buckshot for coyotes

[duckhunter]

I was wondering if any of you use buckshot for shooting coyotes??? If so what size buck shot do you use??? Also what type of choke would you use in a 3inch 870? 

[seth30]

I hit one with qual shot once, not pretty

[carpsniperg2]

i use 4 buck and 00 buck i have a jelly head that i use for turkey hunting and yote hunting about 50% pattern at 50 yards on a paper plate

[Kain]

I use 00 when calling during bear season just in case I get a bear or cougar to come to the call.  I dont want to have BB or No. 4 buck and not get to shoot.  I want to try using No 1 or 0 but I cant find it anywhere.  My gun patterned better at 40 yards with a modified choke than the extra full choke I had.  I think it was just to tight for the larger buckshot.    

[carpsniperg2]

yeah its funny my rem was like that also but my browning loves that xxx choke and shoots a bullet out to about 25 yards before the shot starts to spread out

[bobcat]

I've used BB shot and it works good. The biggest I would go is #4 buck. 00 Buck is for deer. You won't be able to shoot much past 40 yards. Unless you use that "Dead Coyote." I believe they claim it's good out to 70 yards but you'd definitely want to pattern it in your gun to be sure.

[carpsniperg2]

  i will have to let you shoot my browing bobcat then you might cange your mind. i don't like bb's because they don't have the knock down power like lead. i have killed a few with them but will always shoot lead over steel.

[Bofire]

 :)try "Hevi-shot dead coyote" I like number 1 and 4 buck shot too, depends on where you are. Dead Coyote at 40-50 yards at night, with a light, kicks ass.
Carl

[Machias]

I have smoked several with 00 buck out to 60 yards for quite a few years.  But now I love the Hevi-shot Dead Coyote. 

[Bulldozer]

I have shot many with Kent Fasteel BB's at 1550 fps and 1625 fps out of my Browning BPS with a Comp-N-Choke Full.

[predatorpro]

i just use 3 inch 4 shot buck with a full choke, and never have had a coyote i hit get away, about 50 yards will knock them down pretty hard

[bobcat]

i will have to let you shoot my browing bobcat then you might cange your mind. i don't like bb's because they don't have the knock down power like lead. i have killed a few with them but will always shoot lead over steel.

Steel???  Did I say steel? I sure wouldn't use steel shot for coyotes either. I use lead BB's.

[carpsniperg2]

i forget about the old lead bb's, not that often that a guy finds them laying around on the shelves but now that you have cleared that up. i will put my 4 buck up aginst your bb's any day of the week

[bobcat]

BB's pattern a whole lot better than #4 buck, I guarantee that. You don't see them in stores much, but Cabelas has them, and lately they've been selling them dirt cheap. I bought two boxes of 25, should last me many years. Check these out:

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0069661217163a&type=product&cmCat=SEARCH_all&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&No=18&Ntt=bb+shot&Ntk=Product_liberal&sort=all&N=0&Nty=1&hasJS=true&_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&_DARGS=%2Fcabelas%2Fen%2Fcommon%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-box.jsp.form1


Compare to the price of Dead Coyote shells.  

Dead Coyote's are about $3.50 per shell, these are 50 cents per shell.

[jdb]

I have shot several w/ #4 buck and a turkey choke outta my 870. it tips 'em right over. I tired #2s but didnt have good success i think due to poor patterning.