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Coyote Hunting - From 10 Yards to over 1,000 Yards
Best bullet for coyotes outta my .243?
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<blockquote data-quote="elmerkeithclone" data-source="post: 1402144" data-attributes="member: 104345"><p>I have been off to Indiana watching the grandkids play hockey so I didn't get back to this thread as soon as I wanted!</p><p>We got 8 inches of fresh snow on Monday so I grabbed my Primos Dogg Catcher and headed for a patch of woods known to have coyotes. As often happens with woods coyotes he caught wind of me before I got sight of him and it resulted in me seeing a nice dark coyote zig zagging through the trees in a hurry putting distance between us. I had just hunted a wide open area and had my scope cranked to high and by the time I found him I was able to get one shot off....close but no cigar.</p><p>I stayed put because the sun was setting and there wasn't time for another set up. I switched from the female invite call to a dying rabbit call and within minutes every horned owl in the woods was hooting above me. It was three degrees and the air was fresh. That rabbit sound was reaching a long way. One of the owls started making threatening noises and then swooped out of the tree to the north and went low to the ground and then back up in a tree. I saw movement where the owl had swooped but couldn't make it out. Then I saw snow fall from a log. Then my 10x binos picked it out. In this neck of the woods we have some huge feral cats that are nasty enough that a lone coyote will stay clear. This one was hard to see as he was snow white and was coming to that rabbit call with bob cat like caution. He climbed up a dead tree leaning against another and took a perch on a branch. He was in the open and maybe 85 yards away but he was skylined. I will not take a chance of launching a bullet off into the wild blue yonder even if I feel certain that I can make the shot hit fur....So I waited. I turned the rabbit call off as he was climbing the tree as I wanted him to investigate further and not spot my call from up the tree. As he sat on his perch I was losing light and there was going to be no moon to help me out. I hit the rodent call button and that was enough to bring him out of the tree. I lost complete sight of him until he jumped up on a stump not 15 yards from the call and 60 yards from me. I laid my 243 across the fallen elm tree in front of me and at my movement the big kitty cat faced me. I shot him right between the eyes facing me. That 48 grain Vmax explode that puddy cats noggin and got in as deep as the front shoulders.......there was still plenty left for the coyotes to eat for dinner. Nothing makes red stand out like white fur and snow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elmerkeithclone, post: 1402144, member: 104345"] I have been off to Indiana watching the grandkids play hockey so I didn't get back to this thread as soon as I wanted! We got 8 inches of fresh snow on Monday so I grabbed my Primos Dogg Catcher and headed for a patch of woods known to have coyotes. As often happens with woods coyotes he caught wind of me before I got sight of him and it resulted in me seeing a nice dark coyote zig zagging through the trees in a hurry putting distance between us. I had just hunted a wide open area and had my scope cranked to high and by the time I found him I was able to get one shot off....close but no cigar. I stayed put because the sun was setting and there wasn't time for another set up. I switched from the female invite call to a dying rabbit call and within minutes every horned owl in the woods was hooting above me. It was three degrees and the air was fresh. That rabbit sound was reaching a long way. One of the owls started making threatening noises and then swooped out of the tree to the north and went low to the ground and then back up in a tree. I saw movement where the owl had swooped but couldn't make it out. Then I saw snow fall from a log. Then my 10x binos picked it out. In this neck of the woods we have some huge feral cats that are nasty enough that a lone coyote will stay clear. This one was hard to see as he was snow white and was coming to that rabbit call with bob cat like caution. He climbed up a dead tree leaning against another and took a perch on a branch. He was in the open and maybe 85 yards away but he was skylined. I will not take a chance of launching a bullet off into the wild blue yonder even if I feel certain that I can make the shot hit fur....So I waited. I turned the rabbit call off as he was climbing the tree as I wanted him to investigate further and not spot my call from up the tree. As he sat on his perch I was losing light and there was going to be no moon to help me out. I hit the rodent call button and that was enough to bring him out of the tree. I lost complete sight of him until he jumped up on a stump not 15 yards from the call and 60 yards from me. I laid my 243 across the fallen elm tree in front of me and at my movement the big kitty cat faced me. I shot him right between the eyes facing me. That 48 grain Vmax explode that puddy cats noggin and got in as deep as the front shoulders.......there was still plenty left for the coyotes to eat for dinner. Nothing makes red stand out like white fur and snow. [/QUOTE]
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