can you use a .270,308,30-06 for coyotes

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I was just wonderin if you could use a 270 Win, 30-06, or a 308 win to choot coyotes with out putting to big of a hole through them. I was think if you could tak a small grain of bullet and reload it with a small amount of powder.
 
Sure. Work up a load using a 125 or 130 grain bullet for either the '06 or .308. The .270 can be loaded with 90 or 100 grain bullets. A commercial FMJ(not the same as a military fmj) or a match grade bullet for any of 'em. Varmints are the only game a match bullet should be used for though.
Follow your manual religiously though. No below minimum loads.
 
There are several options here. I'm sure you will find that .270 - .30/06, class factory ammo, regardless of bullet weight, is pretty harsh on pelts. The first option I would suggest is to load cast bullets at 16-1800 fps. Long for caliber cast bullets often give better accuracy than shorter ones, and 190-220 grs is about right for a .30 caliber rifle. You can buy good quality cast bullets from MT Chambers. The problem here is that the trajectory will not be particularly flat. Jacketed bullets can be down loaded, and if you find one with a heavy jacket and load it to say 2000-2300, it might not expand much on a coyote sized animal, but will still be useful out to 200-250 yards. In .30 caliber, FMJ military bullets have been used successfully for fur, but some rifles shoot them well while others don't. A more accurate, though more expensive bullet is the Barnes Solids. They offer a 120 gr banded spitzer solid in .277" and a 165 gr banded spitzer solid in .308". As long as the coyote was hit broadside, the bullet would exit before it had time to swap ends.
 
I'm hoping to hit a few yotes this winter with my .308, shooting 110gr Vmax, at about 3050fps, out of my 20" barrel. The accuracy is there, about 2.5" at 300yds, and they shoot plenty flat out to 300 as well. I haven't tried them any further...

I'm not worried about too big a hole.:)
 
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308, with 165 grain Hornady Interlock Moose hunting load Exit was bigger than entry, but not by a lot.
 
I got this yote with a 180 grain winchester super x out of my No.1 Mk3 Enfield.

Entrance was 30 cal. Exit was about 3.5" diameter. I hit a lot of bone too.

 
No, don't use a 30-06 with hunting bullets if you want the pelt. I nailed one at 150 with a 165 BTSP, and the exit blew most of it's side open. Try a FMJ or match bullet.
 
gallen270 said:
depends where your located too, in NB we cant use a rifle 'greateer than a .23 caliber' after the close of deer season (mid november) until spring bear opens at the end of april.
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x2 ,
you need to check with the game laws in the province you intend to hunt in for caliber restrictions in the closed big games season.
Ont has a caliber restriction.
 
A lot depends on what you hit inside the animal. Mine was a classic lung shot.
A shot in the shoulder would have blown half the animal away.
I shot one once with a 338WM with a 200 grain Ballistic tip at 3000 fps. Nothing left but hide. Hell of a mess.
 
If your worried about pelt damage 100 grain with a 270 would the biggest I would go. Sure all those cals. will work, but if your selling the furs, 22-250 is the gun for Yotes.
my 2 cents
 
leadslinger said:
x2 ,
you need to check with the game laws in the province you intend to hunt in for caliber restrictions in the closed big games season.
Ont has a caliber restriction.
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update to this,
with recent changes to the Ont Hunt Regs,
there is only a caliber restriction to a selected
number of townships as listed on page 71
in the regulations.
Any rifle (caliber) can be used during the closed
big game season (gun hunt) while small game hunting.
Electronic calls are also allowed now,
with the exceptions of Turkey and Water fowl
hunting.
 
I have shoot yotes with 308,270,243 22-250,303brit and they all have made a mess of some pelts and others have only had small holes in them. I think a well constucted bullet will usually punch a smaller hole.
 
I was about to say "Heck yeh, I do it all the time.", then I read on to see that you actually didn't want to blow them apart, darn, that makes things difficult.
Hornady makes a 110gr V-max bullet that you could push on the slower side for the 30-06; 61grs of Win760 should do for 3100fps. That same bullet in the 308win with 50grs win748 should yield 2900fps. Hornady also makes a 110gr V-max in .277; 57gr H4831 should yield approx 2900fps. You van of course use different powders, but I picked the V-max bullets because they may not exit.
Mike
 
I'm hoping to hit a few yotes this winter with my .308, shooting 110gr Vmax, at about 3050fps, out of my 20" barrel. The accuracy is there, about 2.5" at 300yds, and they shoot plenty flat out to 300 as well. I haven't tried them any further...

I'm not worried about too big a hole.
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Thats good cause I have used those bullets on yotes and they tend to produce a 3-4 inch exit hole and leave the body cavity full of "red soup".

I've also used 125gr Ballistic Tips on yotes and they don't do quite as much damage but they still produce a large exit hole.

If you really want to collect pelts, a smaller caliber would be a much better choice. The .30 cals just pack too much bullet for fur hunting yotes.
 
I shot one with my .308 and a 154g Lapua Scenar at 300 yards in the neck and the exit wound was the size of a hard ball. Have not had another chance to try them again though.
 
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