Hunting Washington Forum
Other Hunting => Coyote, Small Game, Varmints => Topic started by: rebal69972 on September 25, 2011, 09:54:40 PM
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my son is wanting to get into predator hunting. Ive shot yotes out to 300 yards with my 22 mag but I'm not sure if i should have him shooting such a small caliber. do you all think its a good idea or should i have him using a 7.62x 39. just alittle extra info the 22 mag hes using ballistic tiped hollow points the 7.62 normal military hollow points. I'm just asking even with yotes i dont like having to chase them.
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Hmmm! 300 yards with a 22 Mag? I'll take your word for it but I wont believe it till I see it. How old is your Son? Get him a 22-250 and you won't have to chase after them again. :twocents:
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I'd use the 7.62, if it was between the two calibers.
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he's 12. I'm going to be buying an AR hopefully the first part of next year. but for right now the chooses are 22 mag 7.62x39 or 30 06. i just hate having to pay for the 06 rounds just to hunt yotes. as for the 300 yard shot i wouldn't want you to believe it with out seeing it.
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My nephew is 11 and can shoot a 22-250. Just use plain old 55gr soft point bullets at $20 per box. No need to get fancy.
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when moneys not so tight 22 250 would be a good 1 for him.
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22-250 is the hands down best yote caliber in my mind. Also the 223 is a very good choice and cheap to shoot.
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I tried a sks with sp and man was I let down :dunno: I rolled the dang yote 4 times and it still ran out of sight which was a long way cause I was at the top of a hill over looking a valley and Im willing to bet I saw it run for well over a mile after it hit the flat at the bottom :bash: I would say use the 06 with some cheap loads if the boy can handle it :tup:
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i was kinda afread of that and the wifes going to hate it :chuckle: time to buy a new gun :IBCOOL: He will just have to use the 06 till after the first of the year and ill back him up with the mag :tup:
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Any of the centerfire 22's are Hell on coyotes. You may kick the 243 around.....with light bullets it shoots as fast/flat as the 22-250 and heavier bullets make it a serious contender for big game.
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30-06 will be fine with some low priced 150 grain bullets. Try Federals, Winchester Power Points, or Remington Core Lokts. Whatever you can get cheapest at Wal Mart.
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my boy is 13, and shoots a .243 year round. Reloads for deer , then switches to .55gr for yotes. He is a nail driver with that rifle.
He also shoots my .22-250 no problem.
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I have a .243 that is flat amazing with the 55gr noslers, I'm working on a deer load again now. I was carring the 95gr noslers but after shooting a coyote and seeing how nasty they are Ive got some 80 hornady gmx to try.
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Ive been giving this alot of thought the last few days. so i decided to take him to the range today. the first few shots from the 06 he done fine the 4Th shot he got kissed. i didn't want him scared of the 06 not just before deer and elk season but it may be to late for that. i got the 22mag resighted in at 1" high at 100 yards. since it was just me and him there i broke out the sks and let him put a few mags through it he done OK with it so now its off to buy some good hunting rounds for it. any suggestion? Ive hunted w/t with it but i just used the wolf ammo and it done OK. with the yotes i kinda think the cheaper ammo will do the trick but hell what do i know i hunt them with a 22. i don't want this to be a bad experience for him and a bad shot or bad round can make for a pretty bad day. i know theres better weapons for hunting yotes i just don't own one YET
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22 mag at 300 yards. I've got guns for sale then.
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I guess it really depends on how you plan to hunt them. I shoot a .22-250 but my best
yote was called and I shot him at about 40 yards with a .22 LR. I used to hunt yotes
at night where shots were often over 200 yards. If calling most of your shots will be
under 100 yards. :twocents:
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I'm going to try calling them here. its alot different here then it is in MO I'm used to hunting them over fresh cut hay fields and I'm kinda leery of calling because of the other predators
