Coyote Weapon of Choice

[Five Seasons]

What are you guys using? This will be my first year purposely going after them. A buddy bought an electronic call and decoy and we're just going out for the fun of it. I have killed one with a bow during dear.

I've heard anything from buck shot to 30-06 and even .22.

thanks in advance

[Sogaard]

.223

[tughillhunter]

220 swift

[Gthphtm]

75 yds. or less 12 ga. with # 4 heavy shot anything further pick your caliber.

[BizCT]

Excalibur Crossbow. I don't care if its legal or not, it attacked me.

[Elmo]

It depends on where you're going to be hunting. I watched so many youtube videos of coyote hunters taking down yotes well over a 100 yards away on wide open plains and cut corn fields and thought I need a gun that can handle these long ranges.

Then I actually went out on a couple of coyote hunts and all I see is dense hardwood and could barely see beyond 75 yards. That's when I realized where I hunt, a light weight, mobile, short range platform is more practical than heavy, long barreled, long range sniper rifles.

[Five Seasons]

Yeah I currently dont own a centerfire rifle as everywhere I dear hunt is shotgun only and someday I may want to hunt black bear at my parents cabin near Racquet lake so I was thinking just a 308 or 30-06. I know that's overkill for a coyote, but it helps expand my arsenal to hunt more game. Was wondering if anyone used slugs in their rifled barrel shotgun? I dont see getting a shot >150yards where I'd hunt.

[BizCT]

When all deer seasons are closed, you can use a centerfire rifle. I hunt with a .243 after all deer seasons are closed in Putnam County (3N - Shotgun only).

[Elmo]

Unless you're trying to save the pelt, there is no such thing as being too dead.

[shawnhu]

17 HMR, ballistic tip.

[Lawdwaz]

Crossman 760 will get it done if the conditions are right. If conditions aren't good, 223ai.

[verminater71]

I have used a lot of guns over the years.....they all had faults

I built this one exactly how I wanted it....finally i have the perfect gun

I also run a Browning BPS 10g with a custom barrell for close work

Edited November 30, 2012 by verminater71

[Dan92]

I have used a lot of guns over the years.....they all had faults

I built this one exactly how I wanted it....finally i have the perfect gun

I also run a Browning BPS 10g with a custom barrell for close work

is that the laser genetic nd3 on top of your scope?

[HuntOrBeHunted]

Nice firearm verminator.

As far as a yote gun.. 30-06 shall do I don't save the pelt's and when I do hunt yotes it's normally beacuse there running the farms to thick.

[Single_shot]

244 Rem Mod 722 w/Sierra HPBT or older Rem Mod 700 7mag w/140gr Core-Lokt PSP

Edited December 1, 2012 by Single_shot

[waterweasle]

"is that the laser genetic nd3 on top of your scope?" looks like a xlrkill light, from elusive wildlife technologies, heres my coyote/fox/ just about anything gun. though, now its got a scope and scope light on it

[verminater71]

good call weasel XLR250 and I got the 100 on my 10g

is that a real long barrell....or is the gas block missing...

[CoyoteKiller]

daytime .223, night time 22 mag.

[Lawdwaz]

Those are some great looking guns you guys are using! Damn, you must have a few bucks tied up in them. Have you killed lots of coyotes with them? I rarely see the darn things when I have a gun in my hand.

Anybody ever kill a coyote, on purpose? Not while deer hunting?

Put up a couple pictures......

Thanks!

[Pygmy]

Those are some great looking guns you guys are using! Damn, you must have a few bucks tied up in them. Have you killed lots of coyotes with them? I rarely see the darn things when I have a gun in my hand.

Anybody ever kill a coyote, on purpose? Not while deer hunting?

Put up a couple pictures......

Thanks!

I only killed one when I was intentionally looking for coyotes..I was cruising the backroads early in the morning and spotted one in a hayfield about 200 yards away..Sniped him with the 7mm08. He had the mange.

I have killed 3 while turkey hunting ( all in Ontario) 2 while deer hunting, and 1 while duck hunting.

[Dad 6424]

Use a sharp stick a rock a 50cal what ever you feel like using the only good yote is a dead yote I have shot them with my PSE the 17hmr also 3006, 243 and 12 ga its all on what you want to do dont know what the hides are bringing this year if your tring to make a few $$$$ then the smaller calibers if not then use as big a gun or a rock you lol just be safe have fun and good luck

[papabear]

it depends on where i am hunitng for long range shooting [250 yards] I use a 22-250

for closer shots [150 yards]i like to use my 7x57 and for thoses shots that are right on top of you[50 yards] i use a 30/30 mostly i like the 22-250

papabear

[BlasterMaster42]

Here is my coyote gun, or my APW as I call it (All-Purpose-Weapon haha!) I use it for just about everything. Deer, yotes, possums in the garbage, red-squirrels.. Over-kill for a lot of that, but it's fun and very cheap to shoot. It's a 1971 GP WASR 10/63, 7.62x39mm (obviously). It's got a top-mounted UTG CQB 3-9x36 Red/green illuminated scope, and a Browning Buckmark Reflex sight mounted on a 45-degree offset.

[Five Seasons]

thanks guys. definitely not hunting for pelts to make money, but would sell them if i can. Mostly hunting because they've exploded in my area and if I shoot a big one a menacing mount would be cool!

[arrow nocker]

"is that the laser genetic nd3 on top of your scope?" looks like a xlrkill light, from elusive wildlife technologies, heres my coyote/fox/ just about anything gun. though, now its got a scope and scope light on it

that thing almost looks like a toy.