first yote!

[model 70]

set up just off the trail on a little bank next to a slough. less than 2-3 minutes into my calling sequence there she is at 10 paces, and yes i paced it off. had time to swing the single shot 12 gauge, pull back the hammer and send a load of #4 buckshot head-on into its chest. thanks for all your help guys.

[toxic111]

Nothing like calling one in close.. Was out last sunday.. called in 6 at my first stand... yes 6.. unfor we hit and lost one (don't ask me how.. it was hit with a .308, and was on the ground for 30secs at least) Then I missed mine.. found out my scope had moved!

Still had fun.. called in 3 more in different set-ups, but no luck..

[fortune]

Jezz --- 308 for a coyote !!!!
You must love sewing all those bit back together again
Why not use a 20mm cannon !!!
better still a rem 17

[toxic111]

Fortune, yes a .308 for coyote... I use a 6mm myself.. this was my buddies first time hunting them.

Plus this was not a fur hunt.. this was trying to remove some of the population on my aunts farm that are tearing into her sheep and cattle.

We use what we have.. not everyone has a varmint rifle sitting around.

Oh, and where I was I wouldn't use a .17rem anyway... some shots could be over 400yrds, with a possible wind, that means to me at least a .22 centre fire, or preferably larger.

[Catfish]

Toxic 111,
Don`t sell the .17 Rem. short. I would not hesiate to shot at coyote at 400 yrds. plus with one. I leave mine one the rack now as I picked up a .204 Ruger and it shoots alittle flatter and hits alittle harder. I did put down a big dog, not a coyote, that weighted over 100 lbs. with 1 shot in the chest at over 200 yrds. He folded like a wet rag when I hit him with a 25 gn. Rem. factory load in the .17 Rem.

[model 70]

i've been thinking about taking out the .17rem next time i go. the area i was in yesterday could offer some loooooooong shots though.

as far as the one i killed last week, i had on no camo. carhart overall, a short sleeve t-shirt and some brown boots was what i wore. i swear that thing didn't know what i was.

[toxic111]

We have discovered that camo is not always required while calling coyotes.

My bud that was with me last week wore some old military sur camo pants, but jsut a black jacket. We had dogs all around us from 10' to 200yrds with none of them making us until they were shot at.

catfish, the main reason I go to the 6mm or btr for those long shots is to buck the wind. We have been out days were the wind is 40mph calling... we will get something in.. but when it hangs up, I want something that the wind won't effect as much.

[model 70]

got another from the same area yesterday morning....well, sorta.

was hunting the black berry patches for quail and rabbit when a coyote walked out of some thick brush about 40-45 yards away. all i had was some hi-brass #5 shot but figure to hell with it and let a load fly. see, i shoot these 'yotes in this river bottom because i'm seeing fewer and fewer cottontails, quail and pheasant and more and more sheep kills.

so anyway, i hit 'em square in the side and he whipped around and started bitting at the spot i hit him for a second or two. then he shot into the brush from which he came. found the blood trail until i was crawling through this tangle on my hands and knees. blood trail ran out so i circled the thicket. on one side it was borderd by an over grown, dry creek bed and the other sides by berry bushes. figure maybe he dropped into that creek bed and died but i couldn't go any further.

on my way out i found yet another sheep carcass. damn coyotes.

[Rocky Raab]

Next time you go there, M-7O, make sure you setup at a different place than the first time. They DO learn fast.

Buckshot is great for close shots, but a rifle is good for any range. If you put one down while calling, do NOT jump right up and go look. Keep calling. A shot doesn't always scare them, but motion always does. You can get more than one "taker" at a stand if you keep calling and keep still!

You're doing good. Keep at it and keep learning.

[model 70]

thanks for the info. thise yote was definately struck but lost unfortunately:(

had i been out for coyotes i would have brought my calls and some stouter loads. this area just happens to be shotgun and archery only. possesion of rifles or pistols is prohibited. bummer.

next time i go for rabbits or birds i'll be sure to pack some buckshot. the dogs are there, i know that much. this one just happened to walk right out in front of me, at 40 yards none the less!

[toxic111]

What Rocky commented on is so true, thanksgiving weekend up here I was out with a buddy, and I called in 6 at one stand. My bud shot one (this was his first time ever hunting them with calls) I had made sure to tell him to not move after a shot, and let me keep calling.

After the shot I got wild with the primos call.. and soon I could see 2 more (that is what I could see) After my shot at one (missed, but it turns out my scope had moved and was shooting well over a 1' right and 1' high!) they finally scattered, and we had dogs all around us!

So in other words it is not unusual for more than one come into a stand!

[model 70]

funny you should mention the shot thing. not 1 minute before i walked around the berry patch and spotted the 'yote, i had taken 2 shots at some stragglers that didn't fly with the rest of the covey (qual). the spot in which i shot that coyote and the spot where i missed those qual were under 50 yards apart.