turkey is over now time for some coyotes

[DirtyGun]

Les Johnson, the host of 'Predator Quest' uses a .204 Ruger and it has become his favourite calibre for hunting coyotes.

[j.krug]

Les Johnson, the host of 'Predator Quest' uses a .204 Ruger and it has become his favourite calibre for hunting coyotes.

I hear good things about the .204 Ruger.
I am a big fan of the 22-250 for varmits and coyotes....now let's get to callin'!!

[MADMAX2]

Frank (Frati) on this forum does some damage to yotes with his .223 I still have not decided on my choice yet but I have ruled out .17 caliber .204 is always an option!!

[Pydpiper]

Big fan of the .204! I take mine with me almost everywhere I go. With a 5 FPS difference to a 220 Swift, the .204 is the fastest factory caliber made, tremendously quieter than a 22-250 with zero recoil. Those are big pluses for me, the farm lands that I hunt are not always huge parcels, so the quieter gun is a winner for me (and the land owners). Add to that that that hyper fast varmint bulled is highly unlikely to ricochet, it can make for a safer trip too.
If I was in a place where there were no houses for many, many miles I would choose the 220 Swift as my caliber.

[one shot scott]

how does the $ of shells compare?

[gendoc]

when rifle-gun hunting them kiyots, i use 3 different irons depending
on land conture and cover and of course distance.
h&r 7.62x39 out to 200yrds

ruger 10/22magnum 22wmr custom built for 100yrd percision shots
using federal 50gr game-shok jhp's. got lottsa $$ tied up in this one
ifin its notta dead kiyot, its pork on tha table with each trigger pull

then my under 100yrd toy... h&r 17hm2. if ya put it where itsa pose to be put,
he will fall withouta flinch. and its capable of doing that


my son and i do all the moding and handloading for our firearms.
very seldom do we take them past 100yrds... we call them up and have bait
waiting along with a dose of jacketed lead. some are taken with our +bows... they come into about 20-30yrds if the call and time is right

[Pydpiper]

how does the $ of shells compare?

They aren't cheap, but you get what you pay for. The cost is relative to a very consistent round, opposed to say bulk .223.
I am paying about $30 per 20 box, but with that comes the knowledge you can take a squirrels head off at 300 yards.

[Adam]

I went the .243 route so I could have a multi purpose deer gun for when we do the rifle hunts up north. I am proficient with it and can shoot fantastic groupings at 450 and can hit a coyote size target at 675 yards 8 times out of 10 with my reloads. In total I hand called and shot 14 this winter and like every other form of hunting I lost quite a few. For me hunting coyotes has turned into an obsession, I started turning my own calls on the lathe, and the wife finds me scarce come December-February. Now I get more enjoyment of taking buddies out and calling dogs in for them.

Here are some kills from the past winter.






One from last summer

[youngbuck1]

i might try a 204 ruger they look nice ad theyre cheap to shoot
i think how much $$ do they cost

[MADMAX2]

I went the .243 route so I could have a multi purpose deer gun for when we do the rifle hunts up north. I am proficient with it and can shoot fantastic groupings at 450 and can hit a coyote size target at 675 yards 8 times out of 10 with my reloads. In total I hand called and shot 14 this winter and like every other form of hunting I lost quite a few. For me hunting coyotes has turned into an obsession, I started turning my own calls on the lathe, and the wife finds me scarce come December-February. Now I get more enjoyment of taking buddies out and calling dogs in for them.

Here are some kills from the past winter.






One from last summer

NICE!!

[youngbuck1]

my buddie shoots about 70 yotes from december to march

[youngbuck1]

204

[Adam]

There must be close to three quarters of a million coyotes shot in Southern Ontario every year because everyone I speak to who hunts them seems to throw out the number 100. I had one guy last year tell me that he himself had shot 190 and every weekend I would pass by his house on my way to do some morning stands I would see his truck parked in his laneway. I seemed to think males only exaggerated about one thing only.

[youngbuck1]

my buddie shot 79 and they use dogs to chase them the dogs are walkers