Coyote hunting with iron sights??

This bold guy is in my field in Langley Township and he doesn't seem to care that I'm mowing with my lawn tractor 40 yards away.

I could almost hit him with my bow.

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They love rooting around fresh cut grass as it exposes their food supply, quite common to have them follow tractors cutting grass or hay.



OP didn't mention devoting or not, my good hunting partner has sacked lots of totes with a call, decoy and 12g shotgun.


It can be done
 
geologist said:
This bold guy is in my field in Langley Township and he doesn't seem to care that I'm mowing with my lawn tractor 40 yards away.

I could almost hit him with my bow.

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Had one walk through the backyard of my townhouse in Coquitlam the other day, at like 5pm. I could have hit him with a long stick...
 
bigredchev said:
They love rooting around fresh cut grass as it exposes their food supply, quite common to have them follow tractors cutting grass or hay.



OP didn't mention devoting or not, my good hunting partner has sacked lots of totes with a call, decoy and 12g shotgun.


It can be done
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He was hunting the field mice exposed by my mowing. But sometimes he was just lying on his back in the sun, rolling around like my GSD.
 
You shouldn't shoot at something unless you can hit it. THAT should be the only restriction, no matter what type of sight you are using. The type of sight will have a profound effect on the range at which you can actually hit targets the size of coyotes. It is not ethical to shoot at a coyote in the hope of hitting him "somewhere"; you need to be able to kill it cleanly. Different people have different abilities with the various sights, and their "ethical" hunting ranges will vary because of that too. So the answer to the whole question is just that, how far can you hit one (and no BS allowed, you're talking to yourself about this) with the sights you have? Limit yourself to that range and have at it with whatever.

My issue is that almost no one is honest enough to admit how short that range should really be.
 
Reaper of the apocalypse said:
True, but it was designed to shoot people in combat.

Coyotes are much smaller, quicker, and blend in with their environment. I'm just wondering how common people hunt coyotes with Milsurp rifles.
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Unpossible, can’t be done...
Men and boys have been shooting coyotes with open sights for long before you or I where born.
Hell about before the 1800’s too I would bet.
Go out and give it a whirl and report back to all the neay sayers!
Rob
 
FLHTCUI said:
Unpossible, can’t be done...
Men and boys have been shooting coyotes with open sights for long before you or I where born.
Hell about before the 1800’s too I would bet.
Go out and give it a whirl and report back to all the neay sayers!
Rob
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Not really a fair comparison. I doubt anyone in the 1800s cared about blowing off a leg or jaw of said coyotes without actually killing anything...
 
Hitting a running coyote at 200yrds......umm I like any advantage I can get....I'll take the scoped rifle thanks.

Ever try hitting a swinging 6" gong at 200yrds off hand.... it ain't easy. Now imagine a bouncing coyote at 200yrds moving at 25-30mph.....it's a whole lot less easy.
 
With iron sights on a coyote you are looking at max ethical range of 100 yards if the dog is standing still broadside, and you will miss more than you hit.
It doubles your shotgun range, it’s doable but not something I would purposely take out on a coyote hunt.
 
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