I was having coffee this morning when I noticed a yote coming across a small ridge in behind our house, I through a coat on with some boots and I took a walk to the west side of the ridge, I finally saw the yote but he cut in behind some trees and took off so I couldn't get a shot. I did grab a target so I could see how bad a shot I am, I was 35 to 40 yards away from the target and it seems I'm a better shot from the kneeling position. The gun is all cleaned and ready for a shot at the yote.
Go prone if possible....much more stable than even kneeling. Better yet, get or make a set of shooting sticks!
I did some sitting waiting to see if the coyote would show up around the trails the deer run, three hours and nothing showed up except the deer. In picture 0283 you can see the spot I saw the coyote this morning for a second before he went behind the trees to the left and then up the hill.
Good luck. I missed not one but 2 this deer season! They were both 70-80 yard shots on moving coyotes, but I still wish I got them.
the 270 is slight overkill in the thick brush but that's my typical deer setup. you can pattern the coyotes just like deer - they just need some consistent feeding habits out of the brush
I'd take this one step further as we rarely shoot the HP rifles for fun if you have safe backdrops set plywood targets in the woods randomly within shooting range - the more you shoot at those targets offhand which is all a yote is going to provide the better you'll get Really a .223/556 should take care of them, but I've been seeing some rather large ones hit on the road around here
I'll be up earlier to see if the coyote shows up again, if he doesn't then I'll put in more wood before the storm and then sit in a different spot in the late afternoon. I did order a shooting tripod which should be here Monday.
Honestly it's unlikely to see them if you are moving a bunch - they are keener than deer in that regard(besides does)
I did see his tracks go to the brook, they didn't come back so I think he crossed there. That might put the den on the hill that runs the length of the brook. Once we get more snow I'll see if it's coming up through what we call the bowl which leads up top. From there the coyote would come down a hill to our house.
Ya, they move around a lot. Hard to pattern for sure. Have you considered a yote call? No problem with a .270 shooting yotes. The reach out just as well and are fairly flat shooting. Yes, one can kill with lesser calibers but then, dead is dead, no matter what it was shot with.
I was just thinking about it again, I just ordered this one which I'll have near the end of next week. FOXPRO Inferno Remote Controlled Digital Caller with 75 Calls INF1
