Coyote Hunting Rifle?

[lckstckn2smknbrls]

The people that own the land my brother deer hunts on want the coyotes thinned out. What would be better for 100 yard shots the
Remington 742 in 30/06 or Remington 700 in 7MM remington magnum? Would my brothers 458 be over kill?



Actually we just want them dead.

 

[Jim]

Those will work for sure! :LOL2:

Have any AR-15's hanging around? Thats What I would use. 8)

 

[lckstckn2smknbrls]

No Ar's at the moment.
We dumped the remains of 5 deer in a field today. Going out tomorrow morning to see what we see.

 

[dyeguy1212]

30-06 and a 7mm are arguably the same. Go with a 30-06 because the ammo is cheaper.

 

[Andy]

Personally I would go with a smaller caliber, say in the .243 range.. But the 30-06 will kill them too.

 

[moelkhuntr]

At 100 yds they are going to be as dead with either the 30-06 or 7 Mag. Dead is dead. 300,400,500 yds and the slight edge would go to the 7 Mag but at 100 yds they are DEAD with either.

 

[mcdonl]

I built a Saiga 223 AK for this purpose... Not AR reliable, but under $500 for a new Russian AK converted. The hard part was finding 5 round magazines as Maine does not allow hunting with anything over a 5 round magazine... even for coyotes

And, Savage makes a nice .243 camo, scoped combo for less then $400 that would work nicely

 

[lswoody]

30-06 and a 7mm are arguably the same. Go with a 30-06 because the ammo is cheaper.

What dyeguy says.

 

[lckstckn2smknbrls]

Looks like they haven't found the bait yet.

 

[lckstckn2smknbrls]

30-06 and a 7mm are arguably the same. Go with a 30-06 because the ammo is cheaper.

What dyeguy says.

We reload so thats not a big deal. We ended up 145 yards away from the bait.

 

[dyeguy1212]

Well unless you're taking a 300 yard shot (and have a chance in hell of making it :lol: I know I sure wouldn't ) it wouldn't make a bit of difference.

 

[lckstckn2smknbrls]

Going out again monday morning.

 

[lswoody]

Hope you get some of them varmints!!!!!

 

[lckstckn2smknbrls]

Haven't seen them yet. I'll be out tuesday evening.

 

[jkbirocz]

Id personally use the 7mm, but either that or the 06 would be fine. If you want the hides I'd try to find a .223 or something else small and fast for headshots.

 

[Quackrstackr]

Killing coyotes over bait in the daylight is usually pretty slim odds.

Get yourself an electronic call and call them in. You will probably have a lot better results.

So far as the caliber, at 100 yards or less either of those is overkill for a coyote so shoot whichever you are most comfortable with and have the most ammo for.

 

[lovedr79]

my weapons of choice that i use for coyotes is my DPMS AR in .308 or my mini-14. in conjunction with the electronic caller

 

[PartsMan]

The 30-06 with Remington Accelerators in it.
If you want to reload then a light bullet in the 7mm.

 

[ray55classic]

Either of these calibers will kill anything on the continent. If the coyotes are all in a row the "06" with a fmj would probably penetrate 15 or 16 coyotes ,the 7mm fmj would probably go through 16 or 17 of them.with either I garantee you won't be lacking in knockdown power. If your under 100yds try a .22 long rifle. I've killed quite a few with a .22 shooting stingers ,they've got a pretty lightly constructed body. It's like any hunting shot placement is a lot more important than caliber........Ray

 

[jixer]

Either of those will do the job. I have had a few people tell me about them using their .17 hmr Dont know the range but If that will do it youll be fine.