DAP90
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OK, my 40th is coming up in a few days and I’m getting myself a combo deer/coyote gun. This will be the only center fire rifle in my collection. I have shotguns and rim-fires and a few handguns but no big game rifles.
I live in Colorado but do all my hunting in Nebraska because that’s where I have the best access to land. Elk are not on the menu.
The land has open fields but it’s hillier than you’d expect and has numerous pockets and canyons. I jump deer within 25ft all the time while pheasant hunting. I’m half convinced I could hunt deer with a shotgun. The coyotes I see typically present a longer shot.
For rifles I’m looking at Savage, CZ, T/C, Weatherby and Howa. I have my favorites; I’m just looking for the right deal. What I can’t decide on is caliber.
I’d like to keep it a common caliber if possible. The town has a Wal-Mart that stocks the main calibers only. I can get anything I could possibly want here in Denver but it’d be nice to be able to pick ammo up in Nebraska if necessary. I don’t reload.
I’m leaning towards .243 but everyone (in the gun stores) keeps telling me it’s not enough for deer. 270, 308 and 30-06 seem like a lot of gun for coyotes. 7mm-08, 25-06 and the other intermediate calibers aren’t as easy to find.
The coyotes hunting would be predator control. I’m not keeping the pelts.
Anybody have any suggestions or advice.
I live in Colorado but do all my hunting in Nebraska because that’s where I have the best access to land. Elk are not on the menu.
The land has open fields but it’s hillier than you’d expect and has numerous pockets and canyons. I jump deer within 25ft all the time while pheasant hunting. I’m half convinced I could hunt deer with a shotgun. The coyotes I see typically present a longer shot.
For rifles I’m looking at Savage, CZ, T/C, Weatherby and Howa. I have my favorites; I’m just looking for the right deal. What I can’t decide on is caliber.
I’d like to keep it a common caliber if possible. The town has a Wal-Mart that stocks the main calibers only. I can get anything I could possibly want here in Denver but it’d be nice to be able to pick ammo up in Nebraska if necessary. I don’t reload.
I’m leaning towards .243 but everyone (in the gun stores) keeps telling me it’s not enough for deer. 270, 308 and 30-06 seem like a lot of gun for coyotes. 7mm-08, 25-06 and the other intermediate calibers aren’t as easy to find.
The coyotes hunting would be predator control. I’m not keeping the pelts.
Anybody have any suggestions or advice.