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Old 01-07-2020, 11:36 AM
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Built me a coyote / zombie ar15 rifle...

16" m4/a2 profile barrel. 1/7 twist
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Old 01-07-2020, 11:57 AM
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You're in Illinois - I didn't think you could hunt with a rifle there. Do you hunt coyote elsewhere?
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Old 01-07-2020, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Cub Slayer
You're in Illinois - I didn't think you could hunt with a rifle there. Do you hunt coyote elsewhere?
In fact, rifles are legal in Illinois for coyotes.

Top of Page 9 of the 2019-2020 Illinois Hunting & Trapping Brochure:

https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/hunting/Documents/HuntTrapDigest.pdf

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Old 01-08-2020, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Cub Slayer
You're in Illinois - I didn't think you could hunt with a rifle there. Do you hunt coyote elsewhere?
Can't hunt deer with Rifle in IL, but can hunt just about everything else in IL with a rifle... LOL.

I think the thinking was... with deer being the most popular....max hunting pressure those weekends....they don't want people sending rifle bullets miles and miles...
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Old 01-08-2020, 11:43 AM
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When the zombies show up they're going to be more popular than deer I'm thinking.

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Old 01-08-2020, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by salukipv1
Can't hunt deer with Rifle in IL, but can hunt just about everything else in IL with a rifle... LOL.

I think the thinking was... with deer being the most popular....max hunting pressure those weekends....they don't want people sending rifle bullets miles and miles...
Didn't know that. Wasn't into hunting when I lived there.
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Old 01-08-2020, 06:36 PM
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I've got a Colt LE 6920-R. Bought it primarily to see what all the AR-15 fuss was about, with coyote hunting as my intended utility. I may be a handgunner, but when it comes to coyotes I stop messing around and grab whatever I can kill them most effectively with. I was kinda expecting to only see like 2-3" accuracy at best, but to my pleasant surprise it'll do 5-shot, .8 MOA all day with factory 55 grain V-Max loads.

I still haven't decided whether I still want to keep it, or trade it up for an M&P-10 6.5 Creedmoor on my local store's used rack.
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Old 01-09-2020, 10:31 PM
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TN Lone Wolf - keep your 6920, save towards the 6.5 LFAR if you find you really have use for one.
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Old 01-29-2020, 04:34 PM
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Here's a picture of the feral goat my wife shot a few years ago. We went on a freezer filler to the Big Island, near Waimea. It was her first 4 legged animal. The EBR...a DD V3 M4
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Old 02-07-2020, 07:29 AM
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Barnes 70gr TSX in 5.56mm is certainly more than enough to take any deer. It is also a very, very accurate round in most rifles.
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