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Coyote rifle suggestions
- Thread starter akitaems
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223 or 22-250
We just barrow whatever a buddy of mine will allow me to shoot, even get him to give the ammo also, keeps the cost down on guns and ammo.
'HE SAYS WE HAVE THE HABIT, AND HE'S GOT THE EXPENSE".
Told him it just gives me an opportunity to check out many different guns, and different calibers.
He says sure was taking me along time getting to being "a motivated buyer".
NAW, just need to do thorough research...
'HE SAYS WE HAVE THE HABIT, AND HE'S GOT THE EXPENSE".
Told him it just gives me an opportunity to check out many different guns, and different calibers.
He says sure was taking me along time getting to being "a motivated buyer".
NAW, just need to do thorough research...
Well I think now since the population has increased so dramatically that competition for food has dramatically increased causing them to be a little less cautious went seeking it out. I think now they would be taking more chances and letting their guard down a lot. It's was damn near impossible to get less than a 100 yards on one in Oklahoma because the numbers had decreased so dramatically after a long bounty had been put on them for a number of years and they could afford to be very hesitant to approach calls and moving decoys. If you are up wind and your hide is a good one you can get closer now more than ever. Now that's just a guess but it sounds logical. I wouldn't doubt it.
Oklahoma is definitely different, and I can see how it would be more difficult to get close to coyotes out there. I've been killing them here in Douglasville for 25 years, and most guys I've hunted with have taken them too. Almost all of them were in the hardwoods. They have become more populated over the years. Either that or they are seen with more frequency because of suburban development and rising human populations in places that were once considered rural.
The OP said "longest shot 120 or 150 yards."
So that's the question.
Any centerfire varmint-caliber rifle with a scope, even a low-power one, should work.
Even a "not very accurate" one that shoots 3 minute-of-angle will still kill a coyote at 150 yards.
That being said, I probably wouldn't buy a new rifle just for this purpose.
If I had to buy a new varmint rifle, I'd make it suitable for 300 yard shots, in case that need arose in the future.
The .223 should be just fine for this application. And it can serve double-duty as a range toy for shooting small groups out to 400 yards or so, training newbies in the art of rifle marksmanship, or even, with the right bullets, bagging big game like deer.
So that's the question.
Any centerfire varmint-caliber rifle with a scope, even a low-power one, should work.
Even a "not very accurate" one that shoots 3 minute-of-angle will still kill a coyote at 150 yards.
That being said, I probably wouldn't buy a new rifle just for this purpose.
If I had to buy a new varmint rifle, I'd make it suitable for 300 yard shots, in case that need arose in the future.
The .223 should be just fine for this application. And it can serve double-duty as a range toy for shooting small groups out to 400 yards or so, training newbies in the art of rifle marksmanship, or even, with the right bullets, bagging big game like deer.
375 H&H should do the trick or the 460 Weatherby Wildcat.
If you can bait the coyotes into lining up in neat little rows of a dozen dogs per row, a .408 Chey-Tac would penetrate them all. One shot, a dozen kills.
