Re: #6 shot for coyotes?
[Re: Wanna Be]
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02/11/24 08:01 PM
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If it’s close enough it will. But you will be smelling his breath. Like others have said, lots better loads for it. If you don’t mind the price, Apex as loads that will do what your asking. I shoot the Apex #4 tss in a 20 ga. It’s an 1 1/2 load. I don’t know how far it will kill one, but 50 yards is not a problem. With several pellets passing through and bones broken.
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Re: #6 shot for coyotes?
[Re: matt]
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02/11/24 08:09 PM
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Wanna Be
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If it’s close enough it will. But you will be smelling his breath. Like others have said, lots better loads for it. If you don’t mind the price, Apex as loads that will do what your asking. I shoot the Apex #4 tss in a 20 ga. It’s an 1 1/2 load. I don’t know how far it will kill one, but 50 yards is not a problem. With several pellets passing through and bones broken. Haha, I shoot Apex for turkey and didn’t realize they had loads like that. I’ve seen what #9 does to a coyote and hog, can’t imagine #4’s, lol. There’s dead, then there’s Apex dead.
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Re: #6 shot for coyotes?
[Re: Wanna Be]
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02/11/24 08:38 PM
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matt
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They have it in #4, #2 in 20 ga. In 12 they have #4, 2, BB, and T. I just looked at mine, it’s an 1 1/4, not 1 1/2. It’s under their predator line.
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Re: #6 shot for coyotes?
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02/11/24 09:01 PM
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Skinned a lot of trapped coyotes with birdshot just under the skin and some not penetrating. Didn’t seem to hurt them very badly.6 would be ok for pheasants and quail but pretty small and light for coyotes unless you were very close on the shot. Jim
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Re: #6 shot for coyotes?
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02/11/24 09:12 PM
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will a 20 gauge with turkey choke with 6 shot kill coyotes? if your close enough and it gets no medical attention , yes if you get a one shot kill on a coyote with #6 I think it is justified self defense it was that close think about the last squirrel you shot with #6 did you find shot in it or was it 100% pass through I had to pick shot out.
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Re: #6 shot for coyotes?
[Re: TrapperE]
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02/11/24 10:14 PM
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30 yards or less, better put the pellets in the head.
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Re: #6 shot for coyotes?
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02/11/24 11:24 PM
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Skinned a lot of trapped coyotes with birdshot just under the skin and some not penetrating. Didn’t seem to hurt them very badly.6 would be ok for pheasants and quail but pretty small and light for coyotes unless you were very close on the shot. Jim
One of the doubles my son had I found a piece of 6 shot under the skin. It never made it into the muscle and had been there long enough to completely have healed up no visible hole in the hide
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Re: #6 shot for coyotes?
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02/12/24 01:17 AM
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I use 20 ga, #3 non-plated buck (20 pellets) @ 1200 fps through an improved modified choke ... good to 30- 35 yards.
But your shotgun will most likely be different. In general, you can fire small dia buck (#2,#3,#4) through modified to extra full chocks without issue. Soft lead shot will prefer more open chokes, hard plated buck shot will perform with tight chokes. You will have to pattern your shotgun and chock combination with your choice of buck shot to determine which combination patterns best and at what max range.
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Re: #6 shot for coyotes?
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02/13/24 12:27 PM
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#6 is to small for coyotes use buck shot or #2
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