Which Gun should i use for Coyote Hunting.
03-31-2014, 07:27 AM
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Virginia
Posts: 17
Which Gun should i use for Coyote Hunting.
Im planning on going coyote hunting this coming weekend and really need some advice on what gun to use. i have:
Ruger 30-06
Remington Model 7 7mm-08
and a 2-20 swift
which gun should i use. i am not really woried about the pelt or anything like that and i also have the 7mm-08 and the 30-06 dead on at 300 yards. i will being hunting over a big field also.
Ruger 30-06
Remington Model 7 7mm-08
and a 2-20 swift
which gun should i use. i am not really woried about the pelt or anything like that and i also have the 7mm-08 and the 30-06 dead on at 300 yards. i will being hunting over a big field also.
04-01-2014, 06:46 AM
#4
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: missouri
Posts: 195
imo coyotes are a vermin that need to be eraticated by whatever means possible i regularly hunt'em with an ought six so just use what you have at the time..plus those bugers can be tough to kill sometimes i knew a guy who shot one with a 50 cal muzzleloader goes up to see if its dead and the thing jumps up and runs..we call it zombie coyote happy0157:
04-06-2014, 05:13 AM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: MICHIGAN
Posts: 2,568
I use a 220 Swift and it is good medicine to make a coyote a good one. It will reach out a very long way. How ever if the wind is much over 5 MPH you best know the round you are using well. I would take the 7MM08 in a wind 10MPH and over.
Al
Al
04-06-2014, 07:57 AM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Southeast Missouri
Posts: 2,178
The .220 Swift is the best choice out of the larger Calibers You mentioned.
Once You get into Coyote/Predator Hunting and decide You want to have a Coyote,Fox or Bobcat mounted You'll find a lighter caliber Gun is the route to take in doing less hide/fur damage or if You give the Predators away to a Trapper that will take the time to skin them out and sell the hides then less damage is what You should strive for.
A lighter weight bullet will go faster and shoot flatter at longer distances and a bullet like a V-max or ballistic tip bullet should be easier on the hides!
Once You get into Coyote/Predator Hunting and decide You want to have a Coyote,Fox or Bobcat mounted You'll find a lighter caliber Gun is the route to take in doing less hide/fur damage or if You give the Predators away to a Trapper that will take the time to skin them out and sell the hides then less damage is what You should strive for.
A lighter weight bullet will go faster and shoot flatter at longer distances and a bullet like a V-max or ballistic tip bullet should be easier on the hides!
04-06-2014, 08:03 AM
#8
Spike
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: NOCO
Posts: 62
220 swift!!! cheaper to reload as well. Use a fmj and pelts should be o.k. except they are or have been rubbing for some time!!! Either way, knock em flat!!!!! I hit one with 180 gr 30-378 and he was only put together by one ligament. Only rifle with me at the time. Have fun if your out calling!!!
best cal
