Crockett for Coyotes....

[elk_chaser1]

I own property where there are allot of Coyotes. My neighbors down the road had their 100 lb. lab killed by a pack last winter. While I have shot several with centerfire cartidges, I thought it would be fun to try and take some with a Muzzleloader. They are not shy at all, so getting them close shouldn't be too tough.

Question: Would a small caliber rifle like a .32 cal. Crockett be enough gun (maybe with conicals) or should I just shoot the .50 at 'em? Thanks in advance!

 

[Rebel]

It depends on where you hit them. I killed one with my Crockett a few years ago at close to 150 yds. I hit him in the ear and he never moved. Normally i don't shoot at game that far away, i try to keep it under 50 yds., but i hate coyotes, so i tried the shot. I was using a rd ball with 40 grs of Pyrodex P powder. That little 40 gr ball has more power than it should for it's size. It is easy to exceed .22 magnum perfprmance with it. :m2c:

 

Use the 50. Ain't nuthin' too big for yodel dogs. I killed one once with my 375 H&H mag and several with a 45-90. Good reason to use the big bores as far as I'm concerned.

Vic

 

[CoyoteJoe]

If you have any belief in a here-after, I'd not be so quick to indiscriminately slaughter God's dogs. :hmm:

 

[guncobbler]

One issue with using too much gun is what happens to the ball or slug that passes thru (or misses). Unless you have a clear unpopulated backstop sending a big ball or slug down range is an iffy proposition. With a mile to go on the first bad bounce I'd be very careful. GC

 

[Pittsburghunter]

I would rather have a bullet than a 45g ball! The maxiball for the .32 is just over 100g. It will kill the dogs pretty good I guess. Just saying.

There is no love for coydogs around here.

 

[BrownBear]

Over the years I've found the right gun to be the one you have in your hands at the time a shot presents itself. Killed them with everything from a 20 gauge load of #6's while pheasant hunting and a 22 while rabbit hunting up to several large centerfire rifles while on big game hunts.

Haven't poked one with a ML yet, but I wouldn't hesitate with the Crockett, provided they were within my range. They aren't that hard to drop.

In a "neighborhood" I'd probably be more inclined to the Crockett than a 50. simply because it's not as loud and the ball isn't packing so much behind it if it goes zinging across a pasture after passing through the yote.

 

[bearbeater]

Hey chaser
I would use no smaller than a 45 cal.
Bearbeater

 

[jethro224]

After seeing what a .32 round ball does to a squirrels head, I wouldn't hesitate to say it'll take a coyote. Then again, I haven't tried it myself...

 

[jethro224]

One time I was bowhuntin' and watched a coyote for 20 minutes while he made his way along a 1/4 mile of a ravine headed right for me. When he got to about 10 yards I did this... :blah:
If you ever want to see a coyote turn hisself inside out, try that!

 

[hobbles]

One thing I have found out bout otes is, they ain't like deer, You can use the set trigger to make a deer stop and look what made the noise, A ote don't care what made the noise, it just wants to be gone,,
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/hobbles/yotehat.jpg

 

[triplefg]

One time I was bowhuntin' and watched a coyote for 20 minutes while he made his way along a 1/4 mile of a ravine headed right for me. When he got to about 10 yards I did this... :blah:
If you ever want to see a coyote turn hisself inside out, try that!

Yep - scaring the manure out of animals is often more fun than killing them. And coyotes, it turns out, can make some pretty amusing facial expressions. :shocking:

 

[SavageArcher]

I'm inclined to believe a .36 cal would be the minimum for yote shooting but if a window presents itself and you're sure of the shot go for it. I've tried taking coyotes with a .22 Hornet and had lousy luck trying to recover them after they high tailed out of the county. Yotes can take alot of lead if you don't place that first shot just right.

I've been looking at the Crockett myself and wondering how it'd work for coon and badger sized varmints. I wonder if using the bullet would the power be up there with the Hornet or .218 Bee for close in work. Hate to be undergunned and charged by a wounded skunk. :haha:

 

I'll be quick about shooting coyotes any time the opportunity presents itself except for the brief period of the year the season is closed here. I also have a devout belief in the hereafter and I've never read anywhere in the Bible that coyotes are Gods dogs. Nowhere does it mention God having pet animals. The Bible does speak strongly about "having other gods before Me".......don't reckon I'll be worshiping any coyotes any time in my life.

Where I hunt and have killed the majority of coyotes the only thing that could get furhter than about 50 yards thru all those oak, hickory, ash and walnuts is artillery....and I wouldn't give it much of a chance. I do fervently agree with your caution however. There is no such thing as too safe.

Vic

 

[Old40Rod]

I'm not yote fan, but if you kill one, do it humanely. If you don't sure as shootin, some the injured yote will find its way to an "anti's" front door to expire. I agree, .45 or larger if you are "hunting" them. :m2c: