Shooting - Congrats!
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11/19/2018 3:25 AM
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Thanks guys! I've always kind of wondered what would happen if I shot a coyote with a large caliber gun like my 460 or a muzzleloader, and I guess I found out.
I was in my favorite spot yesterday morning overlooking my western food plot. It wasn't long before I spotted a nice buck approaching to within 50 yards. He was nice enough that I almost pulled the hammer back on the 460. But, I realized he was slightly below my standards and still fairly young. One more year and he'd be a brute. So, I let him pass.
An hour later, I was startled by a doe appearing from my left less than 10 yards away. She was so close I couldn't move to raise my 41 Magnum Blackhawk for a shot, and as she walked directly away from me, she didn't present a good shot for the 460. Throughout all this, a group of five squirrels had been raising an absolute ruckus in the woods to my left, running around and rustling leaves so loudly it sounded like a deer thrashing around, so I had been tuning them out. Not long after the doe left, I happened to glance their direction, having heard one on the move. It wasn't a little squirrel bounding through the trees, however.
The coyote was on the other side of the treeline opposite me in the plot to my right. She hadn't seen me, likely due to my blind's mesh windows obscuring my profile. I managed to pull on my protective earmuffs noiselessly and began making a distress squeak with my mouth. The coyote fell for it hook, line, and sinker, immediately changing direction and weaving through the trees with her ears perked. As she bounded into the food plot not even 40 yards away, I swiveled the massive Model 460 her direction and yelled "Coyote!" She came to an immediate halt, perfectly broadside.
In my experience, a coyote will give you only a few seconds at most once you stop them. I wasted no time settling the crosshairs of the scope on her. I squeezed the trigger more quickly than I otherwise might have.
BOOM!
She took off running as faster than I've ever seen a coyote run. I sat there in disbelief. Had I missed such an easy shot? Surely that couldn't be, she was so close that even my less than perfect grip or trigger squeeze should have made negligible difference. Just before she ran out of sight, I saw her slow to a lope and flop over. I followed with the 41 in hand, but there was no need for a finishing shot. The entrance wound was right where I was aiming. Needless to say, I didn't recover the bullet, as it blew a hole well over three times its original diameter on the opposite side. Yet, somehow, she made it about 60 yards.
What makes this an even wilder story is that today I was hunting the same blind and another coyote appeared, this one only about 20 to 25 FEET away out the side window. Unfortunately, it heard my Blackhawk's hammer click into position, spotted me sliding the barrel out of the slit in the window mesh, and fled as I took aim. I've known from my trail cameras there's been a lot of coyotes running around lately, but to see them for myself has been eye opening. I've invited some duck hunting buddies to come coyote hunting after season.
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Re: First kill with my 460 S&W!
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Chance check out the bragging board. Im gonna post an entrance wound from a 41 mag on a buck. Bigger than most rifle holes in my experience. Buck ran 120 yards. If u dont destroy the cns or the bones they will run till they bleed out.
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