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Other Hunting => Coyote, Small Game, Varmints => Topic started by: Gutpile on March 12, 2009, 09:12:30 AM

Title: What caliber do you use??
Post by: Gutpile on March 12, 2009, 09:12:30 AM: Please vote for your dedicated coyote calibers.
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Post by: Gutpile on March 12, 2009, 09:14:21 AM: Hey mods help me. I forgot to allow people to vote for 5 and I can't edit it. Help me out. Thanks.
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Post by: C-Money on March 12, 2009, 09:24:24 AM: I am not real interested in fur, I just want them dead. They end up getting a few of my Uncles calves every year. If I go out and call, I usually take the 243.
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Post by: Gutpile on March 12, 2009, 09:25:45 AM: That works. Just want to find what people use for whatever reason.
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Post by: Gutpile on March 12, 2009, 09:51:49 AM: Thanks BONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: deaddog on March 12, 2009, 11:06:21 AM: 223 out of a Rem-700 VSSF 40gr nosler balistic tips and 60gr speer flat base varmit bullets. Rem-870 12ga 28" barrel, deaddog choke tube, 00 buckshot. I love the 223, its cheap to reload and very accurate. The 12ga just for shotgun only areas but it is awesome to watch a dog get rolled up with 00 buck.
Title: Re: What caliber do you use??
Post by: 509er on March 12, 2009, 02:31:38 PM: If I am trying to save the fur it is the .204, If I just want to let the air out of em and dont care it is the 22-250.
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Post by: jdb on March 12, 2009, 05:00:51 PM: .223 and a 12 gauge #4 buck
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Post by: Big10gauge on March 12, 2009, 05:48:22 PM: In order of preference Mostly due to the ranges we shoot and rifle type(AR vs Bolt)
.204
.243
22-250
.223
Title: Re: What caliber do you use??
Post by: Bofire on March 12, 2009, 06:19:48 PM: All Tikkas, T3 lite Stainless. All Leupold VXIII. 3.5X10X40 on one, 4.5X14X40 on 2. I love my 223, quiet, no recoil, very accurate. I consider 223 a 300 yard cartridge. 22-250 best all round yote gun there is, killed a bunch very accurate, purty flat to 400 yards or so gets a LOT of use. 243, puts them down!!!!! best contest gun, flat, hits hard, a little loud. When I want to kill yotes for SURE! bucks the wind. today I am at 20 since 8/1/08, I think I will do one more trip, 3-4 days, then quit til August.
Good hunting guys and gals
Carl
Title: Re: What caliber do you use??
Post by: Alan K on March 12, 2009, 06:40:02 PM: I only get out a half dozen times a year or so, but I use the same rifle I use for everything else. . .

The BAR .300 WSM.
Title: Re: What caliber do you use??
Post by: AWS on March 12, 2009, 07:00:46 PM: 22H & 218Bee for close and quiet.

222 Rem, 223Rem & 22-204 for fur.

6x45mm & 6mm-204 still working on a fur friendly load for these two but they do put them down right now.

25-204 & 250-3000 for country with big cats in it, pulled the barrel off my 22-250 to build the 250-3000.

243Win for open country but I never seem to find any stands that have big open spaces. Keep threatenning to sell this one.

AWS
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Post by: Bullelk on March 12, 2009, 08:58:34 PM: I like my Browning A-bolt 22-250, shooting a 50 gr nosler ballistic tip around 3950 fps. As for the furs, sometimes they're usable and sometimes they're not worth a dime but the end result they're DRT. :IBCOOL:
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Post by: ICEMAN on March 13, 2009, 06:11:54 AM: .243
.270
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Post by: MHWASH on March 13, 2009, 08:27:16 AM: Quote from: Bofire on March 12, 2009, 06:19:48 PM
All Tikkas, T3 lite Stainless. All Leupold VXIII. 3.5X10X40 on one, 4.5X14X40 on 2. I love my 223, quiet, no recoil, very accurate. I consider 223 a 300 yard cartridge. 22-250 best all round yote gun there is, killed a bunch very accurate, purty flat to 400 yards or so gets a LOT of use. 243, puts them down!!!!! best contest gun, flat, hits hard, a little loud. When I want to kill yotes for SURE! bucks the wind. today I am at 20 since 8/1/08, I think I will do one more trip, 3-4 days, then quit til August.
Good hunting guys and gals
Carl

Carl, Does your .223 have the 1in 8" twist? I'm thinking about trading/selling my Encore for one of these.
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Post by: Bigswedegml on March 13, 2009, 10:02:41 AM: Stevens 200 in .25-06
Benelli Nova 12ga. with #4 buckshot and an extra full turkey choke
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Post by: Intruder on March 13, 2009, 10:33:40 AM: 223 and a 12gauge