The King of 2 Miles Goes Hunting with His Daughter
Derek Rodgers is the current F-TR World Champion AND the reigning King of 2 Miles. He’s also a member of the Berger SWN-winning McMillan F-TR team. But when it comes to rifles, competition is only one of Derek’s interests. He’s also an avid hunter. He enjoys getting out in the back-country in his home state of New Mexico.
Recently Derek went coyote hunting with his daughter, Dereka. They spotted some ‘yotes, but the real treat was seeing Oryx, a long-horned species native to Africa. Some time ago, a herd of Oryx was transplanted to a “secret spot” in New Mexico not too far from Albuquerque. Permission to hunt the Oryx is hard to obtain, but possible.
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Derek and his daughter could not shoot Oryx on this occasion because the timing wasn’t right. But he noted: “Calling for coyotes can get exciting when your daughter has an oryx hunt just weeks away.” You can see the animals in the video below. Derek says: “It would have been a successful morning if this was March 1st [when Oryx hunting would be allowed with her tag].” Derek’s wife Hope tells us that “Oryx meat is delicious — much better than deer or elk.” Good luck to Dereka and her famous father next month.
Derek’s Coyote rifle (for this trip) was an AR-platform rig. Despite being a world-champion F-Class shooter, Derek had a number of coyote misses on this trip, which did NOT impress young Miss Dereka. It just shows that even the best can easily miss on a moving target.
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The problem of the missed coyotes was that they were far too close, inside the same zip code.
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Your comment sounds “mean spirited” and you’re completely wrong. I’ve had the pleasure of knowing the entire Rodgers family. They are very supportive of each other and some of the finest people I know. Derek is a humble champion and the best Teammate anyone could have.
Dan Pohlabel
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Chase, you’re not serious are you?
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I agree and don’t know what that is all about Butch Lambert.
I’ve competed against Derek 1x and I fear nothing more than shooting next to him when he has fire in his eyes and ice in his veins. There is no doubt if he wants to win he’s the machine that will steamroll a shooter into a pancake. Id clone him if I could and call him Chase —> on second thought I want a winner. We shall name clones after a leader My 2cents
Terry H., if you had read the deleted post, you would understand.