Coyote Huntin with a bow??
 

I was just wondering if anybody has been coyote hunting with there bow. I was thinking about trying it out this year and was wondering how far I need to be able to shoot accuratley with a bow. I was thinking about 50 Yards. Any input?

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I've not set out deliberately hunting them with my bow, but I'm an opportunist....I shoot em when they walk by....

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I'd say you need to be accurate to about 450 yards:D:D:DAll I can say is its pretty dang hard and when you cant save any meat or anything I dont think it is worth spending the time.

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I am not looking to eat coyote, I just like the challenge on shooting them

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Three timeswhile deer hunting this fall I thought I was going to get a shot. I was even at full draw once, but just before entering a shooting lane at 40 yards, they (4 yotes) sensed something and turned around. Another time I had one at 40 yards but it was too dark to really see the yote, let alone a sight pin.

I think I'll be getting the HP out if we ever get some snow.

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Good luck trying, I think i'm up for the challenge this winter. I do not expect to be very successful but who knows.

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ksbowman, I am hoping to maybe call in a couple and get some good shots on them. I don't think I am gonna hunt them out of a blind, maybe a blind that is built out of sticks, not a pop up.

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We are going to try to bowhunt them this winter.I am a coyote caller and have called several up to 10 ft from me and I have also had some hangup at 200 yds out. Ihave always hunted them with a high power but we want to film bowhunts on them now by using a double bull blind. I know blinds don't cause much concern with them as I have had them come within 10' of my blind when calling in turkeys in the spring. Plus, for a bowkill I think the blind will help contain scent and hide the camera so that the yotes willl come in close enough for a bowkill.Waiting for some real cold weatherand snow and we will get after it. I would practice out to 50 yds for sure.

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Does not a coyote deserve the same ethics as a whitetail? If you can't or won't take a whitetail at a certain distance, does one really have the right to shoot a coyote at said distance?

buckhunter1980, practice out to your effective whitetail range and dicipline yourself accordingly.

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Like mobowhuntr, I'm an opportunist. I haven't set out to coyote hunt with my bow but I was fortunate enough to have one scamper by and meet it's doom with my arrow.





That bow yote was my first, I've since shot one with a rifle (a year later) out of the same treestand, same spot on the ground in fact and then the following spring, took one while turkey hunting. He busted two gobblers I had coming on a string, he made the mistake of continuing into my sweet calls.

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I have a Primos video that has 4 coyote hunts in it. They call to get them in just as they would with a rifle ,but i noticed that they have to draw on them really early and often hold their bow at full draw for some time. They where on the ground, and just used as much cover as possible. My suggestion would be to lower your poundage so you can hold at full draw for a longer time.

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There is a bow hunt only predator video on the market right now put out by the Verminators called Bowmania!. Has something like 24 or 25 kills on it including bobcat, coyote, and coon. It is awesome.
I've done it a time or two myself. Your kill to called ratio will not be impressive, but it is a challenge that reaps great rewards when you finally succeed!

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Reminds me of my 1st turkey bowkill; did it with no blind, just good camo and a 3 legged stool. I must have taken 30 pics of me and that turkey. Before that I had shot a dozen with a gun and would only take a pic or two. Way more of a feat with a bow and the reward to me was the accomplishment. I must have hadat least 10 birds in to me that I just couldn't get the bow drawn on that springbut could have smoked with a gun.Fairly easy to smoke a turkey or 'yotewith agun; now archery for either, YOU KNOW YOU ARE AN ACCOMPLISHED HUNTER. I don't care what you say; very tough.

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Ive shot more coyotes with a bow than with a gun.And did it on purpose.Not with a call or any of that.I hunted them in big cities and shot them off of sidewalks!There is a real problem with those things in cities across America.Eating all the dogs and cats,etc.Its not what i call hunting though.Its more like shooting stray dogs.A little fox piss on the curb,wait for sundown,The clients bring you hot chocolate while you sit on there porch.Coyotes there dont even run when they see you.I think they expect people to run and cant figure out why i dont.Oh whell,Its a living.

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If you are going to call them in I reccomend using a blind to conceal drawing your bow.

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I took my first coyote ever last week. It was with bow. All I have to say is plant your shot good.