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Based on the amount of them around this year i will be doing some yote hunting this winter. I plan on running both a 12ga and a carbine of some sort. I am thinking Ar of some sort but i dont need to spend a billion dollars. I will have some long farm type shots so I need distance. I have a 3030 but that isnt enough range. The 270 would do but i dont want to goof up the pelt.
If your suggestion is a bolt gun of some sort please remember I am a lefty so the gun needs to be as well.
Thanks, Vermonter
 
The 270 would do but i dont want to goof up the pelt.
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V-Max or other light bullets at high speeds don't leave exit holes in coyotes.

.....in prairie dogs, the entire animal is an exit hole.
 
imr4064 with 90gr

First post for me. I am working up some varmint rounds with my .270 and yesterday loaded 90 gr. Sierra Varminter bullets with 33 grains of IMR 4064. That is a way reduced load and it clocked at 2454 fps average 22" barrel. The accuracy and controllability was amazing 1" groups at 100 yds. Very low recoil.

As for the reduced loads, you may or may not reload, so this may not be of interest. I'll comment more if anyone cares to know more about this area.

Needless to day, a 90 grain bullet at 2,400 fps will take a coyote and put it down easy. I have read other threads that suggest the bullet may simply not even exit. You won't tear up the hide. Now a commercial 130 grain or a 150 may not be the choice for hide preservation. They are the most available in my area.

.270 should be about as good as you can do since you have one. Even better if you can load it yourself.

Good luck on the dogs!
 
If a .30/30 isn't enough range, I doubt that the .17HMR would be ideal, either. Zero both at 100 yards and the .17 drops more at 150 yards than a 150 grain round nose leaving at 2300 ......

That and those 17 grain bullets blow away like a mouse fart if there is any wind to deal with.
 
I've taken a couple of coyotes while deer hunting ...... with my .270 WIN ..... hit both low in the chest at less than 50 yards with 150gr SGK's (2900 f/sec MV) ... one was a frontal shot, the other broadside. Both bullets expanded and exited.... holes from the frontal shot were centerline, so no holes in pelt..... the exit hole on the broadside shot was less than 1/2" and both were DRT.
 
Fellow Vermonter

How about a NEF Handi-Rifle in .223 , 22-250 , .243 Win. . They are ambidextrous , and cheap ! You will be hard pressed to find a buyer for your shot Coyotes , Trapped ones are hard to sell even ! I prefer to take my 7mm Rem. Mag with 120 HPs in it and just scatter them as far and wide as I can . I shoot them to save Fawns and keep my eye sharp ! Your .270 loaded with 100 Gr. HPs works well too .
 
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I want one for a Mount so that is my thought. Also was thinking quick follow up in case of a miss. That NEF sounds cool. Ps no I don't reload yet
 
Does the area you are planning to hunt allow a semi-auto for hunting? Some states do not allow semi-autos for hunting. As far as a quick follow up shot, perform proper shooting form and techniques to make that first shot count. The first shot is the most important.

If you have two coyotes and can take the farthest one first safely, I would do it. You might be able to reload with a bolt action and then get the closer coyote. If the trailing coyote sees a coyote drop, the trailing coyote is gone.
 
Most of the time I use a 357 magnum Marlin. If I want to go reach out and touch some thing I have access to a 17 Remington. That is an accurate gun!
 
Ar is out

Thanks for the hunting reg tip. Never even considered a semi auto for hunting before so i hadnt thought of it being illegal. I guess then i need a short lite 223 in a lefty bolt action.

Any suggestions?
 
Hey Vermonter,

I believe semi-autos are legal for hunting here, but there is a mag limit of 5 rounds.

Check it out, but I'm reasonably certain of that.

Another Vermonter ;)
 
.17 hmr will drop them like a rock. And preserve the Coyote pelt.
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question was about 270!!!
 
For cheap but good bolt guns I here savage is about the best bang for the buck. And I see wrong handed ones all the time at the stores around here.
 
I recently went through the same dillema and ended up purchasing a saiga 223. They can be had for $300 are simple to mount an optic on and follow up shots are faster then a bolt action. Mine shoots 2.5 moa with cheap ammo and a 5moa red dot. Good enough for me.
 
Different rounds in your .270 is the best and least expensive solution.

But a new rifle is always a good idea. Savage makes a fine left handed varmint rifle in a variety of rounds.

.204 Ruger is fun to shoot.
 
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