32 replies to this topic

[monkeyboy53]

i think a .243 is the best gun to hunt coyotes with wht do u like to hunt them with

[youngdon]

I too have a .243 and really like the performance it gives especially with my handloads but I like my Ruger#1 in .204 also.

[catcapper]

I use my AR-15 M4 most of the year. When I have a contract job and I'm getting paid by "per animal" I use a Ruger .243 running 55gr bullets down the tube.

[bar-d]

Depending on my mood and setup, any one of a 1/2 dozen calibers in several different rifles. I shoot lots of coyotes when I am deer hunting also. It really doesn't make me any difference as long as it goes boom and brings forth the coyote's doom.

[rut16]

I am new to coyotey hunting what is the best load to use ?

[JTKillough]

I love my 22-250, the best load is the one that puts three shots in a quarter (or smaller) at 100 yards.

[ebbs]

rut16 said:

I am new to coyotey hunting what is the best load to use ?

IMO Anything 50-55 grain in a Hornady V-Max. Chris Miller says it best when he describes what the 50 does to a yote.

"Makes it sound like a bag of marbles when you sling them over your shoulder."

[gonefishn]

Remington R-15

[treedog]

T\c encore or 3 1\2 11-87, estate bb, dead coyote choke tube, it will flat ware them out.
John

[bar-d]

rut16 said:

I am new to coyotey hunting what is the best load to use ?

I agree with ebbs and Chris. For a .223, 50 to 55 gr. loads will give you the best combination of velocity, flat trajectory and energy IMO.

[GritGuy]

Used to be my 22-250 could not be beat, but since I acquired a Ruger 204 in a raffle winning, my 250 is sitting in the safe
Doubt I'll ever use it agian, I like this 204 so well, however I have several varmint guns I use when I feel the need or others need a rifle that go with me.

[ebbs]

bar-d said:

I agree with ebbs and Chris. For a .223, 50 to 55 gr. loads will give you the best combination of velocity, flat trajectory and energy IMO.

Don't forget about accuracy! Shot a sub MOA group second time out zeroing my R15 with the HSM remanufactured in 50 grain V-Max. Not to mention what it does to a prairie dog.

[catcapper]

Hey---Welcome to PT rut16

[youngdon]

Yes welcome rut16

[gonefishn]

Shotgunning for coyotes is always a fun way to take them.

[lyotehunter]

17.rem,then my trusty 22.250,you have to use berger bullets in the 17.25 grain effective out to 400yds.shotgunnin is fun to.

[youngdon]

How fast are you pushing that 25 gr bullet lyotehunter?

[Shemanese]

It is my self built AR. 1/7 twist 18" Noveske SPR Barrel, Bill Springfield 4# trigger; using 77gr Black Hills 223 Remington. Just took a dog at 500 yds +/- this week end.

[winterfunguy]

I have had great success with my 22-250 using 50 and 55 grain Nosler ballistic tips, TNT's and Advance Technologies bullets. They all have the same effect on the yotes....turns their vitals into slush.

[ebbs]

Ooooh, SLUSH! Nice word picture winterfunguy!