new coyote hunter

[snowninja]

well its time to take care of the chicken/duck eaters. I live on 5 acres that borders tree farm and they come in from the forest, have caught many of them on my cameras but never shot one. I have a pasture in the lower corner of my property and plan to use a call to bring them in so I can start eliminating the dirty dogs.

so to some questions, would my ar15 w/p223 scope be a good start or should I use my .308 (seems a little overkill), also have a mini30 (7.62x39). ?? i don't have 22-250, 243, etc.

when calling I plan to sit in my tree stand hidden about 100 yards from the call area (lower pasture). how close will they come to the call? thinking about placement of e-call. could go as far as 40-50 yards from the edge of the tree farm.

anyone ever call in a 30-40 year old forest? guessing too much cover and obstruction to get a clear shot but there are a couple good spots i can think of out there.

do the tail wagers work ok in tight spots? i don't have one but could easily set one up using a servo from my RC car.

thanks

[HawkCreek]

I'm defiantly not an expert but:

A .223 is more than enough for a coyote, use a good varmint bullet and they should be DRT.

As long as they don't scent or see you I think they will come right up to the call. There are videos on youtube of guys calling them it to under ten yards. Others hang up several hundred yards out, I assume those are the educated ones. As you saw the one I shot was pretty small/young but had no idea I was there even though I was sitting in plain sight not wearing camo (jeans and an earth colored long sleeve shirt).

I've don't have any experience with any of the motion decoys but I plan to make one pretty soon out of some scrap lumber, an old auto antenna and some feathers. We'll see how it works.

Good luck to ya!

[Bofire]

223 is plenty, If you can get shots without calling, take them. Call when you have to. if you cannot make sure 300 yard shots you need more practice.

Carl

[bear hunter]

Use a mojo decoy with rabbit sent it helps with the movement. I always place my decoy down wind from me.  So if a dog circles he would smell the decoy first. it works great  I have had them circle down wind and as soon as he smell the decoy. He move in for the kill but that never happens , because I shoot him first  Good luck and what for this winter for prime hides. 

[snowninja]

thanks for the tips, will be ready to go by next weekend.

[McCRIZZLEY]

Let me know if you need a second gun/call out there! good luck with it and make sure to post up your results/stories!