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?

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

I'd say you need to be accurate to about 450 yardsAll 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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.