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[muzzlfan]

Hello everyone! I'm new here and have really liked reading thru many of the old posts. I'd like to hear some discussion about coyote hunting in the Northeast. I live in Mass.(I accept your condolences) and am just starting hunting yotes. I actually managed to call in a beauty three weeks ago in Middleton but missed him clean with a rifle. I'd like some input about weapons of choice for yotes. Alot of the info I've found is from out west. I've read all about varmit rifles and long range shooting. Here in Mass. I seriously cannot picture a shot at coyotes over 50yds. The coyote I missed was at 25yrds. I'd like to use a shotgun but in Mass. it's illegal to possess BB shot or larger expcept for waterfowl and deer. To my knowledge that limits hunting coyotes with a shotgun to #4 lead or #1 steel. This doesn't seem effective to me on a 30lb+ coyote. What do you think? What have others experienced? Any ideas on getting the regulations changed? Any input would be greatly appreciated.

[firstdeer9pt]

hey i am also new to this forum. Nice to talk with someone especially about something i really enjoy doing. I go yote hunting alot and have seen some come, some go and some mangy ones. I myself use a savage 17 or sometimes i use a 12 guage with buckshot. i enjoy hunting them in the winter months and i use a cass creak game call with either a feather flex rigor rabbit or a feather flex fawn decoy. it seems to bring yotes, foxes and coons right close for a shot. dont forget about your bush-in-a-bag ghillie suits and all the scent eliminators. they seem to help, although the best piece of advice i can give you is to sit still. now i was wondering if you could help me with something. There is a girl that i really like at school and i dont know what to do about it. im 14 please help.

[bmiller212]

hey we been hunting oyotes for two years now just got #30 2/17/05 i shot a 50 lber from 55 yards out we use dogs its a big rush. i just sent the hide out to get it tanned.

[LongShot]

I dunno. I've never been that great at chatting up the girls anyhow.

Try giving her flowers or something.

[hunter777]

Try using hevi shot. I use #4 cause thats the biggest size we can use. Don't have any experiance with it on coyotes but at 40 yds the 10 or so pieces of shot that hit the center of the target went clean through (it was 1/2 inch plywood)
There is a guy on huntingpa that claims to have dropped one at 60 yds with #2 hevi shot.

[Hank]

This is a new one I've haven't heard in years,when all fails,give her "compliments" "COMPLIMENTS" and don't be shy :oops: :oops:

Now, to yotes, a good call works well,any dead chickens kicking around,hang some chicken guts etc. in a tree where you know there is yotes hanging around.Let them feast on this stuff a few times to get them coming regular- pick a good location where you can see the bait,rest is up to you ! :wink:

firstdeer9pt wrote: hey i am also new to this forum. Nice to talk with someone especially about something i really enjoy doing. I go yote hunting alot and have seen some come, some go and some mangy ones. I myself use a savage 17 or sometimes i use a 12 guage with buckshot. i enjoy hunting them in the winter months and i use a cass creak game call with either a feather flex rigor rabbit or a feather flex fawn decoy. it seems to bring yotes, foxes and coons right close for a shot. dont forget about your bush-in-a-bag ghillie suits and all the scent eliminators. they seem to help, although the best piece of advice i can give you is to sit still. now i was wondering if you could help me with something. There is a girl that i really like at school and i dont know what to do about it. im 14 please help.

[milkman]

Anyone try using a turkey call? A guy I work with made me a tape with turkey calls on it. I tried it twice and it seems to work fine. Didn't get any shooting, but I did get to see 2.

[147 Grain]

Since HEVI·SHOT pellets are 10% heavier than lead and have 25% more energy at 50 yards than steel pellets have at 30 yards, I also suggest you try #2 or #4 shot.

It's amazing that Remington is getting 1,450 fps out 12 gauge 3" shells with 1 1/4-oz's of Tungsten-Nickel Iron Alloy.

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[Hank]

147grain,
thanks for the info,I've been looking for a load fit for duck/geese hunting.
tired of the steel shot as to its weight and range.
Is this a new product or been around for awhile?
what is the pricing on these?
thanks a bunch!

[USNYRider]

hevi shot has been around for a few years and they run about $20 a box (10 in a box) they do hit hard, if you got the $ to spend its well worth it. Hank wrote: 147grain,
thanks for the info,I've been looking for a load fit for duck/geese hunting.
tired of the steel shot as to its weight and range.
Is this a new product or been around for awhile?
what is the pricing on these?
thanks a bunch!

[860scully]

Hey, your huntin my old stompin ground.It sounds like your callin is workin for you but your havin trouble closin the deal. No matter what gun you decide to use your going to haveto stop them for a moment to get your shot. Go to huntsmart.com and buy yourself a rigor rabbit. It's small and it shakes back and forth. Its generally enough to make them stop for a quick look.If not, make a few quick kissing noises with your mouth,and when they look up its time to shoot quick.My weapon of choice is the .22Hornet. We usually hunt between sundown and midnight then from sunup till noon.Remember,a coyotes most active time of day is from sunup until about 11:00am. hope this helps you close the deal. Goodluck. :thumbsup1:

[Jim111]

As more and more people get out predator hunting, the "old reliable" calls, like rabbit distress calls, seem to be less effective. I'm a firm believer, that a coyote, like a mature buck,...will only come to any specific call just once. You got one crack at them, in other words. For that reason, I try to time my coyote hunting to be during the best conditions possible, for a kill. Play the weather, play the wind, and time of day, etc. Wear camo that best matches the terrain at the time too. Don't go out on snow wearing your RealTree Hardwoods, in other words! Be as scent-free as possible, or use a scent to help attract or at least arouse the curiosity of the animals. I make my own predator lure each year.
Turkey calls work great at first light , by the way. I shot seven coyotes during the VT spring turkey season last spring alone, five the year before. And I wasn't coyote hunting. I made shots from 30 to 55 yards, using 3.5 inch Hevishot #6s (my preferred turkey load).
My favorite coyote call for long distance calling is a Primos #702 deer bleat. I've killed over 50 coyotes with that call alone, and at all times of the year. I like reed-type calls for other calling and mouse squeals for in-close calling. Diafragm-type mouth calls are excellent too, as you can vary both the tone and volume easily.
I use a scoped Ruger M-77 in .243 for at-night coyote calling on snow in VT . We often place large baits out well ahead of the coming full moon in winter. A dead deer, deer hide, head, etc., or dead calf works well . But I have killed many more animals daytime, by hunting thick cover with a shotgun, and calling only. I normally use 3.5 inch #4 buckshot (legal in VT) but I'm sure those turkey loads would have done the trick on most of the shots I've made. One important aspect, I feel, is to not get into a "mold" and be sure to alter both your calling sequences and set-ups often. Clear, dead calm mornings (at dawn) produce most of my success. Some small, not-too-obvious "stick blinds" constructed well ahead of hunting, will really work and improve your odds. If in very open areas, make your blinds in fairly elevated locations, like the tops of small knolls overlooking thick cover.
Try purchasing or renting a Randy Anderson tape, if you want some tips on how to get started. He's a real pro at it.
Good luck.
-Jim

[Tom D]

Anybody ever get a yote with a bow? I have seen Coyote broadheads. Just curious.
::-k

[Jim111]

I've taken a few with a bow but always while deer hunting. I love the excuse deer hunters have for not killing coyotes! "I didn't want to scare the deer by shooting", they say! Like a LIVE coyote running around by the stand will IMPROVE your deer hunting? I kill coyotes every chance I get, no matter what I happen to be after at the time. Any broadhead designed for deer will kill a coyote. Don't get duped by market hype, that there's a "special" broadhead for coyotes.
-Jim

[dbadoo]

Hello,
I am new to this and was wondering if anyone that coyote hunts uses dogs and if so, are they looking for some?
Thanks