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 chests 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.
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.22
.17 hmr
.22 mag
.222
.223
.22250
.243 win
.300 rum ultra mag
22 worked alright if you were close and they are standing. Watched my brother jump out of the grain cart tractor once and drop a big 40 IB dog at a dead run at 80 yards. He dropped deader than ####. One of the nicest coyotes I ever sent to auction. Shot one 2 minutes later with the 22250 and ruined the hide lol.
Shot a few with the 17 hmr because thats what I had. Worked alright. Same with the 22 mag.
Shot a pile with the 222 and 40gr vmax. Works great out to 300 yards. Haven't tried any further. Just like a 223 I guess
22250 is like the 223 just flatter. Hits almost as hard as the 243.
243 with the 87gr vmax is brutal at close range. Furthest Shot is a hair under 620. Crawled a few feet and that was it.
A friend shot one running away with the 300 rum mag at 402 yards. 190 grain berger at around 3200 fps at muzzle if I remember correctly. Even at 402 yards parts went flying. NOT fur friendly. Whole front leg gone huge exit.
.17 hmr
.22 mag
.222
.223
.22250
.243 win
.300 rum ultra mag
22 worked alright if you were close and they are standing. Watched my brother jump out of the grain cart tractor once and drop a big 40 IB dog at a dead run at 80 yards. He dropped deader than ####. One of the nicest coyotes I ever sent to auction. Shot one 2 minutes later with the 22250 and ruined the hide lol.
Shot a few with the 17 hmr because thats what I had. Worked alright. Same with the 22 mag.
Shot a pile with the 222 and 40gr vmax. Works great out to 300 yards. Haven't tried any further. Just like a 223 I guess
22250 is like the 223 just flatter. Hits almost as hard as the 243.
243 with the 87gr vmax is brutal at close range. Furthest Shot is a hair under 620. Crawled a few feet and that was it.
A friend shot one running away with the 300 rum mag at 402 yards. 190 grain berger at around 3200 fps at muzzle if I remember correctly. Even at 402 yards parts went flying. NOT fur friendly. Whole front leg gone huge exit.
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New to coyote and definitely a weekend warrior here, so the shelf 73gr eldm 223 works well for me. Need all the help I can get sitting in fields on those windy days.
I have killed coyotes with 22LR, 22WMR, 222 Rem, 243 Win, 6.5CM, 260 Rem, 7mm-08 Rem, 308 Win, 20g slug, 12g 00 Buckshot, and archery gear. My dedicated coyote rifle is my 243 currently using factory Hornady 58 and 87 gr Vmax but I am working on loading 70gr Nosler BT as I am tired of the wide spread of muzzle velocity that Hornady is giving me. My 222 Remington is my fair weather coyote rifle as it is a blued/walnut Sako Vixen that is pretty much mint, currently shooting Hornady 50gr Vmax, but also suffers from poor quality from Hornady so I am working on it with 50gr Nosler BT as well. I like the 243 because it generally anchors them on the spot, never had a runner or a spinner with it, it just seems to hammer them which I like. Never had massive holes either in regards to pelt damage, maybe I have just been lucky.
