Favorite gun for coyote, what do you bring

MY coyote gun is a .17 remington

No exit hole.
Hyperaccurate
reloadable
quick even in the 26" barell version Remington just came out with.
 
Predatorhunter have you personally used the .204 ruger for coyote? I'm just wondering because my friends .204 loves the 32 grain and doesn't do as well with the heavier bullets as far as accuracy is concerned. Or if anyone has seen how a 32 grain bullet has performed in the field please let me know. Time to buy is coming up. Then I have to decide on a scope. Life's hard isn't it gentlemen/ladies. :D
 
Pm yithian about the 204. His has been sitting in the safe for sometime. Probably good for Coyotes,. but, not so much for pigs. He has a Ar in 223 now. That 204 aint gonna get out much.
 
Predatorhunter have you personally used the .204 ruger for coyote? I'm just wondering because my friends .204 loves the 32 grain and doesn't do as well with the heavier bullets as far as accuracy is concerned. Or if anyone has seen how a 32 grain bullet has performed in the field please let me know. Time to buy is coming up. Then I have to decide on a scope. Life's hard isn't it gentlemen/ladies.
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Yes I have. I had read all the internet "hoopla" on how great they were. Thinking I had just found the ultimate coyote gun I went and bought a 700 SPS. I took it our the first day to some new country. Had 4 coyotes com into 3 sets I shot all four. 3 of which were runners, 2 I think made it to the other end of the county before I lost sight of them. The fourth, while he was "knocked down". He was still alive when I got there and needed dispatched. All of them were called in within a hundred yards. These were well hit coyotes, any of them shot with my 22 250 would have been dead right there. I put the gun back in the safe and started using my 22 250 again. The next day I shot a coyote using 55 gr VMax out of my 250 at 80 yards. It hit him so hard in the chest it was like rigamortis instantly set in. Locking his knees. I have since loaded some 40 gr Berger's (per alot of advise off here). But can't bring myself to drag a rifle out that I am not 100% confident in.


I have told this story many times via the internet and everytime someone reply's like I just kicked their kid in the nuts. IMO there will never be another king of the coyote guns that can unseat the 22-250.


Rem 700 22-250 It's not to much if you reload! I've reloaded bullets fron 40gr to 70gr, from mild to hot. Effective well beyond 400 yrds. My Dad killed a Wyoming antelope with a single shot at 335 yrds using the Rem 22-250 with a 70gr Speer Semi-Spitzer I reloaded for him. Dropped in it's tracks.
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You probably don't want to be posting that via the internet. Beings there is a .23 caliber minimum for big game in Wyoming. SO... your Dad broke the law.
 
PredatorHunter,

Acutally my Dad did not break the law - never has in 50 years of hunting! The .23 restriction is relatively new - at least compared to when he shot the antelope.
 
Doesnt it suck , there are rules for minumum Caliber hunting, and then there are rules against having something that is too powerful. I guess we have goldilocks running the damn government now. My sister referred to my Ar 15 as an "assault rifle that could shoot through houses" I told her it isnt even legall to hunt with in most places because it is too weak. Yup, she has drank the Kool aid too, being up in Denver. Regular tree huggin mountain hippie.
 
i have a Rem700 i got for $100 back in the mid 80's used in .25-06, its got a 16 1/2 " barrel, i shot 120gr positive expanding point, and 120gr sierra gameking, but now i use 100 gr TSX, ive killed a few doe, and a lot of cyote with it, i bought if for cyote, its generly will shoot about 1 1/2 " groups, plenty accurate for a light, short rifle.
ken
 
No doubt that the 22-250 is a GREAT round. No argument here. I was just curious if your comment came from personal experience. As a sidenote I did pick up the TC pro hunter in .204 ruger. To make a long story short it was $640 and cabelas was running a sale if you spent 500 you got 100 off so the gun cost $640. It's got the stainless barrel. While I'm still gathering info on the rounds effectiveness and for what I couldn't pass that up. Plus, I had gift cards so out the door I paid less than 400. Gotta' love that.
 
Gee.I must have messed up.I put together an M-70 Laredo in 7 mag with a Leu 4.5-14 Longrange Mildot with a 30 mm tube .The Kenton elevation knob is calibrated to the load to 1400 yds,using a Nightforce 20 minute base.

I sort of use it to get up high and watch the herd calving.

I don't big game hunt with it.It does work on prairie dogs.
 
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400 yd shots

I have a pasture that I can see if I am standing, from my back porch. It is up hill, maybe 30 feet higher at distance. Every once in awhile a couple of coyotes decide to prance across it in the daylight. I have a 9X variable scoped 25-06 sako.

There is a low lying field in between, so pacing off the distance would not work. Couple of questions.

1 short of buying expensive range finder, How can I figure out the distance? My guess is it is at least 400 yards as the crow flys, but just a guess.

2. Do you use bi-pod ( difficult since I would be shooting between a wire fence, and up hill if prone) or a shooting stick?

3. What would be proper 25-06 load for those long range shots? I don't care about the pelt. I don't like it when they feel safe enough to walk around in the daylight.

Any long range ( over 100 yd) shot advice would be appreciated.
 
I use a Browning Model 1885 low wall in .22-250...I reload for it using Sierra Match grade Hollow Point Boattail 52gr bullet over 38.5g of IMR 4364
 
I use my Ar-15, or Ar-10, or Ar-30. ( for those stubborn critters). The critters have not complained yet. Everything I carry must have a pistol grip on it these days.
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Dusty Rivers...Some rifle scopes give you a way to estimate range; an object of known size is looked at with the scope and measures with the duplex points etc... Anyway, check the owners manual. Another thing you could do is set up a target in the sot where you expect the Yotes to travel and sight in to it from your shooting position. That is, if the 25-06 isn't already sighted in for deer etc. Still, you could just keep a record of clicks added and return it to normal zero before going afield.
 
Dusty Rivers, gotta cheap GPS? Borrow one. With SA switched off they are accurate to about 30 feet or less, usually 18 feet, where I live. Walk it and mark it various spots on the field. Plant a survey stake and take notes. You will be very close

I made a couple of different length shooting sticks from Varmit Al's site for situations like this. Once you get the feel for them they are rock steady. Check it out. http://www.varmintal.com/ashot.htm. Or, build yourself a rest on your porch.

You will be shooting up hill, but if the rise is only 30 feet, probably would have little effect on trajectory and POA. Acute angle up or down, you will shoot slightly below the flat land POA.

For long range, steady rest, learn to dope the wind and PRACTICE. Set up a target at that range and try it out. At the end of the day, I will only be able to extend my range to 300 yds. Wish I had a field like that....hog heaven, no pun intended. You got Hogs???? :D

Can't help you out on the load, but others will chime in. Don't own one.

I will check out the ballistics and follow this thread.
Ken
 
My called in coyote gun is a Savage model 24F with .22 Hornet over 20 gauge. The shotgun barrel is loaded with #4 buckshot. My long range coyote reaper is a Remington model 700 in .22 CHeetah. It wears a 26" Remington barrel.
 
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