Coyote cartridges what have you used what is your favorite?
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That's plenty fast.
If your zero works for you, leave it alone. Learn to use the elevation clicks on your scope turret, and use it with a range finder.
In all honesty, anything past 150 yds is difficult for most folks to judge, and some claim 100yds is 300yds.
I bought a Swarovski rangefinder 20 years ago. It still works fine for the distances I'm willing to shoot.
I spent a lot of time with all four of the Coyote rifles mentioned above shooting targets at 200yds to 400yds, under different temperature and elevation conditions. Then, after setting my turrets to read "0" at two hundred yds, each rifle has its separate label with elevation adjustments on the right side of the butt.
I actually just picked up a nikon range finder. Scope is just a nikon 2.5 to 7 power. Not easy to adjust turrets on it. Mabe its time to upgrade that scope. That zero is probably good as is. I don't wanna do hold unders either at close range.
And yes, pretty sure I work with a few of those hunters, who are also the "my scope was off!" Don't you check it before every hunting season
. I kinda banged that coyote gun on a fence post and I re checked zero when I got home ffs.
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Coyote chest are usually between 10cm to 15cm, from top of spine to bottom of rib cage.
Shortly after my last post in this thread, I was watching half a dozen Coyotes in the field, from one of the 2nd story windows of my house.
The field isn't mine, which is nice, because I don't have to work it or take care of it.
The Alfalfa was cut about a month ago and went to silage, and has grown a couple of cms since.
It looked to be a family unit which has been raising a bit of a stir in our area. They aren't doing any damage, that I know of, but they're getting very brave after midnight. They're venturing into the village about a klik away, fighting with the resident pack, and generally looking for a place to call their own.
They've really cleaned up the Vole population in the area, and are now looking at other food sources.
The reason I was alerted to them, a half dozen WT Does and Fawns were running across the field. No, the Coyotes weren't chasing them, but the huge white Bio-guard had them on the run. Funny, because when he got within 15-20 meters, he stopped chasing them, and walked back to the ranch house, wagging his tail all the way, without any concern for the Deer or Coyotes.
The Deer started feeding amongst the Vole/Mouse hunting Coyotes, neither of them paid any attention to each other.
My neighbors have Pigs, Ducks, Chickens, and Guinea Hens, so I think they will be on the menu later, as food gets scarce.
It was fun watching them at ranges from 50m to 600m, and I was "estimating" how far they were away from me. Even though I know the field very well, about 450 acres, flat, with easily discerned markers, in the form of high tension, wood hydro electric poles, and irrigation system, bordered by large Cottonwoods and a Creek, my estimates past 200 yds were off enough that I would have shot over or under, or maybe wounded any of the animals, if I were shooting at them.
I like Coyotes. Very few of them are guilty of the things most people accuse them of. They have intricate family units, scavenge for food, and are beautiful.
I've spent a lot of time just watching and have garnered a lot of respect for them.
One Dairy Farmer only wanted me to shoot the Coyotes that got close to his calf pens. In his opinion, which I agree with, the Coyotes were the least dangerous and most effective form of rodent control available, and all he had to do was let them coexist on his farm.
Maybe one Coyote out of a hundred is guilty of taking calves. Especially those still with their mothers.
I'm not going to knock anyone for taking them for their pelts, but I stopped shooting them just because they were Coyotes 30 years ago. I have the same issue with ground squirrels, gophers, and marmots, but that's just me, not knocking anyone for cleaning out fields infested with them.
I was happy when BC made it illegal to shoot marmots, ground squirrels, and gophers on public land, not that it's enforced.
Shortly after my last post in this thread, I was watching half a dozen Coyotes in the field, from one of the 2nd story windows of my house.
The field isn't mine, which is nice, because I don't have to work it or take care of it.
The Alfalfa was cut about a month ago and went to silage, and has grown a couple of cms since.
It looked to be a family unit which has been raising a bit of a stir in our area. They aren't doing any damage, that I know of, but they're getting very brave after midnight. They're venturing into the village about a klik away, fighting with the resident pack, and generally looking for a place to call their own.
They've really cleaned up the Vole population in the area, and are now looking at other food sources.
The reason I was alerted to them, a half dozen WT Does and Fawns were running across the field. No, the Coyotes weren't chasing them, but the huge white Bio-guard had them on the run. Funny, because when he got within 15-20 meters, he stopped chasing them, and walked back to the ranch house, wagging his tail all the way, without any concern for the Deer or Coyotes.
The Deer started feeding amongst the Vole/Mouse hunting Coyotes, neither of them paid any attention to each other.
My neighbors have Pigs, Ducks, Chickens, and Guinea Hens, so I think they will be on the menu later, as food gets scarce.
It was fun watching them at ranges from 50m to 600m, and I was "estimating" how far they were away from me. Even though I know the field very well, about 450 acres, flat, with easily discerned markers, in the form of high tension, wood hydro electric poles, and irrigation system, bordered by large Cottonwoods and a Creek, my estimates past 200 yds were off enough that I would have shot over or under, or maybe wounded any of the animals, if I were shooting at them.
I like Coyotes. Very few of them are guilty of the things most people accuse them of. They have intricate family units, scavenge for food, and are beautiful.
I've spent a lot of time just watching and have garnered a lot of respect for them.
One Dairy Farmer only wanted me to shoot the Coyotes that got close to his calf pens. In his opinion, which I agree with, the Coyotes were the least dangerous and most effective form of rodent control available, and all he had to do was let them coexist on his farm.
Maybe one Coyote out of a hundred is guilty of taking calves. Especially those still with their mothers.
I'm not going to knock anyone for taking them for their pelts, but I stopped shooting them just because they were Coyotes 30 years ago. I have the same issue with ground squirrels, gophers, and marmots, but that's just me, not knocking anyone for cleaning out fields infested with them.
I was happy when BC made it illegal to shoot marmots, ground squirrels, and gophers on public land, not that it's enforced.
