Hi everyone! Another Newbie!
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 8:00 pm
Well again the deer season here is over, and I look to coyotes and small game as the fill gap. Last year my luck was lousy, what little I got out. I decided to step up the 'yote hunting this year and get more into it. I have a good range of equipment to choose from, and to be honest, don't want to buy anymore! I've read over some of the posts here, but wanted to get some opinions on what I have to work with already. One thing is sure, I don't plan on buying a new rifle, unless it's around a hundred bucks and can shoot well, I've sunk lots of cash into the ones I have and need to save up some. Anyways here goes:
Camo:
Swiss Alpenflage
German Flecktarn
US Woodland
Multicam
in the process of making a ghillie
have burlap for a blind
Calls:
MP3 hooked up to speaker with calls downloaded from "varmint Al's" site
Johnny Stewart PC1
Johnny Stewart CYC1
and i think i still have my "catnip" call from last year
longarms:
.17 HMR (scoped), .22, .32, 6.5 Carcano, SKS, 7.62 NATO Mauser, .308 Win(scoped), 45-70, 12 gauges, .410, 9mm carbine(3 x scoped), 7.63x54 (Nagant), 8 mm mauser, .270 Win(scoped) and i think that's it for the longarms category...
As of now I am hunting a small plot, shots no more than 200 yard are likely, and from a blind/ground stand. I'm leaning towards using my .308 as it's a tackdriver, but rounds can be costly, at least the ones I zeroed on. Also it's a single shot, just in case such info is important. I've gotten the gist that things such as .17, .22 and .410 are a bit anemic for the yotes, but i fear the others are too high powered. I don't care about pelts, and my calling skills are on par with anyone else who's done it for a week. I am open to advice, but I'm pretty dead-set on the whole not buying another rifle thing. Some of these rifles I don't shoot often, and others I'm fairly skilled with. Now, if one is a great choice for hunting yotes, I'm willing to put in the range time, but if they're all about the same, I'd prefer to stick with the more commonly available rounds. I have a feeling the Carcano will be my best choice, it's light, maneuverable, accurate for the most part, and shoots an intermediate round, also because ammo is hard to find and expensive and I only have two clips for it. Of course, to me, it seems like the ideal rifle and given practice I'm sure it's great. But alas, I know little of the coyote's tricky ways. I do know that possum are the closest thing I've seen to a zombie in real life, as both of them I killed only succumbed to a bullet to the brain, including surviving 12 ga shotgun blasts at close range with number 4 shot. Can I expect the same amount of toughness of a coyote? I'm all ears gentlemen (and ladies too it you're out there) so I humbly request your vast knowledge and suggestions! Thanks all! I look forward to a new type of sitting in the woods for hours!
Camo:
Swiss Alpenflage
German Flecktarn
US Woodland
Multicam
in the process of making a ghillie
have burlap for a blind
Calls:
MP3 hooked up to speaker with calls downloaded from "varmint Al's" site
Johnny Stewart PC1
Johnny Stewart CYC1
and i think i still have my "catnip" call from last year
longarms:
.17 HMR (scoped), .22, .32, 6.5 Carcano, SKS, 7.62 NATO Mauser, .308 Win(scoped), 45-70, 12 gauges, .410, 9mm carbine(3 x scoped), 7.63x54 (Nagant), 8 mm mauser, .270 Win(scoped) and i think that's it for the longarms category...
As of now I am hunting a small plot, shots no more than 200 yard are likely, and from a blind/ground stand. I'm leaning towards using my .308 as it's a tackdriver, but rounds can be costly, at least the ones I zeroed on. Also it's a single shot, just in case such info is important. I've gotten the gist that things such as .17, .22 and .410 are a bit anemic for the yotes, but i fear the others are too high powered. I don't care about pelts, and my calling skills are on par with anyone else who's done it for a week. I am open to advice, but I'm pretty dead-set on the whole not buying another rifle thing. Some of these rifles I don't shoot often, and others I'm fairly skilled with. Now, if one is a great choice for hunting yotes, I'm willing to put in the range time, but if they're all about the same, I'd prefer to stick with the more commonly available rounds. I have a feeling the Carcano will be my best choice, it's light, maneuverable, accurate for the most part, and shoots an intermediate round, also because ammo is hard to find and expensive and I only have two clips for it. Of course, to me, it seems like the ideal rifle and given practice I'm sure it's great. But alas, I know little of the coyote's tricky ways. I do know that possum are the closest thing I've seen to a zombie in real life, as both of them I killed only succumbed to a bullet to the brain, including surviving 12 ga shotgun blasts at close range with number 4 shot. Can I expect the same amount of toughness of a coyote? I'm all ears gentlemen (and ladies too it you're out there) so I humbly request your vast knowledge and suggestions! Thanks all! I look forward to a new type of sitting in the woods for hours!