Coyote hunting tips

[Deleted member 115360]

To be clear on those groups, they are all way smaller than an inch. Most of them have been in the .5 to .75 range. Sometimes I get bugholes.

I bought the best components I could get my hands on for the rifle, but it outperforms my expectations.

 

[Deleted member 115360]

I did have one walking a fenceline one day back in February in the ice and snow that was just over 1k, but he never slowed below a trot, and I had a switching wind up to 25mph and constantly varying, so that would have just been a waste of ammo. I think 505 was the longest shot I've taken with it, and I missed twice. That was probably a bad wind read. I think 440ish was the longest kill, and I got 2 at that spot within a few minutes apart. I thought I missed the first one, and I found it by accident a week later about 50y away from where I shot it. It was laying in a ditch being consumed by buzzards. In the right conditions and hands, that cartridge would be reasonable for coyote sized game way out there. If you can put it where it needs to go, I'd think 1ky would still be coyote lethal. That is based on data, not an actual kill.

 

[DSheetz]

I have an AR 15 chambered in 7.62x39 also that I like well running 123 HP's in it . It's actually 311 not 308 but the barrel is reamed for the larger round unlike the Ruger mini 30 that was a 308 barrel .

 

[geo4061]

Dave what did you do to make a 30-06 fur friendly?

 

[Deleted member 115360]

Dave what did you do to make a 30-06 fur friendly?

I've got a buddy in Illinois that hunts them with a 30-06 from about March until November when the fur isn't good. He shoots 115gr bullets I think. He doesn't care about fur during those months, and just enjoys how flat that bullet flies, and how hard it hits them. He's sent me some pics, and it reminds me of shooting pararie dogs with a .308, nearly torn in half in some cases.

 

[LJW]

Coyotes are the gifts that keep on giving.......if you kill what comes in or a high majority of what comes in. If you miss and educate that creates the smarter coyote and then it's a snow ball effect.
Example, if you call in a pair and get both, that area will fill back in and always hold coyotes. If you call in the same pair and miss both or miss one then you have an educated coyote or coyotes that will be tuff from then on to call in. It's a snowball effect to their pups and any other single that gets mixed into them. And, knowing where the down wind is, is absolutely key. Just my 2 cents.

 

[DSheetz]

With my 30-06 if you run heavy bullets and hit only small bones they seem to just pass through . I run some 125 gr when it's just to make a dead coyote in the summer . I also have some 175 grain ball ammo that doesn't open up at all .

 

[justinp61]

Years ago I only had one rifle, a model 70 in 30-06 that I bought new in 1977 when I was in high school. At that time it was easy to get permission to groundhog hunt as hardly any property was leased for hunting. I loaded 110gr soft points for groundhogs, they were pretty impressive. That rifle shot Remington accelerators pretty well too. Anyone remember those? A .22 caliber 55gr bullet in a sabot, at 200 yards I could see the impact before the gun recoiled.

 

[Deleted member 115360]

Years ago I only had one rifle, a model 70 in 30-06 that I bought new in 1977 when I was in high school. At that time it was easy to get permission to groundhog hunt as hardly any property was leased for hunting. I loaded 110gr soft points for groundhogs, they were pretty impressive. That rifle shot Remington accelerators pretty well too. Anyone remember those? A .22 caliber 55gr bullet in a sabot, at 200 yards I could see the impact before the gun recoiled.

I think about those accelerators sometimes. It stands out to me as one of the few actual innovations in bullet technology in the last 100 years. They didn't last long. Do you recall what the issue or issues were with them? The concept was so interesting..

 

[justinp61]

IIRC they also made them in 308. They were pretty expensive and I don't think many rifles shot them well. I still have a full box, or close to it.

 

[geo4061]

Yes, I had to try them a 30-06 pushing a 55 grain bullet at over 4000 fps. They used a plastic sabot to hold the bullet in place. Groups weren't good at all three inches at 100 on a good day. So I sold them in a garage sale and went out and bought a 243.

 

[DMP25-06]

The "ACCELERATORS" were also produced in .30-30 Winchester . My brother still has most of a box .
They chronograph tested over 4000 FPS , from his Win. Model 94 with a 26" barrel .
Shot through the chronograph back in 2016 .

 

[DSheetz]

I still have a couple of box's of them . there were no rifling marks on them someone said we can't have that as you can't tell if it was fired from this rifle or not so bye bye . They run close to one MOA in my old 06

 

[DSheetz]

My brother was running 30 cal sabots in his 410 in the 60's . He could buy them at a local shoe repair shop got 20 for a couple of dollars a box .