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Coyote Hunting - From 10 Yards to over 1,000 Yards
.223 for Song Dogs
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<blockquote data-quote="westcliffe01" data-source="post: 1099296" data-attributes="member: 35183"><p>One can use a 223, or a 22 mag or even a 17hmr, provided you can get the coyotes to come in close enough. What one needs is going to depend on how the local coyotes behave. In the western US there seems to be much more competition for food so coyotes seem to respond much more aggressively to a distress call. Often several coyotes coming in at the same time, provided they neither see movement nor wind you.</p><p></p><p>In the eastern US coyotes will only come into the open if it has been bitterly cold for a while, there is snow on the ground and they are starving. Otherwise they will perhaps come near the edge of the woods and sit down and observe from the shadows. If the coyotes have been educated, as most are, you can forget about any distress calls. Consequently, I find that the only way to kill them is by sniping and seldom get a shot closer than 250 yards. Having tried a 223, I now use a 243AI with 95gr Berger VLD's at 3200fps. Bullet drop is reduced, wind deflection is reduced and terminal ballistics are far superior at 300+ yards. I'm protecting lambs, so this is not just a fun hobby, more a relentless assault on a source of income for the farmer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westcliffe01, post: 1099296, member: 35183"] One can use a 223, or a 22 mag or even a 17hmr, provided you can get the coyotes to come in close enough. What one needs is going to depend on how the local coyotes behave. In the western US there seems to be much more competition for food so coyotes seem to respond much more aggressively to a distress call. Often several coyotes coming in at the same time, provided they neither see movement nor wind you. In the eastern US coyotes will only come into the open if it has been bitterly cold for a while, there is snow on the ground and they are starving. Otherwise they will perhaps come near the edge of the woods and sit down and observe from the shadows. If the coyotes have been educated, as most are, you can forget about any distress calls. Consequently, I find that the only way to kill them is by sniping and seldom get a shot closer than 250 yards. Having tried a 223, I now use a 243AI with 95gr Berger VLD's at 3200fps. Bullet drop is reduced, wind deflection is reduced and terminal ballistics are far superior at 300+ yards. I'm protecting lambs, so this is not just a fun hobby, more a relentless assault on a source of income for the farmer. [/QUOTE]
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