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Coyote afield..
Last Post 09 Sep 2012 03:56 PM by mountain_hunter. 5 Replies.
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tjensen35User is Offline

tjensen35 Send Private Message Posts:46
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26 Mar 2011 07:03 PM

Conditions: No wind,  Morning, creek bed threw the field .. 204 ruger bipod 3x9 40mm fast flat shooting zero in at 100 feet.. While you're driving out to a hunting stand on some land with serious need of predator control. You spot off to your left a old big yote.. He has spotted you and is only about 150 feet out.. He is waiting for the sound of the brakes to make a run for a creek bed  behind him.. Even tho the distance is not a issue getting out of the truck and loading may allow the coyote to cover alot of ground. Running shots always a challenge with a scope.. You have a hill in front of you about 100 yards that would conceal your truck and let you get ready to spot and stalk threw the creek bed that is if  the old male  decided to continue to feast on the field mice you didn't stop out of sight out of mind right.. The old coyote is known for not answering to calls yet has been known to return to the same field later in the day for a quick mouse snack..

I stopped and took the running shot.. In the time I was loaded and found him in my scope he had doubled the distance between us.. The 204 did it's job and hit him in the back just below his neck..  I didn't want the chance of the old yote to get out of dodge...

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evidrine2010 Send Private Message Posts:139
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26 Apr 2011 11:17 AM
Good Job. I think I would have parked behind the hill and stalked him. This is only because I know how I think and would have been worried about him making a run for it and not haveing a shot at all. Of course this is from a readers take on it. Im not one for passing on a quick shot if im pretty sure I have time to make it. You apparently made the right choice. Congrats on getting you old yote.
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tjensen35 Send Private Message Posts:46
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09 May 2011 04:58 PM
I don't know why I was saying feet when I ment yards
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vdagiel Send Private Message Posts:57
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07 Sep 2011 08:35 PM
While my answer may not be PC, or ethical, I will give you my honest answer.

If I see a coyote, good shot or not, I will sling lead in it's direction. If I can't kill it I at least hope to wound it so that it will crawl off and die. The amount of damage done to the deer and antelope fawn crops is astronomical, not to mention beef calf crops. As far as I'm concerned the only good coyote is a dead coyote, and I will do my best to make any and all coyotes I see dead.
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David Asche Send Private Message Posts:64
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06 Jul 2012 02:08 AM
Only shot I ever had a 'yote was with my .45 auto. Running 'yote, fired at him at about thirty yards, the 'yote jumped about eight feet in the air and then kept running. Don't know if I hit him or not. Never saw him again.
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mountain_hunter Send Private Message Posts:30
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09 Sep 2012 03:56 PM
I am not saying you took an unethical shot, I am just saying if you are going to pull the trigger, make the shot count. Myself, I would have drove over the hill and came back in on the down low. A wounded coyote can become a dangerous coyote. I have been hunting them for 10 years and have hunted cow pastures for ranchers to take coyotes before they could get to the new born calves.
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