01-26-2012, 10:03 PM
There is no doubt that pushing light varmint bullets fast will make them blow up in most cases, and not exit. However, I've seen nice pelts that looked like someone ripped open a zipper on the back side when those bullets didn't upset and blow up early, and they exited, taking huge chunks with them. Most of the pelt hunters in my area belong to one of two schools:
1) Shoot solids or FMJ's and deal with two small holes in almost every pelt.
2) Shoot light varmint bullets fast and deal with the occasional lost pelt.
I'm not a pelt hunter, so I shoot them with whatever I have. I've seen a 100 grain Berger completely destroy a pelt on an otherwise beautiful coyote bitch, and I've seen the light bullets function exactly as I would expect, blow up on impact without an exit.
I shoot coyotes all year, whenever I can find them, mostly as targets of opportunity, so I don't really care what I use as long as I drop them, and do so humanely. It seems that all the Grendel bullets work pretty well for that.
1) Shoot solids or FMJ's and deal with two small holes in almost every pelt.
2) Shoot light varmint bullets fast and deal with the occasional lost pelt.
I'm not a pelt hunter, so I shoot them with whatever I have. I've seen a 100 grain Berger completely destroy a pelt on an otherwise beautiful coyote bitch, and I've seen the light bullets function exactly as I would expect, blow up on impact without an exit.
I shoot coyotes all year, whenever I can find them, mostly as targets of opportunity, so I don't really care what I use as long as I drop them, and do so humanely. It seems that all the Grendel bullets work pretty well for that.
You seek escape from pain. We seek the achievement of happiness. You exist for the sake of avoiding punishment. We exist for the sake of earning rewards. Threats will not make us function; fear is not our incentive. It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live. - John Galt