Scope info from coyote hunters...please

[furbearer365]

This may sound backwards to what you are thinking but here it goes.  I (hopefully) shoot my deer/elk gun a couple of times a year and when i do they are standing still and hopefully within 300.  I actually cant see spending a ton of money on a gun i shoot once or twice a year.  I like a good scope on my coyote gun because i need it to perform on animals way out there, up close, on the run, and not always broadside.  For evey shot i make with my deer/elk gun, i make 20 with my 223.  So i like to spend the money on the one that gets used the most and demands the all sorts of range.  I have a Nikon Monarch 6 x 24 x 44 with the target dot.

[Heredoggydoggy]

On my last build I put a Burris 30 mm LRS 4.5-10 scope.  Its an AR 15 chambered in 20 LBC, which is a 6.5 Grendel necked down to .204.  Even in open country I carry it at 4 to 5x so targets are easy to find.  I can always crank the magnification higher for far away shots.  I'm putting an Alpen 6-24x50 on my next build, a 6mm6.8SPC but I don't have the barrel yet, so I can't give a recommendation.  My 17hmr squirrel guns have Burris Fullfield II 4.5-14and Sweet 17 6-18 scopes, and both are good.  The glass and warrantees are so much better than they used to be, that it's just a matter of choice.  I do like lots of magnification on small critters like squirrels and PDs.

[Heredoggydoggy]

PS: I also have a Nikon 4.5-14 Coyote Special scope on a 22-250 Remington 700.  Seems to be a nice scope, but I haven't used it much.  But I may have to if my AR 15s get banned. 

[Bofire]

  I run Leupolds VXIII   3.5X10X40/50 on all my center fire rifles. Duplex and matte. You can use them as a range finder as it is 16 inches from crosshair to top of post taper. look at something you know the approx size of, coyote height about 18 inch  average, turn the power until it fits and look at the range on the power ring. Not as good as a range finder but very usable.
Carl

[MadHatter]

On my .308 is a 8-32x44, which is kind of overkill unless you are hunting somewhere you can really reach out, or you have really leery yotes.  I tend to use it in places that are hunted more heavily where the coyotes are more educated and don't like to come in too close.  For general purpose out to about 500 I have a Leupold 4-12x40 on my .25-06 and that works really well.  I just tend to keep it on about 6 unless I have one hanging out that wont come in.  Ideally I like to have a 6-24 with mil-dots.  For me its the best of both worlds.  I can use 6 close in and still have out to 24 for the longer range stuff.  I also prefer mil-dots because I use it for holdover.  On my .308 I will actually dial the range in on the turret though.

I think really its just a preference.  See what works for you...