I put a carcass pile out behind the house at about 75-80yds off the back porch, and have been waiting for almost a week for a coyote to finally show up. I've had hawks, turkey buzzards, possums, raccoons, a neighbors kitty kat, crows, and all kinds of stuff on the pile, but the coyote was my real desire to put on it. And surprise, surprise right in the middle of the day, I peak out there he is just munching away. I sneak to the bedroom and get the .22 Mag and chamber a round, sneak around to the back side of the house and drop him like a rock with a shot to the head. I'm housebound until I get my little one down for a nap, then pic's should be incoming.
Cool. I have a buddy who stakes out roadkills in his field and pops the 'yotes. He's using a hot loaded .270. His yote's aren't nearly so photogenic.
I may have a taker for the fur, I figure I really don't need a .270 to blow his head off, plus popping them in the head makes it a little more challenging. Certainly a body shot with a hot .270 would result in a short track job as well, though.
Very nice. The yote I shot in rifle season was put down with a .280. The bullet hit at the neck and bounced through the body and came out the top of the back, I was pretty suprised that it didn't blow to big of a hole in the hide and my taxi said it would be a very easy fix. I need to get out and do some more yote hunting, I know they are around but I havn't seen much sign of them the last month or so.
Certainly a body shot with a hot .270 would result in a short track job as well, though. That's why I asked. I wouldn't imagine he went far, but you never know. Weird things happen.
Nice! I gotta get out before the winter is over and try to put one or two down. I know they are in around, I just need to make the time to get to camp and give it a shot.
We've got a lot of coyotes in our area. I should probably be out trying to thin the population as well. About a month ago my dad and I were up in the timber cutting wood for our woodstove and next thing we know there is a domesticated dog with a tracking collar bolting past us. Ended up some of the local hunters were coyote hunting and the dogs were trying to chase the yotes out of the timber so they could get a shot.
