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Best bullet for coyotes outta my .243?
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<blockquote data-quote="elmerkeithclone" data-source="post: 1397270" data-attributes="member: 104345"><p>Here in Iowa there is nothing to stop that Northwest wind this side of Canada. If we stayed home when the wind was blowing 20+ then we'd never get out. A steady wind is our friend...so to speak. With a steady wind you can predict where the coyotes will be and that is obviously holed up out of the wind. No wind and they are apt to be anywhere. The wind doesn't let them hear you coming either....if you do it right.</p><p></p><p>It's like you mentioned, us old timers that have been at this a long time have seen a lot of change. The habitat around here has certainly changed, the coyotes have adapted to how they deal with stinky 2 legged critters and the number of people now hunting coyotes has changed. This time of year in Iowa you can hardly call a coyote. They have all been introduced to the call all ready. If you are calling and you have hawks dive bombing your position then you are doing right. At night you may get a unwanted visit from a horned owl looking for that dying rabbit but the coyotes are so wary by now that they will circle you and smell you before you can get any shooting. I have seen unaware coyotes actually bolt the other way at the sound of a call and that comes from over exposure to calling. Calling works well in the early fall when all of the young dumb coyotes are coming off the nest and they haven't been educated yet. However once deer season starts school is in session for the coyotes and they get educated fast. Granted Iowa is a lot more settled than the states that you mentioned and getting more settled all the time. It's to the point where the coyotes are coming to town at night for vittles. A few weeks ago there was a coyote curled up out of the wind behind the big pine trees at the highschool. He was sound to sleep right under football scoreboard. One of the custodians tried to sneak up on him and got to within 50 yards. The custodian came back to the building saying that there was a half eaten cat laying next to him. I jumped on the Gator and drove out to where the coyote had been sleeping and there were tracks everywhere and a half dozen places where he had curled up for a snooze. He was going to stay put until someone bothered him and once they did he was gone for good and hasn't been back. For what it's worth that scoreboard is exactly 150 yards from my front door. I think that yote was laughing at me!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elmerkeithclone, post: 1397270, member: 104345"] Here in Iowa there is nothing to stop that Northwest wind this side of Canada. If we stayed home when the wind was blowing 20+ then we'd never get out. A steady wind is our friend...so to speak. With a steady wind you can predict where the coyotes will be and that is obviously holed up out of the wind. No wind and they are apt to be anywhere. The wind doesn't let them hear you coming either....if you do it right. It's like you mentioned, us old timers that have been at this a long time have seen a lot of change. The habitat around here has certainly changed, the coyotes have adapted to how they deal with stinky 2 legged critters and the number of people now hunting coyotes has changed. This time of year in Iowa you can hardly call a coyote. They have all been introduced to the call all ready. If you are calling and you have hawks dive bombing your position then you are doing right. At night you may get a unwanted visit from a horned owl looking for that dying rabbit but the coyotes are so wary by now that they will circle you and smell you before you can get any shooting. I have seen unaware coyotes actually bolt the other way at the sound of a call and that comes from over exposure to calling. Calling works well in the early fall when all of the young dumb coyotes are coming off the nest and they haven't been educated yet. However once deer season starts school is in session for the coyotes and they get educated fast. Granted Iowa is a lot more settled than the states that you mentioned and getting more settled all the time. It's to the point where the coyotes are coming to town at night for vittles. A few weeks ago there was a coyote curled up out of the wind behind the big pine trees at the highschool. He was sound to sleep right under football scoreboard. One of the custodians tried to sneak up on him and got to within 50 yards. The custodian came back to the building saying that there was a half eaten cat laying next to him. I jumped on the Gator and drove out to where the coyote had been sleeping and there were tracks everywhere and a half dozen places where he had curled up for a snooze. He was going to stay put until someone bothered him and once they did he was gone for good and hasn't been back. For what it's worth that scoreboard is exactly 150 yards from my front door. I think that yote was laughing at me! [/QUOTE]
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