The pups should be out of the dens now learning to hunt but are still stupid. Likewise, the fawns are being born and are very vulnerable. Want to get out and kill some coyotes.
My place is pretty thickly wooded. I took a walk through it (permethrin is great stuff, by the way) and you honestly can't see farther than shotgun range anywhere, so I'd like to use one. I bought some 3" Winchester 00 buck shot loads from Wal Mart the other day, with a modified choke in the gun, patterns were loose enough that I don't trust them to get the job done. I picked up some 3 1/2 inch #4 turkey loads that were on sale and tried two of those. Many more holes in the target area, but I worry about pellets that small getting it done on a pretty tough critter.
I still have some old, Federal 3" goose loads from before the steel shot days which are 1 7/8 ounce of BB lead shot. This worked well on the one coyote I shot with them, I'll probably use them for now. I also have some 2 3/4" #4 and #1 buckshot loads I'll try in the next few days. Also have an extra full choke tube to try. I'll reload these 3" Winchester hulls with some copper coated BB lead shot I bought the other day and give that a try too, but I kind of want to get on this soon.
Right now I'm leaning towards those old Federal goose loads.
Will coyotes come to a fawn in distress call pretty easy this time of year? Even if I don't kill many, if I can convince them that trying to eat a baby deer is a bad idea, it'll be mission accomplished.