Picked off an Eastern coyote

[entropy]

This is one I got while deer hunting a few years ago. I gave it to my son, behind me. I shot it at 25 yards, running at me. (being shot at by another hunter.) I used the .223 Axis on my shoulder, which the son now owns.

 

[Patocazador]

This is the last one I killed. Mangy, stunk like heck. I wouldn't touch him afterwards because my gun stunk from touching him.

Mangy Coyote-FE

• Patocazador
• Apr 17, 2018

 

[Husker Hunter]

Had one quartering toward me at about 50 yards when deer hunting with my 30-06 and 150 gn. Superformance SSTs this fall. It gutted him on the spot and grass on the other side of him looked like something out of a Tarantino movie. Think I'll stick to using a .243 or .22 mag for them from now on.

 

[bikerdoc]

Good on all ya'all

I hate yotes and bobcats.
Lately been using a Ruger 9 mm carbine with 147 grain HP usually at 30 40 yds

 

[entropy]

Had one quartering toward me at about 50 yards when deer hunting with my 30-06 and 150 gn. Superformance SSTs this fall. It gutted him on the spot and grass on the other side of him looked like something out of a Tarantino movie. Think I'll stick to using a .243 or .22 mag for them from now on.

Hey, when I see one deer hunting, I'm shooting no matter what caliber is in my hands. A dead coyote is a dead coyote.

 

[Husker Hunter]

Hey, when I see one deer hunting, I'm shooting no matter what caliber is in my hands. A dead coyote is a dead coyote.

For sure, but when a good pelt is worth $45, I hate wasting them. Funny, I used to hunt deer with a .243 since it works good for both and never saw coyotes, now that I carry the '06 I see more coyotes than deer. Way too many of them around here.

 

[toivo]

Too many of them around here are haunting the subdivisions that have sprung up in what used to be the boonies. They're losing their fear of humans and have already taken three small dogs this spring. There's so much nonsense about "They were here first, leave them alone" that it's only a matter of time before somebody's child gets hurt. It was hunting pressure that kept them away from human habitation for so long, and without that pressure they'll be back like the plague.

 

[Picher]

View attachment 785941 I’ve shot 5 or more over the years towards the back yard/field. There are plenty more, figure if I reduce the dumb ones it will keep them in line. I have at times put road kill deer out back mid winter, really brings them around.

I’ve used the 223, 243, 17 HMR, and even the muzzle-loader on a short cover deer drive, a coyote came out. I have to grab what’s available. The 243 is my favorite for putting them down.

Here is one shot while deer hunting a year ago, used the Knight 45 cal M-L.

The .243 is my favorite for coyotes also. Plenty of power! Shot one running away at 200 yards, luckily hitting it in the back of the head. He stopped quick! He initially surprised me by standing up, about 120 yards and I missed that shot, but he made the fatal mistake of running straight-away and giving me time to get a good hold on him.

 

[Picher]

A while back, I entered the blueberry field and looked around, then suddenly, a young coyote stood up about 100 yards away, and looked around. I was so surprised, that I missed him. He started running across the field, directly away from me, so I jacked another round into the .243 Tikka T3 Lite and fired as it topped a slight rise about 200 yards away. The bullet caught him in the neck & back of the head and he died before hitting the ground...one of my better game shots.

 

[Officers'Wife]

Well done Sir, having had to seriously consider stop raising chickens because of coyotes I actually enjoy seeing their dead bodies. Since at that time I was still at home with my dad and my dad is a great fondness for chicken dinners he immediately went out and made a peace treaty with the coyotes in the area. That being, if the coyote stayed out of rifle range he wouldn't shoot them. Since dad retired, both my husband and my brother continue this treaty from this day on. And nailed to the door of my chicken house is a plaque with the following inscribed by wood-burning;

When it comes to coyotes,
I'm kind and forgiving.
But when they get in my chickens…
They are tired of living.

 

[Picher]

About two years ago, during blueberry season, I went down to the fields to see if I could kill something that an eagle would eat, so it would stick around and discourage flocks of turkeys from going into the fields and stomping berries off the bushes. I parked the pickup and looked around, then spotted something moving, about 100 yards away and 20 yards from the right edge of the field. It looked like a rabbit, so I just watched through the binoculars for a bit, but it turned out to be a young coyote. I pulled the .223 Rem LVSS out of the truck and leaning on it, shot the coyote in the head. At the impact, two other young yotes ran into the woods. I put the rifle away and sat in the truck and in about 10 minutes, I saw one come back out. He was close to some higher bushes, so didn't see him until he was in the berries again. Got him, then after a third one ran into the woods, he came out in another 10 minutes and was also dispatched. Best yote action I've had in Maine!!!

 

[Riomouse911]

I went down to my mailbox last night and a young coyote came sprinting straight at me out of the darkness of the horse trail, ran past me about 10 feet away, and continued on down the hill into the dark.

Oh, for the want of a pistol to plug the little bastard! They're all over our neighborhood regularly eating small dogs, cats, chickens, etc.

I am glad my Pointer was in the house and not with me or I would’ve had to chase after her... she lives for chasing coyotes off our hill.

Stay safe.

 

[Art Eatman]

Since I and Ol' Wily compete for quail, I have been known to be rather unkind to him. A .223 or a .243 isn't the most gentle thing going.

Still, I do love to hear his yodel at night.

 

[Weflyfast]

The best coyote rifle is the one you have in your hands when you see them!

......too many of them around for me.