Coyote hunting
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Art Eatman
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Generally, to be close to Ol' Wily, you either put out some sort of bait, or you use a call. A call can be either mouth-blown or electronic. If you're moving around, it's pretty much only in open country that you might see a coyote before he sees or hears you. In thicker brush or woods, the odds are all on his side.
If you're proficient, a shotgun with slugs works to maybe a hundred yards. Closer in, it depends in part on the choke, but #2 on up to 00 will do. Over that, a rifle. It doesn't take much; the average coyote is somewhere in the range of maybe 25 or thirty pounds on up to rarely much above 40 or 45.
If you're proficient, a shotgun with slugs works to maybe a hundred yards. Closer in, it depends in part on the choke, but #2 on up to 00 will do. Over that, a rifle. It doesn't take much; the average coyote is somewhere in the range of maybe 25 or thirty pounds on up to rarely much above 40 or 45.
In the past my brother and I have had ranches pay us to remove cyotes, the best way iv found is a dying rabbit call and a .223 the only time iv used a shotgun is in close situations when you see them trust me they have seen you for the last 10 min. If you do get one in sight move very slow and always stay low quiet and ready to fire. they dont get to close so when you see them you only have a few seconds befor they see its a call not dinner.. good luck its fun but a challenge
How you get close to a Coyote!!!
First you kill him/her then you walk up and make sure he/she is dead.Seriously go to WWW.Varmintal.com and everything you need to know is right there on his web site Good luck and good shooting ELMOUSMC
First you kill him/her then you walk up and make sure he/she is dead.Seriously go to WWW.Varmintal.com and everything you need to know is right there on his web site Good luck and good shooting ELMOUSMC
W. C. Quantrill
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I use a mouth call. Depending upon the state of your nerves and your ability to control your pucker string, it is possible to call coyotes in to where they literally run over you. I have killed two that I actually touched with the gun barrel. For years I called and shot them with a .22 pistol.
I find the fun in getting them in close. I have a couple buddies that want to shoot them at 200 yards. It is up to you and as to your abilities and control of your nervous system. I think that long shots are just coyote killing.
Keep in mind that during the spring of the year that animals are breeding and birthing the young. If you go out and kill animals in the spring, you stand an even chance of leaving a litter of young to starve to death. I do not call coyotes until October. At that time of the year, there are no young, and the furs should be priming, and the fur price could bring you $50 per coyote.
I find the fun in getting them in close. I have a couple buddies that want to shoot them at 200 yards. It is up to you and as to your abilities and control of your nervous system. I think that long shots are just coyote killing.
Keep in mind that during the spring of the year that animals are breeding and birthing the young. If you go out and kill animals in the spring, you stand an even chance of leaving a litter of young to starve to death. I do not call coyotes until October. At that time of the year, there are no young, and the furs should be priming, and the fur price could bring you $50 per coyote.
spfb, if i lived in the usa i would go for a semi-auto such as a mini 14 or a ar15.scope it if you can. and start calling them. over here if we call them by night from a pick-up,they some times arive in numbers. therefore the semi-auto.i have been watching american coyote hunting clips on you tube and i am amazed at the similarities between your coyotes and african jackals. do this at first with someone with experience. not only will you enjoy this but you will be doing the farmers a favour.
Squeeky toy scores a Coyote!
Got a coyote this afternoon with a squeeky toy,My grandson(5 months old) has a favorite toy it is a rubber hammer with a squeeker in it.I noticed that when he was pounding on his car seat that my dogs went nuts trying to find where the sound came from
So I figured if the dogs reacted to it maybe the song dogs would too.I had to give it a try it worked great.I set up on a ridge looking down a series of gulleys.I had to squeeze really hard to get the same sound that set off my dogs.It took about 10 squeals and a young bitch came in a bee line up 1 of the cuts I was watching at about 80 yds she stopped to get her bearings and I dropped her with a 40 gr hornet just under her right ear.I don't know if it will work for every one but it sure worked for me just thought I would pass it along good luck and good shooting ELMOUSMC
Got a coyote this afternoon with a squeeky toy,My grandson(5 months old) has a favorite toy it is a rubber hammer with a squeeker in it.I noticed that when he was pounding on his car seat that my dogs went nuts trying to find where the sound came from
So I figured if the dogs reacted to it maybe the song dogs would too.I had to give it a try it worked great.I set up on a ridge looking down a series of gulleys.I had to squeeze really hard to get the same sound that set off my dogs.It took about 10 squeals and a young bitch came in a bee line up 1 of the cuts I was watching at about 80 yds she stopped to get her bearings and I dropped her with a 40 gr hornet just under her right ear.I don't know if it will work for every one but it sure worked for me just thought I would pass it along good luck and good shooting ELMOUSMCI grew up hunting yotes in eastern Colorado. I have quite a collection of
calls. I usually go in the morning and just drop over the crest of a hill
with sun at my back and start calling. I like a .22-250 for yote hunting
and I always have a squeaky cat toy hanging from a string off my barrel.
Yotes lock in on the location of the call and usually stop and look from
about a hundred yards. When I spot them I call some more and they
usually come running on a string and you hit the squeaker to stop them
when they get to about 30 yards, sometimes they have run buy me.
If you cant convince them to come in 100-200 yards is easy work for a
.22-250.
calls. I usually go in the morning and just drop over the crest of a hill
with sun at my back and start calling. I like a .22-250 for yote hunting
and I always have a squeaky cat toy hanging from a string off my barrel.
Yotes lock in on the location of the call and usually stop and look from
about a hundred yards. When I spot them I call some more and they
usually come running on a string and you hit the squeaker to stop them
when they get to about 30 yards, sometimes they have run buy me.
If you cant convince them to come in 100-200 yards is easy work for a
.22-250.
Loaded4yote
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Of course. Down in Texas the yotes eat dirt and scrawny jackalopes. Not much nutrition to be had.
Loaded4yote
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Ouch.
I sometimes carry my .22-250 and a single shot 12 ga. depending on the terrain. For a thick wooded area where im limited to 50 to 60 yards i'll pack the shotgun. Depending on the load you choose for the shotgun and the choke you can take coyotes up to 50 yards maybe more.
Loaded4yote
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If it's legal in Maine and I were hunting there I would use the buckshot. Probably the smallest shot legal. But then i'm also of the mind to keep the pelt. I use #6 steel shot in mine.
There are several shotgun manufactuers out there that boast 100 to 150 yards, maybe more, out of a rifled slug barrel. Don't think it would be wise use buckshot in a rifled barrel though. I've never owned a rifled slug gun so I'll not be much help in that area.
There are several shotgun manufactuers out there that boast 100 to 150 yards, maybe more, out of a rifled slug barrel. Don't think it would be wise use buckshot in a rifled barrel though. I've never owned a rifled slug gun so I'll not be much help in that area.
I'd say go with a .223 or .243, or maybe a .30-30 if you're buying a new rifle from scratch. Most of the deliberate hunting I've known is done over gut piles, and most of the coyotes I've seen shot are as a by product of deer hunting. Meat scraps, spoiled stuff, recently dead livestock, etc. are hardly in short supply.
Loaded4yote
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Hevi Shot Dead Coyote in either T shot or 00 buckshot.
One question though. Why no hunting on Sunday in Maine?
One question though. Why no hunting on Sunday in Maine?
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