Coyotes

[Good Cheer]

We'd been talking about the coyotes over lunch and driving back from town I said something to the effect of if I was to go after coyotes what kind of muzzleloader should I take. And the better 2/3's said "Maybe you might have to buy one."
So now she's got me thinking on it. That barrel to shoot .41 mag molds is sounding more and more like something I need to look at.

[triggerhappy243]

i would think a 45 or 50 cal. fast movin roundball signed by the roadrunner would be appropriate.

[quilbilly]

i would think a 45 or 50 cal. fast movin roundball signed by the roadrunner would be appropriate.
That would be right. Some years back I tried 45 Cal sabots using a 9mm round nose lead boolit and found them to be extremely accurate on coyotes to as far as I could get a sight picture with iron sights. Now I just use speedy 45 PRB since I can't see as well.

[rancher1913]

round here you would get skunked with a muzzleloader, need to get out to 300 yards and fast if you want to have a chance. would be fun to try though, good luck.

[Fly]

Being you guys are talking coyotes, do you call them in & how close can you get them to you?
I wound love trying my hand at that.

Fly

[bstone5]

Have called them within 50 yards bidding in a cedar bush, with the proper wind direction and the shooter seating very still they can come in real close sometimes. Have shot a few with a muzzle loader down around Larado some years back along a pipeline right of way. Still hunt them but now use a Ar-15 with a scope. Will be hunting this weekend with my son and grandson, hope my 9 year old grandson gets his first deer this weekend. Spent last weekend at the gun range with my grandson practicing shooting a bolt gun. He got good accuracy and was not bothered by the recoil. This Saturday is opening day of deer season in Texas where we hunt.

[texasnative46]

Fly,

Fwiw, a guy from Kerrville TX in mid-SEP literally called a coyote INTO his blind. = Shot the 'yote GYD with a .22LR revolver at "near contact range".

yours, tex

[725]

That yote must have been in love or very hungry.

[rancher1913]

ours have been so hunted they will hardly come to a call, even a dead animal will only bring them in at night.

[texasnative46]

725,

The coyote came in to a "bleating fawn" recording, according to the hunter.

yours, tex

[BPJONES]

I've gone out a few times with the calls. Each time I had a coyote come to within 30-40 yards. I'd like to think it was my calling but maybe they were just stupid coyotes!

[Good Cheer]

Gonna try these in the .40.
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[725]

Callin' 'em in .......now that's huntin'. Way to go.

[Smoke4320]

but do they taste like chicken :)

[Rick Hodges]

I set out an electronic caller crosswind about 50 yds out. It is not unusual to have them closer than the caller if I let them get that close. 50-150 yd. shots are the norm.

[bedbugbilly]

I've seen 'em on the farm in Michigan but those that I've spotted have always been 200 to 300 yards out and very wary. We had 'em bed down in the woods at night behind our old house and there was no mistaking their howling at night, but I have never had the opportunity to see one up close back there to where I could get a shot. I guess some have good luck trapping them though.

Out here in AZ, they seem to be bigger (maybe 'cause I see them up closer than at home?) :-). We've seen them across the road from our house here and they are no more than 25 yards away coming through the desert - but unfortunatly we aren't in an area where you can shoot. They look much better out here - or I guess I should say "healthier" - probably form a steady diet of rabbits and quail. Back in Michigan, those that I've seen look pretty mangy.

I'm guessing that a patched RB in a 45 or 50 would be the berries if within good shooting range.

[John Taylor]

A friend had a small bottle of Anise oil in his pocket. This is the sweet smelling oil that some licorice is made from. It covers the human sent and attracts animals. He was out hunting and was looking over a field hoping to see something. He kept hearing something that sounded like a dog sniffing and when he looked down there was a coyote pup smelling his pocket where the oil bottle was.

[white eagle]

get em close a muzzleloader will work just fine
round here long shots aren't uncommon but most a ml close
best o luck

[D Crockett]

WOW what a great idea hunting coyote with a ML wish I were in a place to where I could do that I think my 50 or my 58 cal would work just fine doing that D Crockett

[1Hawkeye]

A .40 cal round ball with about 45 to 50grs of 3fg ought to do a good job without too much pelt damage. I know 40 to 45grs does a great job on groundhogs and foxes. They kinda shudder & fall over and when hit just right it knocks them down.

[OverMax]

From what I've encountered hunting yotes. I don't think you'll have much luck hunting them with a B/P firearm. Call or no call. Coyote are a little curious and sometimes bold but very suspicious of everything they consider unusual. The best way I found is to glass open fields for em before attempting to hunt. {where they are they are regular in seeing.} Where they aren't you'll soon get bored with waiting for one to come into your vision.
Although I do wish you the best of luck in your endeavor.

[pietro]

Being you guys are talking coyotes, do you call them in & how close can you get them to you?

I wound love trying my hand at that.




A few years ago, when calling in a medium-to-thick brushy area, I had one sneak up in back of me - to about 7 yards away, before I heard it & turned my head around.

It scared the bejesus out of me - I'll NEVER call w/o someone at my back again !

.

[w5pv]

My yotes have changed locations or just come through at night,I have not seen or heard them for some time time now since I had a neighbor to build in between the location and my place.I also haven't heard any singing.they use to yelp quiet a bit in the morning before daylight.

[texasnative46]

John Taylor,

I'd bet that incident got his attention! = FUNNY.

yours, tex

[modified5]

A week and a half ago I had a big male in my driveway that just looked at me as I drove by.
He actually got closer to the house knowing that's where we went.
He got up next to our barn about 60 yards from the house when I dumped him with my .223.
Wish I had thought about one of my muzzle loaders! That would have been sweet!

[Good Cheer]

Hearing them gives me the willies, not that I'm afraid of them but I fear for May Bell.

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[rodwha]

Hearing them gives me the willies, not that I'm afraid of them but I fear for May Bell.

207371

We had been backpacking at a state park (Enchanted Rock) and listened to them several times through the night (certainly wakes you up). I don't mind so much, though that extremely thin wall sure does give a bit of comfort. Maybe not so much were I Out an about.

However I've watched a video of a guy having an issue with a lone coyote. Not big, not starving, and not having issues being rabid.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NqVE9qfg7yI

[Good Cheer]

Many years ago we'd go hunting up at the family place in northwest Texas.
At night the only things to hear was a thumper well a long ways off. Or an armadillo grunt while rootin' around (volunteering to be roasted with onions and new potatoes). And sometimes coyotes singing down in the flats.
Maybe the romance has left my soul but now those coyotes, they're just really big ticks.

[Boaz]

Bout a month ago I heard them barking within 50 yards of the house ..close . Next morning was still dark , I walked out of the house to go to work . I take my three dogs to the shop every day , 2 of em loaded in the truck but the rat terrier was at the corner of the house and didn't want to come . I could see her , the moon was pretty bright , she was sniffing like crazy . I finally hollered loud enough that she ran and got in the truck .

By the dome light I saw she had something in her mouth . It was the hind end of a cottontail gnawed clean . Dang coyotes ate it right by the house . I got 2 small dogs that would be easy pickins for a coyote , makes me a little nervous for them .

[Fly]

Yep around here if we have a lot of rabbits the coyotes are not far behind.

Fly

[crowbuster]

Have shot em with m.l. while deer hunting but I would not call em with a m.l. no follow up shot for the second or third dog that could come to the call. Rather have em dead than educated

[rodwha]

Have shot em with m.l. while deer hunting but I would not call em with a m.l. no follow up shot for the second or third dog that could come to the call. Rather have em dead than educated

Good point.

[Hogtamer]

One trotted by me about 30 yds whilst deer hunting with buckshot Saturday and trotted no further.
Better kill than a deer.

[RGrosz]

From what I've encountered hunting yotes. I don't think you'll have much luck hunting them with a B/P firearm. Call or no call. Coyote are a little curious and sometimes bold but very suspicious of everything they consider unusual. The best way I found is to glass open fields for em before attempting to hunt. {where they are they are regular in seeing.} Where they aren't you'll soon get bored with waiting for one to come into your vision.
Although I do wish you the best of luck in your endeavor.

I always said that a 'yote is afraid of. Things it can see and things it can't.
Rob

[Geezer in NH]

My son and I have killed more here in NH with shotguns than rifles. We shoot them called. When trapped we kill them with a 22 short to the head.