Posted on 06/09/2011 7:33:09 AM PDT by Notary Sojac
This fall, we are moving from the city to the country, and I've been told by all my new neighbors that coyotes are a problem.
What I want to do is bring them down quickly when they are in the house and yard area (about 7 acres). I'm not going out to the far reaches of my 100+ acres of woodlands to look for them, and I really don't care about messing up the pelts :-).
Other considerations
This will be my first long gun. I've strictly been a handgun range shooter up till now.
I don't need to go to the cheaper side when buying the rifle, but the cost of ammo is an issue as I don't handload and want to be able to practice a lot (I already have a 400 yd range site cleared).
Appreciate any advice.
Remington does not make a “model 700 Carbine” It has a bolt action, twin lug magazine configuration.
No doubt the many coyotes we’ve dispatched with the .22LR are really still roaming around.
Any .22LR from a rifle will kill any coyote with a heart/lung shot at a reasonable range of 50 yards or less. Granted you do have to know your range and you have to put them where it counts, but they will work fine.
LOL!
It may be a possibility, considering how the enviros here have wanted free speech for animals in the past.
I grew up on a farm in central Texas. I now live in the suburbs on the north side of Dallas. I now see more coyotes up close here in the burbs than I ever saw back on the farm. Back on the farm, coyotes were very shy and elusive, couldn't get close enough to even take a shot most of the time. However, these guys I'm seeing here in the burbs seem to be quite comfortable around people. I've driven right up beside them on the way to work early in the morning. They seem to be especially fond of little bunnies in our flower beds, residents cats, and small dogs that get out. But, alias, can't shoot’em in the city limits - think the coyotes are a ware of that, wily critters for sure :)
Find a local Appleseed event and practice. Get advice there.
If you are used to pistols, Appleseeds are the quickest way to learn to shoot a rifle really well, IMHO.
They are pretty darn gutsy here in NY.
They have been in the yard outside the door.
Absolutely no fear of man.
Oh, and New York wants you to have a predator license, a nuisance animal license AND a hunting license as well before even thinking of tagging a coyote.
You’d think one would confer the others but no, bureaucracy in motion here.
Also, nevermind that coyote are opportunistic scavenging pests...
For occasional short-to-medium range work on a budget, 12 gauge sabot with a rifled choke tube is pretty accurate.
If all they are doing in the city is taking bunnies, cats, and little dogs...why the heck would you want to shoot one! Sounds to me like they are an asset, not a varmint!!
A .22 would kill them but not quickly unless you can get within 75 yds and are good enough for a headshot.
How about a 22 Hornet? About 4 times the energy of a 22 LR, but half or so of the normal full-size small centerfires. Even a 22 WinMag would be a step up from a 22 LR. I'd think that'd give you more range on the coyotes but still be safer for the neighbors.
.223, 22-250 or .243. The .223 should be good to 200 yards and the ammo can be cheaper. Do be aware of the differences between a .223 commercial spec rifle and one with a NATO spec 5.56 x 45mm chamber if you want to fire mil-spec (cheap) ammo.
Or grab a Mosin-Nagant rifle for under $100. bucks and a 440 round can of ammo for the same price and have at it. Cleaning the rifle immediately after using the corrosive ammo is tedious, however.
That bowling ball looked like asteroid Vesta after that.
I`ve got the ideal solution for coyotes in the cattle now.
Two Jennys...one will kick the coyote senseless ,the other
will stomp the carcass
The HK94 hardly gets used anymore
Im in Upstate N.Y. I hear packs howling nearby all the time. I’ve seen maybe 5 here in my lifetime. Most people who do see them go looking for them, hunting after dark. Actually I see more fox and bear than coyote.
The wolves seem to clean up the coyotes in Yellowstone. Of course, then they start eating the neighbors. Not the cats and dogs, the actual neighbors, but, maybe that’s a plus for you.
Scoped Mini-14.
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