Handgun Coyotes

[frosty]

I am going coyote hunting With my Ruger Old Army...Has anyone else on this forum hunted coyotes with pistol? In my opinion, handgun hunting is a great challenge, even more so when its black powder! There are a fair amount of coyotes here in Ohio...

 

[Buzztail]

Yes I have, but I don't think a 14" Contender in .204 Ruger is what you had in mind

 

[silicon wolverine]

Ive tagged and bagged em' with my trooper MKIII .357

SW

 

[444]

Yes. Most of the coyotes I have shot were with a handgun: usually my normal CCW gun. Mostly a Colt Officer's Model.
All you need to do is call in heavy cover.

 

[bowfin]

My brother got a double during deer season while experimenting with a fawn bleat call. He used a Ruger Redhawk in .44 magnum and 240 grain JSPs.

Coyotes can be pretty tough for their size, if you are not fur hunting, I would drill them in their shoulders, you shouldn't have any problems breaking one or both with an Old Army .44.

Are you using round balls or conicals?

 

[frosty]

Ruger Old Army

My current load consists of Oeregon trail 200gr. rnfp .452 sized up to .454, 45gr. Pyrodex P , Ox Yoke wad, and CCI magum caps...Can keep em' all 3" at 40 or 50 yds

 

[black bear]

I took this one in '82 with my Ruger Old Army speer round ball and 40 grains of FFF black powder, with an Ox Yoke .45 wad. I remember it so well because I never used anything else in that gun.



Good luck in your hunt.

regards
black bear

 

[30-06 lover]

I was carrying my Brother's USP 45 while walking into my hunting spot. I jumped two 'yotes about 12 yards from me, and my rifle was over my shoulder. I grabbed the USP and opened up. Two 'yotes dead easy. The only other time I used a Pistol was when I broke the spine of a 'yote and didn't want to use my $1.25 30-06 loads to finish him off (using the gun for practice for an upcoming hunt), so I finished him with 230 grain 45 bullet to the head.