NYMAD1, Great point!! Is it just a coincidence or not? That's very interesting you brought that up! Maybe it's not a mountain loin or a coyote, maybe it's ACE VENTURA, PET DETECTIVE.............

Turkeyhunter1, I remember the first yote I found was shot by someone else and I got $50, not to bad eh. Our was that a sheppard?

NYMAD1, I think I heard that story. But, I don't beleive it was a coyote or mountain lion, I heard it was a black lab!!

jhoffman,
What do you think about a .17 cal for coyotes? Will it do the job?

Black lab, sheppard, yote, they're all dogs.

Yea, your right, but it still isn't a mountain lion. Have you seen any of those?

TH1
My friends cousins sisters husbands niece from their third marriage twice removed once saw a cougar if that counts

NY, That almost sounds illegal!! Well, maybe in some states.............[8D]

It's funny how I come on here posting what I saw not asking anybody to believe me or pushing my beliefs on anyone yet there are still some people that insist on trying to make an a$$ of those of us that do make such posts. Such smarta$$ posts might have been funny the first hundred times they were posted on this site but now it's more like beating a dead horse. By the way, nice 7th post.

Now to get back to the real topic, conservationalist I didn't take your post the wrong way at all. It just made me think of those people that do try and use it as an argument. That's all. Basically it wasn't directed at you it just jogged my memory. Sorry about that.

NYMAD1

.17 HMR should do in a coyote with good shot placement but, I wouldn't be trying any shots over about 100 yrds.

I have killed yotes with a .22 LR with a head shot at 50 or so yrds. and I shot one at 20 yards through the front shoulder with a 12 gauge 3" Federal Slug and that one didn't even act like I hit it. I thought I missed untill I walked over and found the blood trail. That was a pretty big dog though he has about 60lbs. I tracked him 150 yrds into a swamp befor I found him dead.

I guess it depends on the animal. I haven't had to track any that I've taken with my .243 though. I have only needed a second shot a couple of times and that was because the first shot was a bad hit. I can count on my rig for shots out to about 350 yrds though. I've got a Bushnell 6 x 18 power scope and a harris bipod on a Savage model 11 .243 Win Mag. I don't miss often.

If you give the .17 a try let me know how it works out for you. I have been thinking of getting one for my daughter. She is getting into hunting now and has a .22 but we I'd like to get her into the higher power rifles she likes shooting and is getting good at it.