[MrEdd]

AR15?
Use a Barrett .50 for coyotes.
Get them just as they cross the border.

[Lurker]

“or a high-priced optic like a holographic EOTech sight.”

Yet there’s an ACOG on the rifle in the picture. They run anywhere from $900-$1,500. This is absolutely the worst shooting blog ever.

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[Travis McGee]

I know the story is about coyote/varmint hunting, but I live in the SE where thick woods are the norm.

This is what I have on my ARs: Burris 332s, and I'm a "satisfied customer." (Two of them cost less than one Trijicon.)

[ManHunter]

I put a Nikon M223 mount and M223 4-16X scope on my FN DMR and I like it/them a lot.

[Vaquero]

I’ve noticed a switch to scopes adjustable in the field to help dope the wind etc. they have turrets that can be adjustable and a button to go back to zero.

I have shooting acquaintances that have these and seem happy with them. I tend to hunt within my abilities. 200 yd maximum Of course I live in the NE where most shots are usually 50-60 yards in dense forests. At the range I dope the wind and use Kentucky windage to compensate. I try to buy decent brand scopes but have done real well with scopes like a tasco that I purchased about 1982 or so. I could put it in the safe mounted on my Marlin 336 in .35 Rem. And for 6-7 hunting seasons take it out and it would be dead on and my rifle would print sub-moa groups. Lately I’ve bought lower priced Leupolds and find them excellent. The prices of some scopes are ridiculously high, but hey, I suppose they perform, so good luck to those who buy and use them

Variables is pretty much what I own. 2-7. 3-9. I keep them set at the lowest setting and have never had to raise them. But none the less they are available if I need them.

[yarddog]

I can remember when I lived in Western Kansas, a friend and I were hunting in the Finney County Wildlife area. At one time it had been a lake but was dry.

We both had deer tags, me a doe tag and he anything including fawns which we would not have shot. We watched a bunch of coyotes for nearly an hour. They were just walking around not paying attention to us or anything else that we could tell.

Now I am back home in the Florida woods. Last year I was standing at my bathroom window looking out at my pear tree. There were a few on the ground. Suddenly a flash, a pear gone and the flash went back in the bushes.

It took me a few seconds to realize what had happened. A coyote had darted from the bush, grabbed a pear then disappeared all within a second.

I could not have shot him even if I had a gun ready and already aimed. I hear them sometimes but seeing them is almost impossible.

I have seen them at night crossing the road tho.

[Carriage Hill]

I use an old 2003 Trijicon ACOG 4 x 32; haven’t missed yet.

[kaintucky]

I hunt heavy cover with some open fields. I use my twelve gauge with 3 1/2 magnum loads with 4 shot. Mounted a rail with a dbal I2 for night shooting and open sights for day.

Am building a 22-250 on a Remington 700 action with a remage barrel. Got a leupold mark IV 4.5 x 14 and will give it a try for ground hogs this summer and maybe yotes next winter. Should work well on an out West prairie dog shoot.

[wardaddy]

If you trap em in those big cage traps TSC sells you likely won’t need a scope

[wardaddy]

All joking aside

Scope for coyotes has more to do with terrain than the quarry itself

Any 3x9 will do

Unless you’re a hot shot like those YouTube guys who like to show off with long shots

Course most coyote hunts recorded are about using gear to get the dog in close

[wardaddy]

My sons shoot coyotes on our property with a Remington 597 that came with some cheap Tasso glass in six power

Works well enough honestly