Hunting & Fishing Let’s start a coyote thread.

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xsn10s said:
Typically the largest a male can get is around 33 lbs so a 70 lb one is a monster. I wouldn't want to tangle with even a small one. Next time shoot them. the ranchers in the area will thank you. One of the local cowboys here took a spill last year when his horse stepped into one of the badger holes. Luckily the cowboy didn't get too hurt but the horse had to be put down.
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This was on national Forrest. I had no idea if I was even allowed to shoot it.

It sounds like it likely wasn't anywhere near 70lbs then. I've only ever seen a few, and never handled a dead one, but it looked to be double or triple the size of the biggest one I'd ever seen. I definitely don't know what they weigh..
 
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Hecouldgoalltheway said:
This was on national Forrest. I had no idea if I was even allowed to shoot it.

It sounds like it likely wasn't anywhere near 70lbs then. I've only ever seen a few, and never handled a dead one, but it looked to be double or triple the size of the biggest one I'd ever seen. I definitely don't know what they weigh..
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Out in the wild they look much bigger than they are. One reason is they flatten themselves out so they look really wide. Even the small ones could do damage lol
 
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Last spriing I had a fair amount of success using mostly coyote sounds, especially pup distress. This year these don't seem to work as well, even in new spots. In the last couple of weeks I have seen 9 coyotes while walking in, or before calling. So, monday I set up in one of those fields without calling. 10 minutes later a coyote came out on it's own. Last night did the same thing. Same field. This time it took an hour, but 2 came out chasing deer. Anyone else have this happen or use this strategy?
 
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This dick got into one of my herds two nights ago and got them all riled up as I was getting ready for bed.

Frontal shot at about 60 yards with a .308 / 150gr SST. Took all the guts out as it exited. They came spilling out as I picked him up to move him.

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This guy was laying around and sunbathing after a meal on the hill where I do most of my shooting from the house. My only problem was that he was facing me head-on at ~260 yards, and the winds were already pretty high. I misjudged the distance at 275 and dialed accordingly for that.

Waited until the swirling breeze was at my 6 o'clock, and l let fly.

Caught him about a tenth higher than I wanted, but all he did was roll over and raise his head for a few seconds and mouth at the air before succumbing.

The 130gr ELD-M out of my 6.5x47 did work. Hopefully I got it on my Triggercam. Will post a video if it turns out worth a crap.

Entrance hole is marked in blue as it was barely noticeable.
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diggler1833 said:
This guy was laying around and sunbathing after a meal on the hill where I do most of my shooting from the house. My only problem was that he was facing me head-on at ~260 yards, and the winds were already pretty high. I misjudged the distance at 275 and dialed accordingly for that.

Waited until the swirling breeze was at my 6 o'clock, and l let fly.

Caught him about a tenth higher than I wanted, but all he did was roll over and raise his head for a few seconds and mouth at the air before succumbing.

The 130gr ELD-M out of my 6.5x47 did work. Hopefully I got it on my Triggercam. Will post a video if it turns out worth a crap.

Entrance hole is marked in blue as it was barely noticeable.
Carnivore Fawn Dog breed Terrestrial animal Grass





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Grass Fawn Terrestrial animal Snout Tail
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I'd have a better season drinking coffee on your porch and shooting them than I do burning a thousand gallons of diesel and a set of tires like I do now.
 
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Managed to drop a double this morning. After 10-11 mins the male came flying out and stopped broadside and my brother missed. He took off running and I managed to drop him 10’ before he was back in the bush, 30 seconds later the female came flying out fixated on the call and came right into 60 ish yards and wasn’t stopping so we hit her at the same time and lights just went out.

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Wierd, I got two exits last night from a .308, 150gr SST. This bitch wasn't thick enough to make me think that there should have been total jacket separation (that quickly).

Hole behind front leg is even with where I shot her...but she left glowing guts all over the bushes when I popped her. I'm assuming that the big gut hole is most of the bullet exit (slightly angled toward) but the second exit right behind the front leg is definitely there.

Maybe a big piece of bone fragment? We'll never know.

Photo taken this morning.
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Caught this male following my dog back from the corn field this evening... Only about 65 yards but the 80 grain ELD VT out of my 6GT smacked the hell outta him. Hit a little high on the shoulder with a pencil size entry and a damn near fist sized exit between his shoulder blades taking his spine completely out of the equation. Liking these bullets so far!
 

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Laid out my 6 pigs from the other night since none of my neighbors wanted any hogmeat.

Put my cell camera on them, then just slept on the couch with everything ready to go.

Dadgum coyotes got me up every couple of hours. I'd run down and shoot one, come back, get everything put back up, just fall asleep again, and my stinking phone would go off again.

Usually takes me about 8-10 minutes to get dressed and hoof it over to this spot. I found that they are frequently finished eating and are on the move again by that time. Still smoked three, but missed a chance at a double because the lead one got into the trees before I could run her down.
 
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This guy tried to creep up on us the other night and got a double tap from a 6.5g and 223 at 80 yards.



I am working on the video from this one.. 6.5CM at less than 100 yards in the face.
I forgot to record but my buddy did, you can see the skull/fur fly off in the video. It was wild.

Captian Insano shows no mercy :p
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You guys ever have one that just doesn't seem to care about anything? This guy was just walking through the field, he didn't care about the call so I shut it off and watched him come our direction. We had another one soon after that was just walking around the edge of the field at 500-600 yards away and didn't seem to be in a hurry or care. He ended up just jumping into the woods and didn't care about any call sound we played.

 
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warnera1102 said:
You guys ever have one that just doesn't seem to care about anything? This guy was just walking through the field, he didn't care about the call so I shut it off and watched him come our direction. We had another one soon after that was just walking around the edge of the field at 500-600 yards away and didn't seem to be in a hurry or care. He ended up just jumping into the woods and didn't care about any call sound we played.

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I had one over the winter that didn't react to a damn thing. No lip squeaking, no barking, no nothing...not even my heavy footsteps as I came running up behind him to within about a hundred yards (I was wearing muck boots and running over wet ground).

***this was at night***

When I killed him and walked up on him, he was so gray in the face, teeth worn down to nubs and had severe periodontal disease... I just figured he was so old he'd gone deaf. The eyes glaze over too quickly after you kill them to tell about cataracts.
 
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warnera1102 said:
You guys ever have one that just doesn't seem to care about anything? This guy was just walking through the field, he didn't care about the call so I shut it off and watched him come our direction. We had another one soon after that was just walking around the edge of the field at 500-600 yards away and didn't seem to be in a hurry or care. He ended up just jumping into the woods and didn't care about any call sound we played.

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Absolutely this happens, I’ll be damned if I know why they show zero reaction, but I have noticed when you get some tough dogs like that, you can usually pattern them and just ambush them, and try a house cat kitten call, or just some weird as hell sound, something they’ve probably never heard before. I’ve spent and hour or more on a dog just hanging out out of range, hitting them with everything till you find something that peaks their interest, which sometimes might be a goose call. Good luck and keep stackin!
 
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Hondo64d said:
Shot this pig a few days ago. Got the ‘yote this morning. Berger 85.5gr Hybrid launched at about 3015fps from my hunting weight .22GT. 300 yards. Had to hold .5 mils wind. Same load for both the pig and the ’yote.

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Nothing makes better coyote bait than a 48-hour old hog carcass.
 
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diggler1833 said:
I had one over the winter that didn't react to a damn thing. No lip squeaking, no barking, no nothing...not even my heavy footsteps as I came running up behind him to within about a hundred yards (I was wearing muck boots and running over wet ground).

***this was at night***

When I killed him and walked up on him, he was so gray in the face, teeth worn down to nubs and had severe periodontal disease... I just figured he was so old he'd gone deaf. The eyes glaze over too quickly after you kill them to tell about cataracts.
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Man that is wild, I never thought about the age. I killed one earlier this year because she was feeding on a fawn. She was all grey face and had a cattle tag in her ear which was wild.
 
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