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Re: Coyote shooters [Re: USMC47 🦫] #5407608
02/08/16 08:09 PM
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Was a hail Mary, but it got the job done. He shoots a 60 grain bullet so maybe that had something to do with it. His second and third shots were within 5' as well.

Re: Coyote shooters [Re: USMC47 🦫] #5408224
02/09/16 12:57 AM
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60 grain helped a lot. I run 75-77 through my AR. 1x8 twist. Barrel has a lot to do with what's gonna happen. 10.25 lbs without scope. Bull barrel but love it. Good shootin though! Glad you got the dog.

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Re: Coyote shooters [Re: USMC47 🦫] #5408294
02/09/16 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted By: USMC47
I'm gonna ask the age old question on calibers.

-I need one for coyote.
-I don't want a large caliber suitable for deer.
-I'll keep shots under 600 but likely in the 2-400 range.
-I don't want to destroy the fur badly. I'm gonna make a magic carpet out of them.



COME ON OVER TO THE .223 HAPPY PARTY. you oughta fight right in sir!



Re: Coyote shooters [Re: BIRDOGS] #5408331
02/09/16 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted By: BIRDOGS
Originally Posted By: USMC47
I'm gonna ask the age old question on calibers.

-I need one for coyote.
-I don't want a large caliber suitable for deer.
-I'll keep shots under 600 but likely in the 2-400 range.
-I don't want to destroy the fur badly. I'm gonna make a magic carpet out of them.
Birdie, that thing almost looks too Purdy to shoot.


COME ON OVER TO THE .223 HAPPY PARTY. you oughta fight right in sir!





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Re: Coyote shooters [Re: USMC47 🦫] #5408543
02/09/16 11:56 AM
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Re: Coyote shooters [Re: USMC47 🦫] #5408807
02/09/16 03:21 PM
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Whatever caliber you get:

A small piece of paper taped to the top of the stock with your drop for the particular bullet you plan to use, with the distances, out to the max you plan to shoot it.

Then get a good range finder (I use a Lieca 1600, ~$700) and cary it with you always.

Re: Coyote shooters [Re: Ak-49] #5410601
02/10/16 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted By: Ak-49
60 grain helped a lot. I run 75-77 through my AR. 1x8 twist. Barrel has a lot to do with what's gonna happen. 10.25 lbs without scope. Bull barrel but love it. Good shootin though! Glad you got the dog.
I bought a reloader last month. I think I'm going to put a heavier barrel on it and play with the larger bullets once summer rolls around.

Re: Coyote shooters [Re: USMC47 🦫] #5411095
02/10/16 08:59 PM
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that's what I did, paper with drift wind drift specs taped to gun stock,covered in clear tape. I don't worry about drop unless it's over 350yd shot, wind chart is real nice . mine shoots 1.5" high at 100yds, dead on or 1" low at 300yds, I like that!

Re: Coyote shooters [Re: USMC47 🦫] #5411209
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I need to shoot my rifle tomorrow before I hunt again. Shot over the back of a coyote tonight as he stood still 150 yards away. Ended up killing it but he took 9 rounds of FMJ. Tough little critters.

Shot another one last week at 35 yards and the FMJ didnt even phase him, he just slowly tipped over while on the run. I'd like to go to ballistic tips, but the FMJ's are leaving little damage.

Re: Coyote shooters [Re: USMC47 🦫] #5411249
02/10/16 10:15 PM
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.223 Nick? May I suggest these... Ultramax 52 gr. JHP

These are very fur friendly for me and won't ricochet like FMJ will off frozen ground, at least not as badly. IMO FMJ is unsafe in our open terrain.

Re: Coyote shooters [Re: USMC47 🦫] #5411398
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Yeah im very careful when I shoot FMJ. A lot of guys in our coyote group shoot the hollow points which are safer. I'll have to do some testing next year with the different bullets.

Re: Coyote shooters [Re: USMC47 🦫] #5411418
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fmj worked good on fox, not on coyote, I shot some they went down like hit with a rock, some it went through lungs and were still running 3-4 miles later. a nosler is good, only 2 out of over a hundred shot in neck, head or chest didn't drop on the spot. one in WY hit broadside in chest so low it was half inch from cutting hair only, it ran 50 yds n died, a fragment from nosler must have went up into heart area, another a big male in Bighorns hit behind shoulder went 30 yds, only ones of many that didn't drop right there

Re: Coyote shooters [Re: Tactical.20] #5411736
02/11/16 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted By: Tactical.20
that's what I did, paper with drift wind drift specs taped to gun stock,covered in clear tape. I don't worry about drop unless it's over 350yd shot, wind chart is real nice . mine shoots 1.5" high at 100yds, dead on or 1" low at 300yds, I like that!
That's the way my Swift is sighted in too T-20...like it alot


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Re: Coyote shooters [Re: USMC47 🦫] #6168353
02/24/18 07:39 AM
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Re: Coyote shooters [Re: USMC47 🦫] #6168361
02/24/18 07:48 AM
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I use a 22-250 Love it in all weather Conditions....The 204,17 to light for windy conditions....223 also has worked for me.

Re: Coyote shooters [Re: USMC47 🦫] #6168557
02/24/18 11:41 AM
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Hey yodeldog how's it going?
Few pages back one guy said the 35 gr Berger didn't work good and the 32 gr vmax was the best,
Not what I found, sometimes the v max would work awesome, sometimes it blew up on fur and made a splash hit, little bomb crater on the skin the size of a walnut, not a reliable coyote bullet

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Re: Coyote shooters [Re: USMC47 🦫] #6168603
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I thought since the nosler worked great in my .223 I would try the 40 gr nosler in my t.20, first two Winters I thought I found a great bullet, then after shooting more coyote i started to get some massive exit holes, one was 12-14" long on big male, 180 yds away
I went back to 35 gr Berger

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Re: Coyote shooters [Re: USMC47 🦫] #6970259
08/21/20 07:41 PM
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Re: Coyote shooters [Re: USMC47 🦫] #6970450
08/21/20 11:42 PM
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I got into calling shooting yotes a few years ago. I have called some for many years but not a whole lot of time. In the past three yrs. I learned that calling them is the most important part to get right. Where I use to have to shoot at yotes 300+ yrds because they would hang up, now I can usually get them close enough I don't have to try the longer shots. A lot more to that happening besides just the calling part, but the calling is very important.

Last fall/winter I used two guns. A 12 ga shotgun and a 204. I killed almost as many with the shotgun as the rifle. Getting them close enough to use a shotgun is what makes me happy.

I didn't read all the posts on this thread but I did notice alot of 22-250 and 204 talk. I agree with both. I had used a 22-250 for years then two yrs ago switched to a 204. I like the 204 more than the 22-250. if you read up on the two you will find that the 204 actually holds more kinetic energy past 250-300 yds than the 22-250. I have seen enough yotes shot with both at those ranges to believe it.

BTW, being out west won't make a difference on getting them close. I know of a few guys out there that shoot them with shotguns all the time.

Re: Coyote shooters [Re: USMC47 🦫] #6970458
08/21/20 11:52 PM
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I liked your post il.trapper......I don't even carry a rifle anymore when calling coyote.
Handcalls, and a M1 Berreta 12 ga. turkey gun turns my crank.

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