2019 coyote killing counter

[Big Flounder]

Well, the trip to the UP was a bust. Everything was still really thick and the clearings I had planned on hunting were full of waist high ferns. Made it hard to hunt with rifles. I should have taken the shotguns and hunted the really thick stuff, but oh well. Will try again this winter. Still had a lot of fun and it sure beat staying home to work on the honey do list.

 

[Rookie]

Got another 15-20 spots. Crops are starting to be harvested!

 

[KJQ6945]

Got another 15-20 spots. Crops are starting to be harvested!

You've been very busy. Sounds like you are going to have a good year.

 

[Rookie]

Total right now is 74...

 

[patience0830]

Deer season is prime coyote time. TC Contender in .20 VarTarg in the stand as my carry weapon.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I so want to try hunting coyotes. I have no idea where to go, and I don't have any fancy thermal scopes or anything. I've heard that you can put clear red tape over the end of a rifle-mounted light in order to light up their eyes without alerting them like a regular light would? Are dawn and dusk not options? I've seen a coyote standing right next to a major road (Raymond St., just east of Sherman Dr. for those of you familiar with Indy) in the middle of the day, but I'm guessing that's the exception to the norm out in the wild. Shooting a coyote on Raymond St. would be frowned upon (and illegal).

 

[Rookie]

Dawn, dusk, during the day are all options. A decent red light isn't too expensive and some people get away with red tape, but it limits your range even more than a dedicated red light. Red lights will still spook them, especially if you are casting shadows. They can't see red, but they see shadows. Heck, people even hunt coyotes with white lights.

 

[johntheplinker]

If we get some rain going to try it Sunday morning or evening. Been so dry that unless we get a bunch I'm afraid its going to be really noisy.

 

[rhino400]

+1
75

 

[johntheplinker]

Congrats! What did you get it with?

 

[rhino400]

Congrats! What did you get it with?

.308 A-Max 168. Was out zeroing a new rifle for deer and it decided to come out into the field about 200 yards out. Needless to say it didn’t leave the field.

 

[johntheplinker]

.308 A-Max 168. Was out zeroing a new rifle for deer and it decided to come out into the field about 200 yards out. Needless to say it didn’t leave the field.

Damn, you really wanted him dead! Looks like it worked!

I need to get out this weekend, bad. Got some hot loaded Hornady 75 gr BTHPs that shoot sub .5 moa in my T3. Would like to see how well they expand on yotes before I work up a load in my AR and load up a bunch.

 

[johntheplinker]

Finally, +1
76
Also had a fox come in close enough I could have hit it with a rock, let it walk but nonetheless it was cool as at get out.

Dawn, dusk, during the day are all options. A decent red light isn't too expensive and some people get away with red tape, but it limits your range even more than a dedicated red light. Red lights will still spook them, especially if you are casting shadows. They can't see red, but they see shadows. Heck, people even hunt coyotes with white lights.

One thing I do that seems to help prevent spooking them is to NOT point the light directly at them, just use the lower fringe of the light. Their eyes still show up real well and its easy to get a good i.d. with a scope.

 

[Rookie]

+3

79

 

[johntheplinker]

+3

79

YES! Congrats, that's the way to do it!

 

[Rookie]

+4

83

 

[Rookie]

What a night! Had a chance at a group of five, but there was nowhere to hide and they saw us.

 

[rhino]

What a night! Had a chance at a group of five, but there was nowhere to hide and they saw us.

If you dress like a roadrunner, they will chase you wearing roller skates and a jet pack.

 

[clfergus]

What do most guys use these days for coyote hunting? Use to be the 22-250 and .223. Are those still the go to rounds? Wonder what a 6.5 Creedmoor would do to a hide compared to .308?

 

[fullmetaljesus]

What do you do with the remains?