alamo5000
4 May 2018, 18:06
I have never been coyote hunting. What are the best ways to hunt em?
The Problem
On that ranch that I frequent the owners are pretty tired of coyotes breaking through their fence and killing their game animals. From what I understand over time the coyotes have killed over 200 of their deer/antelope, fawns etc.
They have just over 4+ miles of high game fence but they are spending another $100K to reinforce that fence to try and keep em out. That project includes lining the fence with another layer of wire that has smaller holes in it, putting wire on the ground to help prevent tunneling, and even a few strands of electric fence around the whole thing. Even with that though it's impossible to plug all the holes.
Basically they are looking for a solution including shooting those bastards.
Firearms?
We can shoot out there pretty much all over however in certain directions (maybe 5 to 10% of the property) there are neighbors (more like cows or a barn that you can't shoot at) but other than that it's pretty much a free for all. Most places you could shoot all night, especially suppressed.
Generally speaking what is the best caliber (IE minimum caliber) for shooting coyotes? Usually about what is the range where you would shoot em from? The property has safe shots anything from 50 yards out to more than a mile. I would guess shooting them within about a 100 to 200 yard range would be the most feasible. Getting positive ID on them and getting off good shots is priority.
Night Vision and Thermal
I told the owner I would do some homework about this. The family that owns the place isn't exactly broke so pretty much anything goes as long as we could justify it. If I can find more detailed information and make a good game plan the owners will probably buy the stuff. Not sure if we should go for lesser expensive stuff and outfit a couple of rifles or go with high end stuff that will last a lot longer.
The idea here would be to allow select guest(s) to get out there to go shoot em and do night hunts. I would assume they will be very selective about who they let go out there at night.
I am not sure if we should go for budget stuff or high end stuff, or how much magnification would be best, etc etc. I don't know the life span of thermal or night vision but the owner specifically wants to know about that, as in 'how long will those things last'.
Also I am not sure if getting say for example a helmet mounted monocular or something rifle mounted would be better.
What do ya'll think? Any suggestions?
The Problem
On that ranch that I frequent the owners are pretty tired of coyotes breaking through their fence and killing their game animals. From what I understand over time the coyotes have killed over 200 of their deer/antelope, fawns etc.
They have just over 4+ miles of high game fence but they are spending another $100K to reinforce that fence to try and keep em out. That project includes lining the fence with another layer of wire that has smaller holes in it, putting wire on the ground to help prevent tunneling, and even a few strands of electric fence around the whole thing. Even with that though it's impossible to plug all the holes.
Basically they are looking for a solution including shooting those bastards.
Firearms?
We can shoot out there pretty much all over however in certain directions (maybe 5 to 10% of the property) there are neighbors (more like cows or a barn that you can't shoot at) but other than that it's pretty much a free for all. Most places you could shoot all night, especially suppressed.
Generally speaking what is the best caliber (IE minimum caliber) for shooting coyotes? Usually about what is the range where you would shoot em from? The property has safe shots anything from 50 yards out to more than a mile. I would guess shooting them within about a 100 to 200 yard range would be the most feasible. Getting positive ID on them and getting off good shots is priority.
Night Vision and Thermal
I told the owner I would do some homework about this. The family that owns the place isn't exactly broke so pretty much anything goes as long as we could justify it. If I can find more detailed information and make a good game plan the owners will probably buy the stuff. Not sure if we should go for lesser expensive stuff and outfit a couple of rifles or go with high end stuff that will last a lot longer.
The idea here would be to allow select guest(s) to get out there to go shoot em and do night hunts. I would assume they will be very selective about who they let go out there at night.
I am not sure if we should go for budget stuff or high end stuff, or how much magnification would be best, etc etc. I don't know the life span of thermal or night vision but the owner specifically wants to know about that, as in 'how long will those things last'.
Also I am not sure if getting say for example a helmet mounted monocular or something rifle mounted would be better.
What do ya'll think? Any suggestions?