Re: shotgun for yotes
[Re: AKAjust]
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01/26/20 02:16 PM
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I have much more luck with a rifle myself.Was losing to many with a shotgun.I tried all the different shot sizes.
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Re: shotgun for yotes
[Re: AKAjust]
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01/26/20 02:24 PM
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I use 3" and 3.5" 12 gauge with #4 buck. I would use copper coated BB s but I can't find it in 3.5" usually. Bad thing about the big shells using buck shot is the price. Hevi shot makes a 3.5" Dead Coyote load or used to. Trouble is it got to be around $3 a shell. I use full choke so I was told never use steel. Lead will get your range a little farther anyway. Good Luck !!
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Re: shotgun for yotes
[Re: pintail_drake04]
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01/26/20 02:40 PM
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Yes sir
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I have skinned a lot of yotes with #2's and BB's just under their hide. I like 4 buck and 00 in my shotgun. I will say with a shotgun I always shoot for the head.
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Re: shotgun for yotes
[Re: AKAjust]
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01/26/20 03:07 PM
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#2 shot works best for me on heavy winter fur....Buckshot tends to mat in the fur, impeding penetration. Also like a turkey type camo shotgun...Benelli M1 Super 90 is about perfect.
Call from within cover, hunt the woods and thick stuff while minimizing open field type stands.
Hand calls are all that's really needed, keeps the weight down, keeps it simple.
Shotgunning them in close is an adrenalin charge, great fun, plus satisfying and exciting.
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Re: shotgun for yotes
[Re: AKAjust]
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01/26/20 03:44 PM
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Im on the last of my Hevi-Shot Dead coyote I bought years ago. Love the stuff, just cant afford to shoot it anymore. Bought a couple of cases of the Hornady BB from Les Johnson and shoots as well out of my shotgun. #4 buck if in 3" and not 2 3/4.
Im a firm believer in your missing coyotes if you dont have a shotgun on stand, plus its cool as heck to shotgun them. And yes, you still miss with a shotgun.
Colorado Search and Rescue- Interfering with natural selection since 1976
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Re: shotgun for yotes
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01/26/20 04:28 PM
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I recently got Hornady Coyote magnum. I haven't patterned it yet but if it's like the Hornady Turkey magnum it will be great. I've done quite a bit of testing and the Hornady Coyote Magnum (3" BB) worked best for my gun. Using a Carlson's "Coyote" choke tube.
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Re: shotgun for yotes
[Re: AKAjust]
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01/26/20 05:53 PM
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Interesting thread, and I have to ask, Walmart yesterday had Winchester Super X, 12 ga. 3 and 3 1/2 steel waterfowl loads for $7.00 in #2 and BB box of 25. I have a coyote bait station to hunt at my cabin, long shot would be 65 yards. I have been taking my .22 LR with 1640 fps segmented, sometimes my .223 handi rifle single. But using a shotgun may be better at night. Thoughts on the on sale waterfowl steel shot?? In this setup.
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Re: shotgun for yotes
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01/26/20 05:53 PM
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I recently got Hornady Coyote magnum. I haven't patterned it yet but if it's like the Hornady Turkey magnum it will be great. I've done quite a bit of testing and the Hornady Coyote Magnum (3" BB) worked best for my gun. Using a Carlson's "Coyote" choke tube. Awesome. That it's good to hear
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Re: shotgun for yotes
[Re: AKAjust]
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01/26/20 08:16 PM
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I just purchased a Carlson choke for my Maverick 88 pump.
I'll try it out soon. I needed the 2 3/4" 12 Gauge - #4 buck to be closer together at 50-60 yards.
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Re: shotgun for yotes
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01/26/20 08:32 PM
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Interesting thread, and I have to ask, Walmart yesterday had Winchester Super X, 12 ga. 3 and 3 1/2 steel waterfowl loads for $7.00 in #2 and BB box of 25. I have a coyote bait station to hunt at my cabin, long shot would be 65 yards. I have been taking my .22 LR with 1640 fps segmented, sometimes my .223 handi rifle single. But using a shotgun may be better at night. Thoughts on the on sale waterfowl steel shot?? In this setup. Steel barely kills ducks...do not use steel for anything else unless government mandated. Any #2 HTL shot will kill them out to 50 yards if patterned correctly. My 20ga turkey gun kills them at 30+ with #9 TSS.
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