.22 on Yote?
03-06-2002, 05:16 AM
#11
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RE: .22 on Yote?
Well...
Thanks for all the help... I think I will try my .22 LF(lake Feild)If i have to i'll use me 44/40, then if i gotta i'll use my shotgun... and if i really gotta i'll use my 30/30...
PS: My .22 has a very nice scope on it... i don't think i would miss that much, and if i use my .22 LF should i hit it in the head?
Thanks for all the help... I think I will try my .22 LF(lake Feild)If i have to i'll use me 44/40, then if i gotta i'll use my shotgun... and if i really gotta i'll use my 30/30...
PS: My .22 has a very nice scope on it... i don't think i would miss that much, and if i use my .22 LF should i hit it in the head?
03-06-2002, 08:15 PM
#12
Nontypical Buck
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RE: .22 on Yote?
If you want to save the yotes pelts use the .22 but if you just want to get them of the land use your deer rifle it will be alot more reliable, or just blow them away with a 12 gauge or somethng
03-08-2002, 01:53 PM
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RE: .22 on Yote?
If you're gonna use a .22lr, use the CCI "Stinger" bullet. Works really well, with a well placed shot to the head or soft spot behing the front shoulder. I'd be under 50 yards and ready for a quick follow up shot.
Get a .22Win Mag. Much better for 'yotes.
Get a .22Win Mag. Much better for 'yotes.
03-17-2002, 06:13 PM
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RE: .22 on Yote?
well went out to hunt them... i seen 2 of them... but they where about 100 yards away so i didn't take the shot... theres bobcats over here now... so one of these days i'ma get my shotgun and just shoot at them... f'n things!
03-17-2002, 06:31 PM
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RE: .22 on Yote?
What kind of shotgun and with what shot are you planning to use on the cats? You'd have to get closer than i would like to get to hit and kill them with a shotgun. If i were you, i would use your 30/30, but thats just me.
Edited by - jason_j_21 on 03/17/2002 19:35:31
Edited by - jason_j_21 on 03/17/2002 19:35:31
03-19-2002, 08:22 AM
#20
Nontypical Buck
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RE: .22 on Yote?
I do not recommend trying to take yotes with a .22lr, it's not ethical. The lr is just too small, and too slow. maybe a mag would be alright, but I'd go with a centerfire over the lr or any rimfire for that matter. That said, I've shot about a dozen yotes with .22lr, out to no more than 100 yrds, but that was when I was young and dumb, and didn't know any better. You could do it for sure at 70 feet, but I wouldn't try to push it past 200 feet. A good way to test if you can take any game with any rifle, is to attempt to hit the ten ring of a handgun target at your hunting distance. If you get the ten ring almost every shot, then I'd say your gun is at least accurate enough to do the job. THen look at your balistic charts, check out what type of energy your bullets have at those distances. I'd say you should have at least 500 ft.lbs. upon impact to kill a coyote. Don't try it unless you're sure that you can at least expect a clean kill with the first shot everytime. If you can only hope to wound an animal, and you go ahead and shoot it, then the animal will suffer, either starve to death from being maimed by a poor shot, or to bleed to death, either of which being a terrible way to die. If you want to hunt coyotes, invest a dime, or several thousand dimes, and buy a high power rifle. If you want a good, simple, cheap, only yote/varmint rifle, go to wally world, you can pick up a .243, or .223 in a Savage bolt action model 110 or 111, with a 4x scope, for around $250-$300. It's as accurate as you'll ever need, and it's powerfull enough to get the job done right.
Screw the 10 ring, keep them in the zero!!!
Screw the 10 ring, keep them in the zero!!!