when should i shoot

[REM223PA]

here in p.a thay just will not come running in.
now in texas thay come right down the road .
is it texas has so meny dogs that thay need to get on it befor another one .
in p.a ant so meny coyote and i think thats wy hunters here have a hard time.thay can take there time and sneak in i know texas dog sneak in also but i never see them im always shooting the one that runs right down on me . most of the time i shoot to soon thinking thay will turn off in to the brush. here i always set a hunter 45 to 70 yard in front of me in a tree stand 20 feet high and try to call the coyote past him. it works to. every dog we kill thay say it was sneaking up slow.

? is how long should i whate before nocking the blood out of him.
big george

[okcoyote]

rem223 pa. i know u was askin about texas yotes. but i can tell ya little 'bout okie coyotes. they cannot be much different, the red river is all that separates em.
i personnaly prefer to call them in to within 50 yds., closer if they are willing. if one hangs on us we will send a .224 pill at em with use of shooting sticks.
have u tried a decoy or somethin'? I made me a rabbit with a soup can and a very soft spring about 2 in. across and some styrofoam and covered in a rabbit fur and stuck some ears on it. i poke an old 2419 arrow shaft in the ground and the wind will gently move it. it helps. give it a try.

have a good day

[GonHuntin]

Like any other game animal I want to kill......I take them at the first "good" opportunity.....waiting around just increases the chance that they will bust you......I enjoy killing them close, but I hate to educate them, so, the first chance I have at a high percentage shot......they get smoked!

[Dead Eye]

Hey Guys

I would have to concure with GoneHuntin the first chance they give for a shot I feed them lead. Does not matter if they are 10yds or 400yds I gess that is from shooting PDogs so much I like long shots.

Laters Dead Eye

[fishman]

yep that's right, boys i agree no use educating them suckers, shoot at the first chance when in your range 1-400 yds for the ole 22-250 I say grind e'm! ;D ;D ;D

[BozoWise]

Chunks are chunks. The longer the walk to the remains the more I get pumped. Just be safe and know your backstops, and always KNOW your target.

[fishman]

Thats true Bozo, its very satisfying to drop e'm out there on the " horizon", but it's also a true adrenalin rush to swack em at sword range through the soapweeds!!!! HMMMM, shootin p-dogs in Hobbs, sounds like a great time!

[Bobcat]

I take them at the first "good" opportunity.....waiting around just increases the chance that they will bust you......I enjoy killing them close, but I hate to educate them, so, the first chance I have at a high percentage shot......they get smoked!

I agree, take the first good shot you can make. For some folks that is at 75-100 yards, for others it may be out past 200 yards. If a coyote just hangs up at a longer range on you, don't just shoot and pray. A lot of times they stop to get a final bearing before coming in the rest of the way. This is especially true if they are coming over any hills. They like to stop at the top to take a bearing on the way in. Be patient and let them come on in as close as you can. Try lip squeaking them in the last 100 yards. If they start to act nervous, take your shot if it is within your comfortable shooting range.

Bob

[partsman66]

I too agree with the posts here.There are days I wanna see just how far out I can take the shot and then there are days I like to see just how close I can get to them.When you can hear them breathing after running in and see their toungue dripping saliva your pretty close!!!!!!!!!lol

Hmmmmmmm now I'm wondering if I could get one with just a knife lol.

REM223PA just shoot where it's comfortable to you

[Olevern]

Rem223Pa
I know of what you speak as I have hunted both in Tx. for coyote and in Pa (I have a 2nd home in N.W. Pa in Potter Cty.).
The 'yotes in Pa. are shy and, as you have said, sneak in, it seems most of them have had some education concerning hunters and are super cautious. Also, they, as was mentioned above, are not in as great numbers as in other states and the competition to get to the food source is not there, they feel they have plenty of time.
I'll never forget the first time I went to S. Texas to hunt coyote with my friend, who took a couple of days to call for me. He looked at the guns I had brought and just shook his head, but took me out the next morning. All the guns I had brought had big variable scopes on them, the smallest was a 4.5X14X Leupold, most had Leupold 6.5X20 on them. Fine in Pa, where on their lowest settings they can pick up a slowing moving coyote sneaking in, or reach out long range if you spot him further out. Our first stand, Bill set up an electronic caller in a field, walked back to where I was hunkered under a mesqite tree, and turned the caller on remotely.
Wasn't a minute later that we had coyotes running in from every direction, one each came from the left and right sides of the field, and one came in from behind us and jumped right over the little brush we were using for cover, within a foot or two of my right elbow as I was trying to find a running coyote in my scope. Them coyotes ran right up to the speaker and screeched to a halt, kinda looked puzzled, (by now I had given up on trying to find them in that scope and had lifted my head) then bolted and ran in every direction. Bill was laughing so hard at me that he couldn't get up. I was laughing some too, it was too funny watching them coyotes standing at the speaker trying to figure out what had happened. Only thing that saved the trip was I brought my custom AR-15 along; with its Leupold 1 3/4-5X we had some fast and furious shooting. Now, I know better what kinda rig to bring and have a ball helping with varmint control on the ranches Bill manages.
Rem223Pa, I will copy your original message and send out to my friend, Bill, as I think that to this day he doesn't believe that eastern coyotes behave the way I explained to him they do.

[ICMCumin]

What GonHuntin said - couldn't have said it better myself...