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Topic: Whats your favorite shot?? Whats your average shot distance
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slydog
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posted March 10, 2007 07:47 PM
My favorite shot is facing me. Center of chest at the bottom of the "V".. Drops'em like a bad habbit.
My average shot is between 80 and 90 yards, it varies year to year.
sly
I guess I should tell the long and the short.
Longest one shot kill 664 lazered yards. Shortest shot 7 feet. I have 2 kills over 700 and 1 kill over 800 yards, none of the three were one shot kills though, thank God the 814 yard shot was on film.........LOL The coyotes on that ranch were so used to driveby's that every time I pulled into the pasture the coyotes were headed to the next ranch down the road. The rancher shut down recreational hunting the 2nd year I hunted it and I have outlived those coyotes. I have hunted that ranch for almost 2 decades, outlasted 3 ranch formen and the owner, his son and I are good friends and I'm teaching his son every trick I know.
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TOM64
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posted March 10, 2007 08:21 PM
Dead on works but if I set up right it's broadside right in the middle of the rib cage. Their attention is focused on something besides me and it makes for an easy target.
My average shot is about 40-50 yards.
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Dan Carey
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posted March 10, 2007 08:24 PM
I like the side shots too. But I take them as they come, as long as I know I can get them with one shot
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UTcaller
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posted March 10, 2007 08:43 PM
I like the frontal shots,bullet rarely exits,and the coyotes usually drop where they stand.Most of my shots range from 75-150 yards.Good hunting Chad
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Okanagan
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posted March 10, 2007 09:15 PM
Ditto to the frontal shot preference, doubly so for fur. Never hunted for numbers but sold some fur for a couple of years many moons ago when prices were sky high.
I started as a bow hunter so tend to set up for close shots even when I switched to a rifle. Hunted a lot of broken ground and timber. Shots averaged under 50 yards though had a lot in the 60-90 range, but also a lot inside 20 yards. Some long shots but those were usually stalked or shots of opportunity without caling.
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DanS
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posted March 10, 2007 09:56 PM
I like the side shots, bigger target too. Most of my shots are probably 35 to 75 yards.
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TA17Rem
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posted March 10, 2007 10:51 PM
I like the coyote running away at a slight angle shots at 100-300 yards.
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Rich
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posted March 11, 2007 05:22 AM
I like em to stand real still for me. The closer the better, because I don't like walking out to get em all that much. Average shot distance is about fifty yards or so.
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Kokopelli
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posted March 11, 2007 05:37 AM
'bout 30 yards broadside, trotting in with the shotgun bead on their nose.
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2dogs
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posted March 11, 2007 06:35 AM
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TRnCO
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posted March 11, 2007 07:05 AM
I'm not picky as long as it's a standing target with-in 100 yards I'm happy! On edit, my average is some where inside 100 yards!
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2dogs
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posted March 11, 2007 07:19 AM
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2dogs
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posted March 11, 2007 07:22 AM
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Tim Behle
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posted March 11, 2007 08:57 AM
A perfect shot for me, would be to turn around and find the coyote standing broadside 10' behind the truck, 30 yards away.
I kill most coyotes in the 50-100 yard range. I've taken a couple in the 900+ yard ranges but am still looking to break 1000 yards.
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Leonard
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posted March 11, 2007 09:10 AM
Actually, an opinion based on practicality, over the years is that I try to limit my shots to around 500 yards, maximum. I think that it gets very hard to connect past half that distance, especially with alert animals...not bedded down.
Besides the difficulty of an accurate hit, recovery is much more difficult at extreme ranges and the number of animals lost/not found is doubled or tripled. That is based without snow on the ground, which is the case in most places I hunt.
Thirdly, it wastes a lot of time to be banging away at long range. Okay for grins, but I really don't like to do it. It's a general personal policy that has evolved from experience.
Good hunting. LB
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Melvin
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posted March 11, 2007 12:01 PM
My area is somewhat like where,Krusty K lives,its thick and most places i call,the shots are close.I can't recall one shot over 60 yards on a coyote.Closest shot was about 25'or less.I guess "shot placement" would depend on which gun i carried,shotgun/rifle.With the shotgun,i want a side lung/heart shot,and with the rifle,frontal or side,it makes little difference at close range.For the last few years,i prefer to sit back and take it all in,and let the other guy do the shooting.
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slydog
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posted March 11, 2007 12:08 PM
I totaly agree, 99.9% of my shots are under 400 yards. Of that 90% are under 300. I'm not an advacut of ultra long shooting of coyotes. I agree that for the most part shot should be kept in a reasonable effective range.
The shots I mentioned were made because them few coyotes were call wise and roage ranch coyotes that I'm contracted to remove. Sometimes I have to reach out there to do my job.
I wasn't braging, just stating fact. If you think about it, In my lifetime I have killed someware around 3000 coyotes and only 3 very lucky shots made at over 700 yards. Its a small percentage of the total and the rare ocation not the norm.
I also shoot hundreds if not thousands of shots at rodent sized critters at point blank to 1000 yards annualy that helps make those long shots possable. I still would rather shoot them where I can see the look on their face.
sly
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Melvin
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posted March 11, 2007 01:20 PM
Sly,lord willing and i live long enough,i would love to fly out and hunt with you some day. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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DAA
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posted March 11, 2007 01:39 PM
By far I prefer the frontal facing shot. Often, when things are working right, I'll squeak at a broadside coyote to get him facing me before I shoot. And on longer range shots, I prefer the facing shot over broadside even more.
My average distance... With camera on stand, about 100 yards. Without camera, about 60 yards. I don't let them get any closer than that if I can help it.
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Tim Behle
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posted March 11, 2007 01:44 PM
I don't advocate most guys shooting beyond 300 yards at a coyote unless it is a shot they have practiced many times on paper, and even then, never with a factory rifle.
A few years ago, I had a custom rifle built specifically for Long range coyote hunting. I shot the barrel out last Spring and had it rechambered and recrowned. I now take it to 1,000 yard BR Matches.
Long range hunting can be a lot of fun, but it tales a hell of a lot of practice to develop the skill level needed to actually go hunting.
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posted March 11, 2007 02:09 PM
Standing still
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UTcaller
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posted March 11, 2007 03:45 PM
I agree with Tim.
I try to limit my long range shooting to 300 yards or maybe alittle more on called coyotes.To many variables to be consistant much past that especially on coyotes.
As far as call-wise coyotes go,a change in a few calling tactics will alot of times bring those call shy coyotes in alittle closer so you don't have to take those lower percentenge shots out past 350 yards.Not all the time but alot of the time.
Good Hunting Chad
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TRnCO
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posted March 11, 2007 05:16 PM
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As far as call-wise coyotes go,a change in a few calling tactics will alot of times bring those call shy coyotes in alittle closer so you don't have to take those lower percentenge shots out past 350 yards.Not all the time but alot of the time.
Hey Sly, ya might learn soemthing here yet! ![[Wink]](wink.gif) ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif) ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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tlbradford
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posted March 11, 2007 08:59 PM
I like them facing me as well. It tends to kep the fur intact more often than not. My average shot would be about 60 yards calling. About 300 hundred on my drive-by's. Closest kill was 4 yards, longest was just under 500.
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RagnCajn
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posted March 11, 2007 09:07 PM
My favorite shot is Old Charter over Ice. Tequila makes my head hurt
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