Posted on 12/09/2007 8:32:13 PM PST by Moose Dung
Sorry for posting this in the main area, but I need some advice quickly.
Over the past few weeks I've been having a real coyote problem. We're in the San Joaquin Valley and have always had issues with the coyotes, but this year seems to be expecially bad (even traveling in small packs, which I've never seen before). I need some recommendations on the proper weapon to deal with these varmints.
Here in my part of West Virginia the Yotes have only begun to be a problem in the past four years.
In fact, there is a group here that is paying a bounty on each Yote head.
I shoot a 7.62x39 Harrington and Richardson single shot rifle that I got at Gander Mountain for $149. It has an older redfield scope on the top.
I chose it because it shoots a 30 cal bullet, and the ammo is super cheap. One can get Wolf Brand soft point ammo in 20 round boxes for $6.99 at Gander.
It kills Coyotes deader than disco.
The round of choice around here seems to be 22 mag, 223 remington or the 17 cal rimfire round. The latter because it is a flat shooter and apparently it is also quite devastating to the Yote.
Donkeys are natural enemies of canines and are both big enough and aggressive enough to kill them.
If your land is fenced, turn a donkey loose in there and the coyotes will either stay away or be killed by the donkey...
Of course your family dog will also be seen as a blood enemy.
Cool! (But most M1A’s I’ve seen would squash the hay stack pretty flat when the driver starts driving up the side... How do you keep it from flattening the pile? )
Go buy a 12Ga. Remington 870 “Express” with a 26 in barrel ($200-230 with rebates), 50 rounds of 0 or 00 buck and cry havoc with the coydogs. Rifle: SKS (cheapest), Ruger Mini 14, AR 15 clone ($1000+).
Hadn’t thought of that route, I’m thinking oh, honey, we NEED a Panther Arms.......
Donkey’s do work.
...and the cat too!
From reading the above posts, I figure I’m the only ‘gurl’ posting here.
I used to have a problem with coyotes here on the high desert, too, until I quit feeding them. I’m serious - I would throw scraps outside, as I felt sorry for the wild critters.
Then, I found out it was against the law to feed wild-life. So, I threw all the prime rib and T-Bone scraps in the trash instead of outside.
Within two weeks, they were gone.
Coyotes (and all wildlife, I guess) will go where there is food and water (or like-wild-life of the opposite sex). Once the food/water (and girl friend) supply is gone, they will go elsewhere.
Also - I found out it is against the law to shoot them. I can’t even kill a rattlesnake here. I would be fined big time. (Unless I could dig a hole and cover it before anyone found out.)
I think #61 has the best advice. Mark your territory. Good luck!
Put a decent scope on this baby and pick them off at a distance.
Also works well for prarie dogs and looters.
That would be my advice, too.
They can, indeed.
He says there are small coyote packs. One dog alone could wind up outnumbered and killed itself. Depends on the size of the pack it runs into.
Mules are great trail animals.
FWIW The nastiest animal I've ever seen in action is a Fischer. A cross between a huge weasel and a chain saw with a bad temper. I used to have a terrible coon problem until Fischers came into the area.
Check to see if there’s a bounty. Around here you get $75. per coyote. It could help pay for your gun and ammo.
OTOH, an SKS has the same (slightly better) ballistics as a 30-30, is cheaper to shoot for practice, and cleaper to buy too.
Either will work. Put a Tasco 2x red dot scope on, to help find the target and hold the dot steady as you control breathing and squeeze the trigger. Can't miss.
It's too early.
You forgot to metion the 30 degree bank and use of left screen sights.
I have hunted allot of coyotes...22=-250, .243..They are perfect rounds or even a 30-30. with a good scope....I have used a caller to call them up becasue coyotes are not dumb....Using the smaller calibers unless you are really a good shot and can do a heart shot or head shot will only wound them and let them suffer....I beleive in using enough to take care of business...I am going out to Mt Varmit hunting this summer with a good friend of mine and I intend on buying another 22-250...Not sure which brand....Savage out fo the box is one of the best. Remington with a litle work is pretty nice also. That is what I had and traded it and now regret it very much.....A ggod scope makes allot of difference...Leuopould is probably the best in my books but there are others that will do the job.....
Any rifle will do. Don’t know what the territory you’re shooting in, but if it’s brush then a quick aim open sight or red dot scope will help. The 30-30 is cheap and will surly put them down. The rimfires may not.
The purpose built coyote gun would have to be one of the 22 center-fires with a scope.
If the area is populated, you need to watch your backstop. If it were me in a populated brushy area, a 12 gauge with OO would be my choice. When we lived in Colorado, the 12 gauge was my go to coyote gun, it was brushy and shots were generally at very close range.
Use what you got.
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