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<blockquote data-quote="nicholasjohn" data-source="post: 1889149" data-attributes="member: 109113"><p>I have also hunted coyotes in the San Diego area. I don't remember any 40-pounders, but it may be that my calling prowess was such that only the young & really stupid ones would come close enough for me to get a shot. I probably just never shot a mature animal in that area - all small ones, and they looked pretty lean & hungry. </p><p></p><p>I once rented a room from a woman who had a horse ranch in Ramona, and one night the 'yotes were raisin' holy hell with the horses in the corral out back. I had just gotten home from work ( I worked the 3 to 11 shift at a hospital ) and had only been in bed about an hour, when she woke me up and said that I just had to do something. Well, I wasn't in a real congenial mood at this point, so I did something, all right. That was when I found out how sketchy high-bred horses are about some yokel shooting a 308 out the bedroom window in the middle of the night. I don't know if it was the loud boom, or the four-foot muzzle flash, but there was something they didn't like about it for sure. If anything, the shooting upset them more than the coyotes did. I did, however, get two of the offending coyotes. The 308 really fixed their wagon. </p><p></p><p>I slept like a baby that night - after putting the corral back together and rounding up the animals. It took a while, crawling around in the manzanita with a flashlight. If I had that to do over again, I think maybe a rimfire of some sort would be a better choice. Your 17 HMR is probably perfect, except for the lack of knock-down power. I hope that you don't have one crawl over into some bunny-hugger's yard and then croak. They'll have the cops showing up at your door looking for the guy who "murdered" a helpless animal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nicholasjohn, post: 1889149, member: 109113"] I have also hunted coyotes in the San Diego area. I don't remember any 40-pounders, but it may be that my calling prowess was such that only the young & really stupid ones would come close enough for me to get a shot. I probably just never shot a mature animal in that area - all small ones, and they looked pretty lean & hungry. I once rented a room from a woman who had a horse ranch in Ramona, and one night the 'yotes were raisin' holy hell with the horses in the corral out back. I had just gotten home from work ( I worked the 3 to 11 shift at a hospital ) and had only been in bed about an hour, when she woke me up and said that I just had to do something. Well, I wasn't in a real congenial mood at this point, so I did something, all right. That was when I found out how sketchy high-bred horses are about some yokel shooting a 308 out the bedroom window in the middle of the night. I don't know if it was the loud boom, or the four-foot muzzle flash, but there was something they didn't like about it for sure. If anything, the shooting upset them more than the coyotes did. I did, however, get two of the offending coyotes. The 308 really fixed their wagon. I slept like a baby that night - after putting the corral back together and rounding up the animals. It took a while, crawling around in the manzanita with a flashlight. If I had that to do over again, I think maybe a rimfire of some sort would be a better choice. Your 17 HMR is probably perfect, except for the lack of knock-down power. I hope that you don't have one crawl over into some bunny-hugger's yard and then croak. They'll have the cops showing up at your door looking for the guy who "murdered" a helpless animal. [/QUOTE]
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