coyote with bow?

Camp Cook said:
Seriously?

When I was shooting my compound bow all of the time I practiced out to 80 yards I would set a kids plastic bowling pin (they are about 8" to 10" tall couple of inches wide) up in a sand bank and would hit it 6 out of 8 shots.

A coyote would be very duable at that distance.
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:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:


just because you can hit a target at 80 yards doesnt mean you should be doing it in the field on live critters. for the first couple years after i got my crossbow i was shooting at 80-100 yards no problem. my theory was if i can do good at those ranges i should do very well at hunting ranges of 40-50 yards. it worked...

it takes a long time for an arrow to travel 80 yards. in that time the animal has a chance to move, wind can blow the arrow off track, and you may nail branches from the big arc the arrow would need to make.

even though they are only yotes, they still deserve to be killed humanely.
 
A wild animal can jump the string at 10 feet just a fast as it can jump it at 80 yards if I were to follow your train of thought I'm thinking you should stop hunting with a bow.
 
A compound arrow is a whole lot easier to manage in the air than a short fat crossbow arrow, way flatter.
I hunt with an Exocet 300 fps, a Jennings compound, 300 fps and a recurve.. At ranges past 30 yards the compound is significantly easier to judge.
80 yards with a bow is a talent, and quite achievable on a stationary target, but to get an arrow to a target that far away requires about 10' of hold over, not to mention you are doing that on an animal that doesn't stand still.
If you are determined to take long shots with an arrow a compound will give an advantage over a crossbow.
 
I shoot an 80lbs bow and use full length 2219 Easton arrows I range the target put my 80 yard pin on the target and release I don't care what the hold over is.

I use a wounded woodpecker decoy that you clip to a branch it has one wing that spins around bouncing the decoy all over and I also use a Foxpro Jack in the Box with either the little raccoon looking decoy or a small rabbit decoy attached to the wire that comes out the top of the box and bounces the decoys around.

I've been thinking about getting one of the coyote decoys as well.

I have a Foxpro FX3 that has an injured woodpecker call and I find the best call for a coyote is an injured rabbit.
 
Distressed rabbit for me too, for a decoy I use a wobbling rabbit I bought at Gander Mountain for $20. It takes 2 batteried and sits and rotates in a circle, jerking back and fourth.
 
Is baiting an option in your area? Can you drag out some dead livestock or a roadkill deer? Of for that matter a bunch of butcher scraps? With a an elevated blind or tree stand you should be able to get in the 40 yd range.
I have called coyotes with very little wind to 19 yds. He would have come closer had I not shot him.
If you do nail one keep calling using wounded coyote sounds and you should get one or two more to come in... I saw should cause I haven't tried it yet. I just see it in videos.
 
Also... one of my first ever coyote hunts (had no idea what I was doing) I shot a rabbit on my way to where I was setting up. I decided to toss the bunny in the field about 30 yds from where I was calling... I was blowing a mouth call and within 5 minutes, a coyote had picked up the scent of my rabbit and when I saw him he was already on top of it about to pick it up.
I won't tell you teh rest of teh story... a little "buck, er I mean coyote fever" set in.
 
Got this young fellow opening day of bow season last year (private land), 300 yard stalk, 40 yard shot.

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Do you own a x-bow :rolleyes:? Do you consistently make accurate 70-80 yd with it? What X-bow is it and what scope/sights are you using??? Or are you using a compound bow? Also you would have to have wide open shooting for the hold over required as mentioned ealier..........

Camp Cook said:
I shoot an 80lbs bow and use full length 2219 Easton arrows I range the target put my 80 yard pin on the target and release I don't care what the hold over is.

I use a wounded woodpecker decoy that you clip to a branch it has one wing that spins around bouncing the decoy all over and I also use a Foxpro Jack in the Box with either the little raccoon looking decoy or a small rabbit decoy attached to the wire that comes out the top of the box and bounces the decoys around.

I've been thinking about getting one of the coyote decoys as well.

I have a Foxpro FX3 that has an injured woodpecker call and I find the best call for a coyote is an injured rabbit.
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call me a wimp but I can't bring myself to use my bow on otes. a few springs back I popped one with my bow while out for turkeys. I am a huge retriever guy and when that coyote started yelping and caring on it send a shiver to my very sole. worse thing with a bow is that there was no way to do a quick coup-de-gras. (I had hit it a little too far back.)

But anyone that can target a coyote with a bow and bring it within range my hat is off to you, it takes a huge amount of skill to pull it off.
 
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