Tim Wells Coyote hunting with an air rifle

[Pale_Rider]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rOo9o1O9WiM


What’s interesting is he’s using a low powered .30 and going for body shots. His POA is the heart. I’ve seen a few guys here post up coyote hunting videos. The successful ones are mostly all head shots while the unsuccessful ones are body shots most likely hitting the lungs. For lung shots, you would need a high power PB like most recommend for coyote hunting. But for head and heart shots a decently powered air rifle is all you need. Most important take away from his video is, wait for the right shot to present itself. If it doesn’t, don’t take the shot, the yote will be back.

 

[N2 Shooter]

I saw that video last week, and he had his system down pat!

That 100 fpe .30 cal isn't exactly low powered, but I was surprised he was using pellets at that distance and not slugs for more downrange energy. He was putting 40 fpe at best on those coyote at that distance and he was just piling these yotes up with ease.

Another active member here swears by bodyshots on coyote over headshots with his .30 cal, and he's stacked up 3 or 4 yotes this year.

 

[beerthief]

Wonderful video , enjoyed it Thanks

 

[AncientSword]

Jwrabbit has killed a bunch like that with lower powered setups.

 

[Pale_Rider]

I saw that video last week, and he had his system down pat!

That 100 fpe .30 cal isn't exactly low powered, but I was surprised he was using pellets at that distance and not slugs for more downrange energy. He was putting 40 fpe at best on those coyote at that distance and he was just piling these yotes up with ease.

Another active member here swears by bodyshots on coyote over headshots with his .30 cal, and he's stacked up 3 or 4 yotes this year.

I don’t think it’s shooting at 100 fpe. He said the pellet is 37 grains. 100 fpe with 37 gr would have to be traveling 1100 fps. Could be possible but not likely that he was shooting pellets that hot. Maybe he got the grains mixed up, I never heard of a 37 gr .30 pellet. Either way this guy’s accuracy is impressive! He must’ve been 100+ yards away from those yotes. 

 

[Pale_Rider]

Jwrabbit has killed a bunch like that with lower powered setups.

Does he go for heart shots?

 

[AncientSword]

Here’s one post that I remember:

 

[JimD]

Seems light to me but placement is more important than fpe. With enough penetration a bigger hole is better but penetration goes down for a given fpe with a larger caliber. Expansion reduces penetration quickly. My 32 fpe 25 has about the same penetration in wet paper as my 16 fpe 22 if the 25 is using a slug that expands a little (27 grain NSA). With a domed pellet like the 22 is using it penetrates twice as far. With marginal power understanding what your projectile will do also becomes more important IMHO. I would worry about hitting a large bone, like the shoulder, on a coyote with a 70 fpe 30 or a 50 fpe 25. Hit behind the shoulder and it should easily go through the lungs and possibly heart. Hit the shoulder and maybe it doesn't get there. But it's clear it can work.

Another way to look at it is squirrels with 12 fpe. I've seen tons of videos of Brits nailing squirrels off a bird feeder with a 12 fpe air rifle. Almost all brain shots, however, and occasionally it takes more than one. I increased the power on my Prod after having a couple run off with body shots with 13-14 fpe. Head shots worked great but not body shots. I am pretty sure they died but I don't like them running off. That's the kind of thing I worry about with less than big bore PCPs on coyotes. Could get a clean kill and could have one run far enough you can't find it.

 

[bd2021]

A .357 pitbull modified bulldog drops them in their place with a 145 gr. benjamin eXTREME bullet. Devastating in my limited experience.

 

[Pale_Rider]

Here’s one post that I remember:

Thanks for the post reference. Great shot



@jimd Yup. Shot placement over fpe any day.



@bd2021 That’ll get it done 

 

[jking]

Tim Wells is a natural born killin machine, archery coyotes, archery flying birds, spear hunting as well as blow gun small and big game. He doesn't believe in doing things the easy way. He has a lot of video's that are very interesting to watch.

Jking

 

[Nomadic Pirate 66]

Well, there's several things in this video that make me scratch my head,



The two that really don't make sense to me are ;



as far as I know there's no 37gr pellet in any caliber, the closest would be the EunJin 36gr .25 but that pellet has never been accurate out of any gun I've tried.



The most puzzling thing on the video is that he is shooting a Umarex Origin and as far as I know they do not make that gun in .30 cal

Sorry but when I see this kind of missinformation I then question the all video.

 

[N2 Shooter]

Well, there's several things in this video that make me scratch my head,



The two that really don't make sense to me are ;



as far as I know there's no 37gr pellet in any caliber, the closest would be the EunJin 36gr .25 but that pellet has never been accurate out of any gun I've tried.



The most puzzling thing on the video is that he is shooting a Umarex Origin and as far as I know they do not make that gun in .30 cal

Sorry but when I see this kind of missinformation I then question the all video.

At first, I thought it was more than likely, just a bit confused on the model of the Umarex Gauntlet 2. But that gun clearly isn't the Gauntlet 2.

 

[Nomadic Pirate 66]

Exactly, that is 100% a Umarex Origin and as far as I know they are only made in .22 and .25 cal

 

[Pale_Rider]

Tim Wells is a natural born killin machine, archery coyotes, archery flying birds, spear hunting as well as blow gun small and big game. He doesn't believe in doing things the easy way. He has a lot of video's that are very interesting to watch.

Jking

He definitely is a machine. The most impressive video I’ve seen is where he kills a bear with a BLOWGUN. 

Well, there's several things in this video that make me scratch my head,



The two that really don't make sense to me are ;



as far as I know there's no 37gr pellet in any caliber, the closest would be the EunJin 36gr .25 but that pellet has never been accurate out of any gun I've tried.



The most puzzling thing on the video is that he is shooting a Umarex Origin and as far as I know they do not make that gun in .30 cal

Sorry but when I see this kind of missinformation I then question the all video.

It definitely looks like an Umarex origin. I wouldn’t be surprised if they are coming out with a .30 and they sent Tim one of the testers. 


Tim has a very basic understanding of airguns. Give him a working gun that shoots true and he’ll hit his target most of the time. He most likely mixed up the grain. It’s not a reason to discredit the whole video lol. This man is the real deal

 

[Nomadic Pirate 66]

Tim Wells is a natural born killin machine, archery coyotes, archery flying birds, spear hunting as well as blow gun small and big game. He doesn't believe in doing things the easy way. He has a lot of video's that are very interesting to watch.

Jking

He definitely is a machine. The most impressive video I’ve seen is where he kills a bear with a BLOWGUN. 

Well, there's several things in this video that make me scratch my head,



The two that really don't make sense to me are ;



as far as I know there's no 37gr pellet in any caliber, the closest would be the EunJin 36gr .25 but that pellet has never been accurate out of any gun I've tried.



The most puzzling thing on the video is that he is shooting a Umarex Origin and as far as I know they do not make that gun in .30 cal

Sorry but when I see this kind of missinformation I then question the all video.

It definitely looks like an Umarex origin. I wouldn’t be surprised if they are coming out with a .30 and they sent Tim one of the testers. 


Tim has a very basic understanding of airguns. Give him a working gun that shoots true and he’ll hit his target most of the time. He most likely mixed up the grain. It’s not a reason to discredit the whole video lol. This man is the real deal

Well, when I see an Origin .30 on the shelves I will reconsider,

Till then the burden of proof is on the other side.



I bought a Blowgun because of his video and been practicing to go hog hunting,

eventually I will go back to watch all of his videos to see if I see something I missed,....this one was a very big disappointment for me and makes me re-think the guy.

 

[Gunner1985]

Interesting video for sure. 

 

[Nomadic Pirate 66]

Still searching for any press release or in stock or pre-order for the Umarex Origin .30 cal

also searching for the same on any new 37gr .30 cal pellets.........and coming out empty so far  

 

[Bigragu]

Posted on wrong thread

 

[Deleted 45061]

What’s interesting is he’s using a low powered .30 and going for body shots. His POA is the heart. I’ve seen a few guys here post up coyote hunting videos. The successful ones are mostly all head shots while the unsuccessful ones are body shots most likely hitting the lungs. For lung shots, you would need a high power PB like most recommend for coyote hunting. But for head and heart shots a decently powered air rifle is all you need. Most important take away from his video is, wait for the right shot to present itself. If it doesn’t, don’t take the shot, the yote will be back.

I think a .22 or .25 is sufficient 30fpe and above to take out a cayote with a lung shot. I've known people take them with 20fpe. There are a lot of ways to breakdown hunting senarios almost mathematically and try to access them, but realistically no two hunts are the same. 30fpe in .22 inside 40 yards I would be confident a pellet could handle it. 50-70 yards? 65fpe or so. All kind of depends on their size, the angle, pellet type and so on.

Cheers