Coyote Hunting

[skipper3245]

I usually use my .270 win. for coyote hunting but it tears them up pretty good. I have used .223 remm. and Hornady vmax 55 grain works best. Usually not even an exit wound. Just enough to kill the little fuckers. Only reason I was using the .270 is my shot from over 300 yds is better with that gun.

 

[Future Fanatic]

Whats with the square bare patch in the center of the pic, is that the door to your underground bunker?

That's where he piles the apples, corn, stale doughnuts and salt.

 

[Rusty Spinner]

Whats with the square bare patch in the center of the pic, is that the door to your underground bunker?

Or is it just a fallen log?

I found a somewhat faint deer trail running a small finger ridge on the property I manage and thought it might be a buck trail because I know where most of the does travel. So I set up a camera for a few weeks. Caught this yote and a doe or two, but no bucks. Worth a try and that's why I love the trail cameras for scouting help. All my cameras are pulled for the season now. My next hunting season will be spring turkey.

 

[Trout Guy]

That's a bunch of poop. Box ammo will easily give you better than 2" groups at 100 yards. Also, I suggest buying a reloading manual or book which already has proven recipes which will suit your needs. I always get a good laugh when i am on the range and there is some reloading nerd who can't consistantly hit the paper and he is shooting his reloads and he can't figure out what the problem is.

Ive put 4 boxes of Rem ECL's through my 700 and the grouping was so so. I was still grouping close to 2" but i think i should be getting a tighter group at only 100 yds. I like to buy cheap ammo, so that could also be a factor.. At 1.50 a round for cheap shit, shooting can get expensive REAL quick!

 

[Rusty Spinner]

Ive put 4 boxes of Rem ECL's through my 700 and the grouping was so so. I was still grouping close to 2" but i think i should be getting a tighter group at only 100 yds. I like to buy cheap ammo, so that could also be a factor.. At 1.50 a round for cheap shit, shooting can get expensive REAL quick!

I'm mainly shooting 7 mm. Remington magnum Federal ammo with 160 grain Nosler Partitions and they are factory loads. I shoot sub one minute groups at 100 yards. I can often get three touching from the bench at that range. That is why I haven't reloaded in years now, although I still have some 120 grain Speer boat tail varmint rounds and some heavier 175 grain Partition reloads. I have found the Federal high end loads from the factory to perform flawlessly box after box. In the old days, you almost had to reload to gain that type of accuracy. I sight that round 1 1/2" high at 100 yards and that makes it dead on at 325 yards. Yet I can't see much more than 80 to 100 yards from my PA deer stand, so my slug gun would do just as well.

 

[Trout Nazi]

You guys Moose hunting with those 7mm mags? Talk about swatting flys with a sledge hammer.

 

[Rusty Spinner]

You guys Moose hunting with those 7mm mags? Talk about swatting flys with a sledge hammer.

Hopefully one day. I also shoot a 30-06 (and others). Both are great deer cartridges that will handle anything North America has to offer. If I were after big brown bears, I'd rather a larger caliber than a .284, but the 7 mm is a great, flat shooting cartridge. Recoil is not too bad either. I put the 270, 30-06 and 7 mm Rem. mag in the same category more or less. In most parts of Eastern whitetail territory, you won't have to shoot very far. But I used to live in states like Colorado and Missouri where long shots were the norm and not the exception. Hence my 7 mag. I also own shorter range guns like 30-30s and .358 Winchesters which are nice, short to medium range calibers that take plenty of deer every year. And sometimes I do our PA farmer a favor and decapitate groundhogs at more than 300 yards and the 7 mag is great for those whistle pigs.

 

[Trouser Trout]

I'm mainly shooting 7 mm. Remington magnum Federal ammo with 160 grain Nosler Partitions and they are factory loads. I shoot sub one minute groups at 100 yards. I can often get three touching from the bench at that range. That is why I haven't reloaded in years now, although I still have some 120 grain Speer boat tail varmint rounds and some heavier 175 grain Partition reloads. I have found the Federal high end loads from the factory to perform flawlessly box after box. In the old days, you almost had to reload to gain that type of accuracy. I sight that round 1 1/2" high at 100 yards and that makes it dead on at 325 yards. Yet I can't see much more than 80 to 100 yards from my PA deer stand, so my slug gun would do just as well.

At 80 -100 yards your slug gun is far more lethal. I shoot 375 grain 7/8 0z sabots at 2000 fps from my slug gun. Energy as compared to anything you will fire from a .308, 30.06, 7mm etal, is far greater from at that range.

 

[Rusty Spinner]

At 80 -100 yards your slug gun is far more lethal. I shoot 375 grain 7/8 0z sabots at 2000 fps from my slug gun. Energy as compared to anything you will fire from a .308, 30.06, 7mm etal, is far greater from at that range.

The only thing that ever keeps me from using my slug gun in PA is that sometimes we do drives or I sit in another stand after opening day and I can see well beyond 100 yards and out and beyond 300 yards. The deer I shoot with my slug gun in NJ typically are dead before they hit the ground and they drop in their tracks. In PA, my rifle bullet barely expands and they often run 60 or more yards before piling up. Shot through both lungs and plenty dead, but the round is a bit fast in close. So I've been putting my crosshairs more on the shoulder instead and that does the trick.

 

[CTobias]

I shot a wild dog in the face with a 40mm smoke grenade in Iraq. Does that count?

 

[Trouser Trout]

I shot a wild dog in the face with a 40mm smoke grenade in Iraq. Does that count?

Only if it was in season.

 

[Rusty Spinner]

Only if it was in season.

Screw it, he served our nation proudly. He gets a pass even if was out of season:guns:

 

[CTobias]

Only if it was in season.

Season is open year round. After I left they started paying locals for each one killed. I could have made a butt load of money.

 

[Thursthouse]

Pop them doggies! I once bumped into then Redskins running back John Riggins in Aspen, Colorado back in the late 70s/early 80s. He had on a full length coyote coat and I remember thinking how beautiful it looked. Not sure I could pull it off myself, but he made it look cool.

I dunno Rusty, I think you look rather dapper. Is that lined with neoprene?

 

[Everybody's Friend]

Here's a great shot of Tobias taking his morning dump...


Moments before he shot that dog in the face...

 

[tomfly]

now that is funny.

 

[G Lech]

With the exception of population control is there any benefit to killing a coyote?
Table fare? Skins?

 

[Rusty Spinner]

With the exception of population control is there any benefit to killing a coyote?
Table fare? Skins?

It will increase your small game, deer and turkey populations. And when the fur is prime, you can sell the pelt. Not sure if I've ever heard of anyone eating them. Our culture frowns on eating canines.

 

[Everybody's Friend]

It will increase your small game, deer and turkey populations. And when the fur is prime, you can sell the pelt. Not sure if I've ever heard of anyone eating them. Our culture frowns on eating canines.

By canine, you mean dog?

 

[G Lech]

It will increase your small game, deer and turkey populations. And when the fur is prime, you can sell the pelt. Not sure if I've ever heard of anyone eating them. Our culture frowns on eating canines.

I figured nobody ate them so hunting them is pretty pointless.

By choice I don't hunt but I'm by no means against it and I support peoples right to do so.

 

[Rusty Spinner]

By canine, you mean dog?

Last I checked, a dog was a canine, yes. What's your point? You gave me a "no thanks". Does that mean you like to eat dogs? I'm not judging, but that's the way I took it. They are a delicacy in certain cultures. But then again, I eat pork and have Jewish and Muslim friends that think that is barbaric. To each his own. Horse is eaten in Europe but outlawed for human consumption here. In Africa they eat things that would make your skin crawl. I'm open minded enough to realize that life is not a one-size-fits-all.

 

[Everybody's Friend]

Last I checked, a dog was a canine, yes.

So you're admitting to shooting dogs?

Do you shoot them in the face, like Tobias?

 

[Everybody's Friend]

I figured nobody ate them so hunting them is pretty pointless.

By choice I don't hunt but I'm by no means against it and I support peoples right to do so.

George, if killing them is "pointless," why are you ok with it?

 

[Rusty Spinner]

Rusty, your wife, the "burger queen," shoot coyotes?


judging by her picture, I'm guessing yes...

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Beetle, thanks for reminding us why you killed this site in the first place:looser:

 

[Lonewolve]

No way, that's my baby. Pre-64 model. Tack driver. I did some trigger work but never glass bed it. It doesn't need it, the barrel free floats now. Topped off with a high end Leupold scope. Funny thing is I never need to shoot it beyond 100 yards, but someday I'll get it out West or somewhere it needs to reach out and touch something.

Thats a after market stock for sure, My father has two Winchester Model 70 pre 64's in 30-06 one was his for high school graduation the other belonged to my grandfather. They are sweet guns.

 

[Everybody's Friend]

Beetle, thanks for reminding us why you killed this site in the first place:looser:

Ahhh, Rusty.

you can imagine I ruined it...

 

[Everybody's Friend]

So I raise an issue with Tobias, who shot a dog in the face...

And Rusty thinks I am stirring up problems?

Because I'm not cool with shooting dogs in the face?

 

[Lonewolve]

In my Remington 7600 I prefer Federal brass, Nosler Ballistic tips or Nosler Partition in 150 grain, out of my guns the Federal brass shoots the best. I have tried Winchester and Remington factory loads my gun wont group like it does with federal brass. I also like Hornady SST's but the Nosler tips group a lil better. Sierra Matchkings in 168 grains are my favorites for my 308 in the same Federal brass. As for stocks Hogue and Bell and Carlson are the only stocks that I will put on a Bolt action rifle, Harris Bi- pods the best bi pod on the market. I also really prefer a bull barrel for accuracy wish my pump gun had one, but it puts all three on a dime at 125 yrds thats good enough for me. as for Glass I am a Leupold guy, and anything else is Steiner, Zeiss, Swarovski or Leica in that order. My binoculars are Steiner. I agree shoot all the coyotes ya can they are no indigeonous to the east and are a major problem for grouse, woodcock, turkey poults,and fawns,as well as small dogs and cats.
Chronographed my Rem 7600 is shooting 3100 feet per second fast enough for me without putting a strain on the barrel.

 

[Future Fanatic]

I'm not cool

You are correct, sir.
Do you think the dog CTobias killed was the type of animal YOU are used to snuggling and hugging?

 

[Trout Fever]

Once again my thread has been highjacked!! i would appericate if your anti anything i do dont read my fucking threads... i dont care about your opinion!! and im sure many others dont either !!


but if you have a question ill try my best to answer it

lecher
long time buddy the reason people want to get rid of coyotes is they are smart and adapt to anything the wipe out all small game rabbits and such and deer to live stock they have litters that could be upward of 12 or so a year so by killing mama right now insures there wont be a new batch... coyote pelts are going for i believe last time i look for 30 bucks or so but its not about the money its something to do when there is nothing else to do

With the exception of population control is there any benefit to killing a coyote?
Table fare? Skins?