Well, I have been rifle hunting coyotes for a while. I decided that I wanted to try using a shotgun to hunt them because at times we have multiples come in to the call down in southwest New Mexico. The only problem was that I didn't want to spend all that money on the expensive factory loads for coyotes.
So I ended up buying my own shot shell reloader and all the components. I am loading 48 pellets of nickel plated F Buck behind longshot powder. It's actually fun to load your own shells. I went out and patterned it with a kicks buck kicker xfull choke and it does well out to 50 yards.
I went out this morning and called 4 stands just to try my loads out.
The first stand produced a coyote and I tried to shoot him at around 60-70 yards and it didn't go to well. He ran off. I started thinking to myself, self...if you want to shoot coyotes at 70 yards, use a rifle.
So the next stand, produced another coyote and I let him get to 35 yards and the F buck flattened him good. It was nice because even though he was at a dead run to the caller, I didn't have to try to stop him or make a hasty shot with a rifle before he ran off. I just point and shot with my reflex sight. Another coyote was coming in after I let the caller go for a while after killing the first one but he saw my truck and took off.
Next stand produced another coyote and same results...very dead coyote.
last stand and another coyote came in and same results. F buck flat out knocks them down for good.
So I ended up buying my own shot shell reloader and all the components. I am loading 48 pellets of nickel plated F Buck behind longshot powder. It's actually fun to load your own shells. I went out and patterned it with a kicks buck kicker xfull choke and it does well out to 50 yards.
I went out this morning and called 4 stands just to try my loads out.
The first stand produced a coyote and I tried to shoot him at around 60-70 yards and it didn't go to well. He ran off. I started thinking to myself, self...if you want to shoot coyotes at 70 yards, use a rifle.
So the next stand, produced another coyote and I let him get to 35 yards and the F buck flattened him good. It was nice because even though he was at a dead run to the caller, I didn't have to try to stop him or make a hasty shot with a rifle before he ran off. I just point and shot with my reflex sight. Another coyote was coming in after I let the caller go for a while after killing the first one but he saw my truck and took off.
Next stand produced another coyote and same results...very dead coyote.
last stand and another coyote came in and same results. F buck flat out knocks them down for good.
