butcherboy
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when im in my fields mowing grass i often have coyotes pop out of the tall grass at under 25 yards away. will a hit with a 9mm do anything to a coyote at that range? handgun is a ruger p95 3.5 barrel. thanks
9 months ago I was attacked by a coyote in my garage while sitting in a lawn chair reading a book. I live 37 miles from the center of Downtown minneapolis. As far as I'm concerned coyotes are good for nothing animals. So there you have it I know someone that has been attacked. I have the hospital bills to prove it.Here is a much, much better question: Why the hell would you want to shoot a coyote? Have you or anyone that you know or anyone that THEY know ever been attacked or put into an EVEN POTENTIALLY dangerous situation by a coyote? Do you eat coyote?
I would give you 100:1 odds that the answer to those questions is "no."
A 9mm JHP will easily kill a Coyote at ranges far beyond 25 yds. Well out beyond 100 with a carbine.when im in my fields mowing grass i often have coyotes pop out of the tall grass at under 25 yards away. will a hit with a 9mm do anything to a coyote at that range? handgun is a ruger p95 3.5 barrel. thanks
I guess he was not informed of Rottings opinion that Coyotes are harmless and should never be shot.
Yotes ABSOLUTELY take pets from back yards. Have seen it done and then listened while little "fluffy" was snacked on just out past the tree line.
I had no idea it was there until it lunged at me. It got one good bit on my right knee and then I fell backwards in my lawn chair. It got caught up in the legs of my chair long enough for me to scream like a little girl and run into the house. I called 911 and told them what happend. when the first cop got there the coyote was still hanging around my driveway and garage. They killed him on the spot. ( I hope thats ok with Rotting) Within a few hours four pets were found dead in my area. I guess to answer you, I didn't fend him off I got really lucky. Scarey part of the whole thing, 10 minutes before it happend I was pushing my now 15 month old daughter in her stroller up and down the driveway. The DNR told me he probably sat and watch us go up and down the driveway. So to anyone that says they are harmless animals I have to disagree. I could have been killed, worse yet my daughter could have been killed.I would chase that thing down and end it with my bare hands if it took my dog if I couldn't get it with my gun.
How were u able to fend it off, TH3180?
I'm sure everyone on this message board can come up with ways to rationalize killing a coyote or (insert any number of North American wildlife here) by saying "coyotes might do XYZ, therefore I need to kill them." Justification by offering the most fringe of examples.
If that's the way you think, and apply that logic to everything else you do in life, you'd never buy milk at a grocery store for fear of a botulism outbreak, never drive a car for fear of a 18-wheeler crossing the highway and colliding with you head-on, or, more to the point - would spend every waking hour hunting down every bobcat, mountain lion, bear, coyote, fox, wolf, etc. within a 25 mile radius of your and every of your family member's houses.
Just leave the damn thing alone and let it live its life. For crying out loud.
Rotting said:You, obviously, have reading comprehension difficulties. Which doesn't surprise based on your position. If you want to shoot coyotes and protect yourself from the PURE TERROR on four legs that are coyotes, be my guest. Nail some garlic to your walls and sprinkle holy water in front of your door while you're at it.
The funny thing is that you, apparently, and the guy mentioning "The View" seem to think that *I'M* the pansy--although I'm not scared in the least by these walking dealers of death known as coyotes. I'll tell you what, I've come across dozens and dozens of coyotes in my life and haven't killed a one. It's a miracle that a pansy like me is still alive to talk about it. A MIRACLE!