The German Gun Collectors Association grants their St. Hubertus Hunting Award to any of their members who qualify by harvesting a game animal using a German sporting firearm. 

I earned my award in 2016 with this Illinois coyote taken with my Merkel caliber 6.5 x 57R over/under double rifle mfg. in 1940, the year I was born. It’s fitted with a Leupold 1 1/2x -5x variable, as the original scope was missing. I shoot it with an 85 grn. Sierra HP at a modest velocity of approximately 2600 fps. as coyotes are my largest prey. And this load has proved very adequate at 100/125 yards for my usage. 

Note in the photo that this rifle has a cartridge trap on the bottom of the buttstock. It has a capacity of 4 cartridges. But what happened on that day when I set up in a tower blind with my game caller and proceeded to load the rifle, I opened the trap and found I only had one live round on board! So I just commenced with the caller, reasoning that I should only need one cartridge for one coyote. That turned out to be the case as this one was put down with one shot at approximately 75 yards when he responded to the caller.

But does that mean that I can call it a single shot on that day? 

The darker coyote hide displayed at the bottom of the photo was one taken with the same rifle from the same tower 6 or 7 years earlier. And finally the Army field jacket came home with me when I was discharged from the Army in 1963.

thanks Dennis, we missed you Sunday. Nice Rifle and Coyote!

Possibly Wolves or are there none in your area?

Thank you for your reply. Their re-introduction and protection has become very divestating in many ways to livestock, game and at some point even human beings.

A statewide population of 6-8 times the original carrying capacity IS NOT something that I think I will ever learn to live with. They are becoming more and more bold as time passes. I have had 2 instances this winter where a lone wolf chased deer out of my yard and into the waiting pack. It has become commonplace for them to follow or parallel me thru the woods just out of sight. The tracks in the snow dont lie.

This is why we have game managers, to keep things on an even keel. Too often, politicians and and armchair biologists (voters) make the decisions. We are the apex predator, and must keep them in balance, not eradicate them. I didn't imply that their numbers should not be managed if necessary, only that they have as much right to exist as we do. I feel the same about any threatened species, including humans.

I too apologize for jumping in the midst of your post Dennis. Need to learn to start at the beginning a thread.

Problem is some are being overly protected. 
Here is a short Video of a Mountain Lion roaming a Neighborhood in the same town where I live. And another one was also caught in a Neighborhood only about 15 Minutes South of me. Not only are Pets at risk but more importantly Children who would end up dying a horrifying Death.

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