coyote hunting

In Indiana you you can only use everything but a rifle, my buddy says that he goes coyote hunting every spring in Indiana, and he goes with my other buddy a police officer.
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Sorry but you are misinformed. Here in Indiana, you can hunt coyote's with any firearm that you choose to. Being an Indiana police officer doesn't make a person informed on the Indiana wildlife laws either - that's what the Indiana Department of Natural Resources conservation officer is for. Heck we just had a county sheriff arrested for poaching deer this past season.:eek:

Here is the link to the Indiana DNR page stating that all firearms are legal to hunt coyotes with. You will find your answer at the bottom of the page under "predator Calling"
http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/huntguide1/HATG_0506/HATG0506_1-20.pdf
 
Well I also have a Remington 700 30-06, But I dont have a scope for it yet. I thaught about trying some accelerator rounds through it. I might try some core- lokt through my sks too. The reason I want to use my .22 is because I just got a butler creek stock and barrel combo. It is a .920 barrel and they both are realtree hardwoods. I am very pleased. Atop I have a simmons whitetail classic 6.5-20/50mm.;)
 
That Rem 700 ADL should have open sights on it. Why not use them? BUT that 06 is way to heavy for yotes if you want to save the pelts. The 22 would probably work as long as you make well placed shots.
I like the 10-22's, I have put together many of them to shoot and to sell to folks around here. I like the 20" GM fluted barrel from Natchez and the laminate thumbhole stocks from Stafford sales. Throw in a Volquartsen target hammer and a WeaponsKraft bolt buffer and call her done.
 
The snow just offers better visibility day or night. Everything here is coyote color right now. My favorite time to hunt coyotes is at night, snow on the ground and a bright moon (no spotlight).
 
How about a 17HMR? Anyone use one for coyotes?I'm going to Az in march to see my father inlaw and to take care of the coyotes eating his chickens.Or should i just take the AR15?
 
My AR is one of my best coyote guns, I have two 17's but I never use them on yotes. Since you have the .223 then there isn't any reason to go with the 17HMR. This is just my opinion of course.:)
 
I appreciate it guys, I just assumed that since you can't hunt deer with a rifle you can't hunt coyotes with a rifle (weird Indiana laws), my buddy is also misinformed, but this is great news, now I can actually use my AR-15 for something besides tearing up targets.

One other question, I didn't see anything on magazine capacities, can I hunt them with a 20 or 30 rounder?
 
Ive killed nearly a 100 coyotes in my time hunting them. Nearly all with my Marlin .22 25n with a simmon 3-9x40 scope. I now shoot a Marlin 917V in .17HMR. I must tell you this little gun is a great coyote killer. My last three kills were last weekend and two of them were at about 150-170 yrds. Could have been luck, but it happened twice. The gun is a great coyote slayer, if in the right hands. I guess maybe im fortunate I have been shooting rifles my entire life, which may aid my coyote killing experience.
 
I have to say i love my savage 17HMR its extremely accurate and fun to shoot,but i love My AR too.I'm so torn!:D I know i could get all head shots with the 17 @ 150 yards or less.But anything past that i would have to go with the AR.
 
22 for coyote?

I don't know how big your coyotes run but I can't recommend a 22 for coyote. I have taken them with a 22 mag. My night time weapon is a 22mag over a 20 ga. Again, in the right hands with a well placed shot it will work. I prefer my 223. Deadly out to 300. Farther than I can see them up here. The yotes are very tough. I don't leave cripples. One Shot One Kill.
 
guns for coyotes

Michigan has some similarly odd gun regs.
In the areas where you cannot use a Rifle for deer, but only a shotgun, Muzzle loader, or straight walled cartridge handgun (above 35 cal) , you CAN use any rifle for coyotes.

Go figure.
 
Used 22LR on feral dogs and any shot over 50 yards would not put them down. A 223 with 50-55gr bullets was perfect to 300 yards and no ricochets.
 
A while back I found some 22lr bullets (loaded ammo) that were 55gr. I don't see why that wouldn't drop a coyote in it's tracks.
 
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