Coyote Hunting

[Grant H.]

One of the guys from church and I bagged a few in WY 2 weeks ago. All of them had mange at some level, but one of them had the worst mange I have ever seen. The critter looked about dead before being shot. Not surprisingly, he was off on his own and not with a pack. I think he was likely sick enough to have been put out of the pack.

[hunterhawk]

Congrats. Good looking dogs! I have still only been out once this year... life gets in the way of the fun stuff

[Duman]

just resurrecting this old thread. Maybe get some guys wound up to go out and try their hand at killing some coyotes. The mange hasn't wiped them all out yet and they are still worth decent money, even this late in the season. I got out Friday all day and killed 6, but only 5 got a ride home. The 6th had mange. Killed 2 more yesterday morning, one of which also was nasty mangy. Still lots of coyotes on the eastern plains.

What round/bullet weight/velocity/distance were you shooting?

[TRnCO]

for this trip I carried my .17 Rem and am shooting the Hornady 25 gr. HP around 3900 fps. My longest shot was 225 yards, shortest shot was 55 yards.
I usually carry my 17/204 which shoots a 30 gr. Berger HP, (which is discontinued) at about 3950 fps. Just felt like knocking the webs out of the .17 Remington for a change.

[TRnCO]

managed to get a half day of hunting in before the winds kicked up today. Little .17 Rem. still packing a punch. These all came in twos.
DSCN1375 by Tim Richard, on Flickr

[ray1970]

Nice. I’m an optic away from completing my coyote rifle. Hoping to make it out with a friend/coworker sometime this year.

[Irving]

Nice. I’m an optic away from completing my coyote rifle. Hoping to make it out with a friend/coworker sometime this year.

Give me a holler when you think you'll have time coming up.

[ray1970]

Give me a holler when you think you'll have time coming up.

Will do. Might be a few more weeks before I even buy a scope and who knows how long after that before I get time to sight in and work up a load.

Seems I'm as busy as a one legged man in an ass kicking contest. (No offense, Jim.)

[Irving]

Hopefully, I'll be busy again by then, but check in with me just in case I'm not.

[KS63]

I’d like to go