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I want to get rid of some coyotes on my land. I have several Bridger #2 traps, but I cannot get up there to check them everyday. I am getting my truck soon, so I will be able to continue trapping. In the mean time I have resorted to shooting them. I am planning on hunting at night. My state allows only .22 lr's and a shotgun with shot no bigger than 6. I have an XXFull choke. Would a shotgun with #6 kill a coyote? How far away is this shot lethal to? Thanks

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damn what state are you in? Won't let you use anything biggger than a .22LR.

Those guys in politics shouldn't be allowed to make regulations on things they don't know what their talking about.

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I live in MS. Those regulations only apply at night.

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I would say that #6 isnt a great chose. My cousin on saturday was squirrel hunting and started using his squirrel disstress call and a yote came charging in. He put the beed on it's head and pulled the trigger. The yote was about 15 yards away. He shot it with 6 shot out of a 12 ga with a mod. choke. He didnt find it.

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Your cousin didn't hit the coyote with the full load or it would've anchored it on the spot. You should be able to kill a coyote even out to 25 yards on a broadside shot, with bird shot, and kill it on the spot, but you need to hit it square with the full load. There have been many a coyote shot by pheasant hunters with bird shot!!
Maybe the politicians in your state are tree huggers and figure that they'll save all the poor little coyotes by making you use less than adequate means to effectively kill them at any distance, or maybe it's just that they like the idea of lots of wounded animals left to die a slow death[:'(]

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Did they say only a .22lr or did they say nothing bigger than a .22 caliber bullet. BIG difference there. If they said .22lr, then get yourself a .17HM2 and you'll drop yotes a lot easier.

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at night i would go with the shotgun and the #6 shot and limit my shots to 25yds

i have shot a coyote with #7 1/2 shot 12g at about 20yds and he pilled up right there. and my brother shot a bobcat at about 15yds with a singleshot 20g birdshot and dropped it on the spot.

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They said only a .22 lr or a shotgun with shot no bigger than 6.

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I would hunt at first light or hunt the last hour before dark with my 223

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In that case, go with the shotgun at close ranges, otherwise you could quite likely end up with some wounded, mad, and very mean yotes to deal with.

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The same furles apply in Michigan. It's like they don't want us killing them at all? The reasoning they gave me when I asked the DNR was because they didn't want poachers shooting deer. Well, if your a poacher I don't think that law is going to make that much of a different? Just my two cents?

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Sorry in the last post is said furles instead of rules* Good luck, - Buckhunter14

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i am not psoitive but i think they ment no greater the 6 shot so you couldn't use 7's but 4's would be fine. if that is the case get buckshot or the lowest shot you can get. i can't tell you how far to keep your shots because you will have to pattern your shotgun to see.

mine with a mod. choke and 000 shot is good out to about 40-45 yards where with a full choke it is only good to about 35 yards

so do a double check on that but i am about 90% sure they ment you can use #5 and lower but not #7's

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That would make a whole lot of sense.

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No, they meant no greater than 6 shot. I can use 6+. I wanted to know what my effective range was. I know I have to pattern it. Here is what I meant by that: If I can put most of the shot in the circle at 30 yards, is that enough to bring it down?

When hunting coyotes at night, weapons are restricted to standard .22 claiber rimfire (magnums excluded) or shotguns with shot no larger than No. 6.

mdwfp.com

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I would stick with 40 yards and under for the shotgun. I found that my Win 1300D patterns pretty decent at that range without using a choke at all (haven't had one installed yet), and though yours will pattern differently, I'm sure you'd get better choking than I do.

You might also want to carry a .22LR pistol or rifle with you as well. That way if you have to finish it off, you won't waste the ammo nor absolutely ruin the animal... unless you just absolutely HATE the buggers and would rather use your shotgun at point blank range.

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I went to Wal-Mart and bought a box of the #6 High Brass loads. They have 1 1/4 ounce of lead. This should do.