Is a 30-30 a tad big for yotes?
 

Im goin yote huntin with a friend of mine saturday night, and I asked what gun he's usin and he says "My 30-30 lever action" and my jaw dropped. Thats a little much aint it?

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There is no such thing as something being too big for coyotes. The end result is the same regardless. I have hunted them using everything from a Barrett .50 Caliber down to a bow.

Greg

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Hows this for too BIG :)

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what kind of gun is that?

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My guess is the Barrett m82 in 50 bmg?

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I use just about any caliber for yotes depends on what i have with me at the time. Ive killed them with the follwing calibers 22LR, 223, 30-30, 308, 30-06,357 magnum, 44 magnum, 38 special, 45acp, 9mm, 410, 20 ga, and 12 ga. Ive found with shotguns steel shot in size T or TT even F works great at close range even better then OO buck in some cases. theres no limits for to big for yotes their a varmint so anything that will make them dead is fine.

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Not if all you intend to do with the carcass is feed the possums . ;)

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lets see, hide prices suck right now. if a rancher will pay for the ears, don't hit it in the head. what fur remains can be used for tying flies. you still have something to feed the other varmints and crows, which equals more shooting for you. nope, the .30-30 isn't too big.

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.. and the big prize for the right guess goes to HeadHunter300Win. The gun is a Barrett M82A1 topped by a NightForce scope and a Suppressor on the end to get the noise down to about .243 level. The gun was fun for a while, but someone else wanted it worse and it now resides in someone elses gun closet. Imagine 10 rounds of rapid fire 750 grain AMax bullets .... too much is just not enough :)

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arklahoma, is that you with the gun?

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Yep, that is me. I hope I didn't hurt any eyesight with my pic. If I caused any damages, I apologize for the pain and suffering. Here is another one ... Can anybody guess the make and model of this one ?????

Edit: Pic deleted to avoid un neccessary pain and suffering from those who view it. Open at your own risk ....

Greg

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mp5?

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mp5 with suppressor... nice. How hard was it to get your class 3 permit?

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i am also going yote huntin this weekend and im using a 30-06 there is no such thing as to much power for yotes.

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HK MP5SD.

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Im going to take this one also.......Heckler and Koch or better known as HK Mp5 sd in 9mm......love those hks never shot a better firearm in my opinion....got a hk usp 45, mk23 socom and a g3 in 308. Might bit expensive but well worth the cash.

RE: Is a 30-30 a tad big for yotes?
 

if you can hit em with it...itll work justtttt fine...go get em tonight!! good luck!


arklahoma......love your gun collection....is that mp5 full auto?? them are sweet guns....ive shot alot of guns for only being 17.....ive shot more fully automatic weapons then most guys dream of....my buddy and his dad own a gunshop and he has allllllllllll kinds of neat toys....we used to goto their camp every weekend and blast away....what a blast...he had a full auto fully suppressed hk mp5 in 9mm......that was a blast to shoot.....one of my favorites.....my favorite would be a fully auto fully suppressed ruger 10/22....that thing was QUICK and all you heard was the action working with a little tiny poof if your listen.....shooting subsonics all you heard was tinging metal......man i love neat toys.......

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Seems that quite a few people in here know their firearms well. It is indeed an HK MP5 with a Navy SEAL trigger group and suppressor. It is a full auto version and is an extremely fun thing to shoot. This one has also found a new home, but was a "blast" while my friend had it. He is the one with the class 3, and also the one who owned the weapons in the pics. It is nice having a friend that obtains weapons like this so that a guy like me can have all the fun without all the pain of having to buy them all myself :)

Here is another one. This one is a Remington 40X wearing a NightForce Scope and sitting in a Choate Ultimate Sniper stock. It is a suppressed weapon in .223 caliber, and the camo paint was applied by yours truly for the friend mentioned above. I have a lot of fun camo painting things but still get a bit nervous when doing something that costs as much as this does. Enjoy.

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Very nice paint job there....got any other pics i can take a guess at

(smirk) this is getting fun........

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This is a last one for this topic. Maybe we can start up a new topic of show your weapons :)

This one is just WAY WAY too easy, but what the heck. guess it down to the letter including brand of suppressor, hahaha

Greg

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Colt ar15 in 223..is that a 10 rd mag or 20? And i dont know what brand that supp. isfinally got me

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Colt AR 15 SD,20 round Mag,caliber .223,and I loved the MP5SD5 you have,and I want me a Barret M82A1!

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they could just be Airsoft guns and he could just be messing with you...Naw just kiddin sweet guns

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I think your on to something there. :D

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If you want to keep a nice pelt, the 30-30 is way too big. I took my first with my 30-30 and it blew that sucker UP.

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Airsoft guns, huh. You guys are funny.

Greg

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If you can find Accelerator loads for 30/30 they would be great! .22 cal with a plastic 30 cal. sabot.

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i sot a yout' a 50yrds with a 7mm cause they killed the deer i was after for 2 years and yes i was leagle there aint no closed season

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Alot of people use 22-250's and 223's for Yotes but I am a .243 man myself. Not alot of pelt damage and they put a yote down without the need for a second shot. Site in for 250 yrds dead on and you'll be about an inch high at 100 and an inch low at 300 depending on the ammo.

I'v got my Savage model 11 equipted with a harris bi-pod, and Bushnell 6 x 18 power scope. A three shot group is with in an inch and a half at 250 yrds.

If you dont care about the pelt use what ever ya got, but I wouldn't go any lower than a 22-250.

They can be a pretty tough critter.