Originally Posted by
Ridge Runner
so your suggestion in places where you can either use a rimfire or a shotgun and I'm thinking its #4 shot or smaller?
I'm not much of a yote hunter, think I've killed 4, farthest one was maybe 50 yards, they were shot with 223, 6mm, 348 win, and a 7mm Allen mag, only was was killed DRT, and it was a raking shot from a 160 nosler at 3575 fps. within the parameters they give us for night hunting coyotes the 22 wmr loaded with 50 gr hp's is the best option!
RR
Its a lose lose RR.... I suspect that given the choice I'd take a shotgun and something between a lead #2 and #4 buck (laws depending... apparently buckshot is taboo in some places). I'd put a good bet on some Hevi-shot #2 or B sized shot also. I know a few old timers who used to handload lead BBs for pass shooting geese... they had 100% patterns (all pellets inside a 30% circle) at 75 yards. You hit a song dog with 65 .17 cal pellets and I suspect he'll do what you want him to do. Course that takes some doing to get a load like that.
remington still loads the Nitro field loads in everything right up to lead BBs in a 3" shell. Kinda pricey, but not as bad as hevi-shot for sure. Of course dead coyote would work nicely also.
I'm going in a rimfire county this evening... carrying the .17HMR... simply because thats what I got. Going to be hunting near the county line so when we go over into the free fire zone I'm going to break the 7mm08 back out... a .223 is in my immediate future.