i had a coyote came crashing into my setup this afternoon. he winded me right before he stepped in the clear at less than 15yds
im shooting these in in 3" #6
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how close does he need to get for a clean kill if he does it again?
30 yds should be fine. Watched my dad drop a yote at over 40 with a HV load of #5 lead a year or so ago.
Probably 40 yds is farthest i'd try to with my extended range 6's. Put one down about that far last year. I did go ahead and pop him one up close, but man I hate spending that much on a mangy coyote
I don't know. I had to shoot one twice on a dead run at about 20 yards with a big load of #5 lead a couple of years ago. The good news is they're fun to shoot with any load or caliber you happen to have handy.
While predator hunting I've shot about a dozen coyotes with a tight shooting 12 gauge 3" magnum 2 ounce loads of plated lead #4 turkey loads. Much past 25 - 30 yards tops and I had plenty of troubles with run off coyotes. I gave that up and went in search of better performing loads. After years of playing with loads and chokes now I've shot lots of them with a shotgun while predator hunting with No. Four Buck or tungsten loads of either T's or BB's - huge performance difference between turkey loads and predator specific type loads.
If you're serious about shotgunning coyotes, get yourself a Pattenmaster choke and some Hevi-Shot Dead Coyote shells. Ugly! :o
i watched my dad kill one @ 40yds with winchester #4's. he fell stone dead
Quote from: bowhunter84 on March 21, 2011, 10:36:24 AM
i watched my dad kill one @ 40yds with winchester #4's. he fell stone dead
Golden BB
Just kill him...worry about "clean" later. :z-guntootsmiley: