New to Coyote Hunting - BC

I would not recommend headshots. A coyotes head is a pretty small target covered in fur that is always moving. I would go for a broadside hit, in the heart/lungs. Try using a high velocity fragmenting bullet to help minimize exit wounds. Good Luck and if your successful post pics!

Cheers
Jerad
 
I would not recommend headshots. A coyotes head is a pretty small target covered in fur that is always moving. I would go for a broadside hit, in the heart/lungs. Try using a high velocity fragmenting bullet to help minimize exit wounds. Good Luck and if your successful post pics!

Cheers
Jerad

The problem with a high velocity fragmenting bullet in .270 cal is that it has over 2000ft-lbs of energy at the muzzle, which from what i hear blows coyotes in half...? Thats why most people seem to suggest deer loads - its easier to sew two holes then a giant tear in the hide..?
 
The problem with a high velocity fragmenting bullet in .270 cal is that it has over 2000ft-lbs of energy at the muzzle, which from what i hear blows coyotes in half...? Thats why most people seem to suggest deer loads - its easier to sew two holes then a giant tear in the hide..?


This is why a good percentage of us use FMJ's, I even use them in my 22 mag that's laid across the back seat when I have my deer rifle next to me... Any yote I have hit thus far with a "good deer bullet" has been a quick clean kill with a 2" or way bigger exit hole depending on what it hit on it's way thru.... I can also say I put 18 rounds from a 22LR thru the front 1/3 of a yote and my spotter and I watched him disappear into the brush line a 1/4 mile away in disbelief...


A .270 is too much for yote's, if you need an excuse to buy another rifle then use this as the perfect one... Anything from 17HMR to a 22-250 will do nicely, in BC I'd opt for a .22 Magnum or a 22-250 with ammo costing what it does these days... distances won't be over 300M most of the time (unless your out by Kamloops) and your going to have more difficulty spotting them then hitting them anyway ;)
 
Here in SK coyotes are typically shot with your standard deer bullet because most of them are shot during deer season. For those of use that hunt them during the "off season" having a coyote specific gun and round helps make for less deductions when selling the fur. I have a .223 rem I typically use and now a .243 win that I plan to hunt them with during deer season. The .223 comes with me in the off season with 55 gr bullets. This combination is great for sits where your calling them in, I have found that the bullet doesn't fragment and the entrance and exit holes aren't very large. If I can head shot the yote I will but that is a rarity as they are always looking around to see what it is that is making the noise. Head shots keep the value of the pelt higher as the fur there is typically not used. Most of my shots are for the chest cavity, shot placement anywhere in the chest is going to lower the value of the pelt. As said earlier the amount it lowers it is dependent on the quality of the pelt and who is buying it.

I have shot yotes with my .30-06 in the past while hunting deer, but after the first one I didn't bother to skin the others out. I was using 125 gr bullets (not my deer round) and the holes left behind made it not worth my time. I gave the others to a friend with a trap line for free, he didn't get much for them but they did help keep him going in the early years. I would imagine a .270 would have similar results even with a much smaller bullet.
 
This is why a good percentage of us use FMJ's, I even use them in my 22 mag that's laid across the back seat when I have my deer rifle next to me... Any yote I have hit thus far with a "good deer bullet" has been a quick clean kill with a 2" or way bigger exit hole depending on what it hit on it's way thru.... I can also say I put 18 rounds from a 22LR thru the front 1/3 of a yote and my spotter and I watched him disappear into the brush line a 1/4 mile away in disbelief...


A .270 is too much for yote's, if you need an excuse to buy another rifle then use this as the perfect one... Anything from 17HMR to a 22-250 will do nicely, in BC I'd opt for a .22 Magnum or a 22-250 with ammo costing what it does these days... distances won't be over 300M most of the time (unless your out by Kamloops) and your going to have more difficulty spotting them then hitting them anyway ;)

Oh I'd love to buy another rifle, but I just got the 270 for my birthday from the wife, and Im not allowed to spend anymore on guns this year. Gotta save for a range membership to boot, so I can get a pistol in the new year...

Also, FMJ is illegal for hunting purposes in BC so thats out... Besides I'd have to go hunting for FMJ bullets in 277 cal, and I'd rather spend that money on hunting ammo.

I was thinking a stout bullet, perhaps of the bonded variety or solid copper variety would not have enough resistance to expand much and thus punch smaller holes in the hide, while not blowing it up?
 
im also wanting to go coyote hunting this winter... if anyone wants to set up a hunting trip with a few people, somewhere within 3~4 hours max away from the lower mainland, I would be all game for that :D
 
Oh I'd love to buy another rifle, but I just got the 270 for my birthday from the wife, and Im not allowed to spend anymore on guns this year. Gotta save for a range membership to boot, so I can get a pistol in the new year...

Also, FMJ is illegal for hunting purposes in BC so thats out... Besides I'd have to go hunting for FMJ bullets in 277 cal, and I'd rather spend that money on hunting ammo.

I was thinking a stout bullet, perhaps of the bonded variety or solid copper variety would not have enough resistance to expand much and thus punch smaller holes in the hide, while not blowing it up?


Hydrostatic shock... The same reason body shots on grouse with a .308 always end bad...

The old "try it and see" method may be the most sound route for you to go... I just think your working backwards having to buy expensive ammo (to the tune of $75 a box) or work up premium components if your hand loading... What's 50 Barnes in .270 cost these days anyway? Plus range time to zero, plus plus plus...

My missus always tells me I'm not allowed to by any more gun's... Thank gawd fer small payments over time and 2 very different work schedules!
 
Hydrostatic shock... The same reason body shots on grouse with a .308 always end bad...

The old "try it and see" method may be the most sound route for you to go... I just think your working backwards having to buy expensive ammo (to the tune of $75 a box) or work up premium components if your hand loading... What's 50 Barnes in .270 cost these days anyway? Plus range time to zero, plus plus plus...

My missus always tells me I'm not allowed to by any more gun's... Thank gawd fer small payments over time and 2 very different work schedules!

My missus knows what my guns look like, unless i bought the same gun in a diff caliber she would realise it pretty quick...

Regardless i have other priorities like the aforementioned reloading components to buy. As far as the premium bullet for yote, i would already be working on a load for deer and a second for larger critters, so the only real cost would be in the ammo used to shoot the yote, and load development is going to happen regardless. And at that point it's not a significant cost at all. Besides I would have to work up a 3rd load if i got varmint bullets for it - which I'm thinking about doing but it's not at the top of my to do list.
 
Use the .270

The BC law requires you bring the dead coyote to your dwelling. That's it, after that you can do what you want with it, could even take it back to where you shot it.

Good luck!

Your going to have to show me where you found that cause I've never heard of it before.
 
Your going to have to show me where you found that cause I've never heard of it before.

Here, I Lougled it for you.

As we never skin them in the field and deal with the entire coyote, I guess me writing "the dead coyote" and not just "the hide" was incorrect.
Glad this was cleared up for the OP, only the hide has to be brought home and then you can do what you want. Not worth skinning a coyote with a 270 hole in it though.

On page 15 of your BC regs

36. to kill wildlife (with the exception of grizzly
bear, cougar or a fur bearing animal other
than a black bear) and fail to remove from
the carcass the edible portions of the four
quarters and loins to the person’s normal
dwelling place or to a meat cutter or the
owner or operator of a cold storage plant.
A person who kills wildlife is exempted
from the requirement to remove the edible
portions if that person transfers possession
of the wildlife to a recipient who complies
with the requirement. Edible portions do
not include meat that has been damaged
and made inedible by the method of taking.
Of grizzly bear, cougar or a furbearing animal
other than a black bear, the hide must be
removed to the person’s normal dwelling
place
or to a meat cutter, the owner or
operator of a cold storage plant or to a
taxidermist, tanner or a fur trader. A person
who kills wildlife is exempted from the
requirement to remove the hide if that
person transfers possession of the wildlife
to another person who complies with the
 
That doesn't refer to coyotes that have none usable pelts due to the amount of shrapnel from explosive bullets destroying the off side pelt.

:cool:
 
That doesn't refer to coyotes that have none usable pelts due to the amount of shrapnel from explosive bullets destroying the off side pelt.

:cool:

Personally, after reading the info supplied by Drillbit, I would agree with him...the coyote is a furbearing animal and the CO dept. won't be interested in how damaged the critter is. I would equate the offered text to the "wasting usable meat" wording in the same act. If you shoot an animal through the hind quarters with a first shot & then thru the front shoulders with a second shot, meat damage is inconsequential to the C.O., it is still a "tag able animal" and the usable backstrap must still be harvested. Same with the coyote...no leniency (that I can see in any of the wording) because of extensive damage, you still have to use what is usable.
 
The hide has to be brought home, usable or not to be in compliance with BC regs. After it's home you can use it, waste it, it's up to you.

I'd recommend, if it has a huge hole in it and you don't plan on using it, to not waste your time skinning it.
 
The hide has to be brought home, usable or not to be in compliance with BC regs. After it's home you can use it, waste it, it's up to you.

I'd recommend, if it has a huge hole in it and you don't plan on using it, to not waste your time skinning it.

So then just throw it in a garbage bag, bring it home, and the return it back to the bush? I feel like I could get away with throwing a hide in the green bin, but not a whole coyote lol
 
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