N80
Super Member
Like someone else mentioned, I think a deer would wear down after an hour and presumably the coyotes don't, giving them the ability to catch and kill and exhausted deer.
I'm going to go off topic a little here. I'm probably going to commit a little more time and effort to shooting coyotes. And I know there are perfect rifles and rounds just for hunting coyotes.....but I'm not going to spend money on one of those. I've got a bunch of deer rifles and certainly one of those would do as my dedicated coyote gun for after deer season. Since I have never done any serious long range shooting and my most powerful scope is a 6x I'd say my longest shots would be limited to 200 yards. I'll mention the most likely candidates I own and see what you guys think.
Remington 700 in .270 with 6x Leupold (has been extremely accurate over the years)
S&W (actually a Husqvarna) .308 with a 6x Leupold (the one I used to kill the most recent coyote and seems to be very accurate)
Remington Model 7 (very small rifle) in 7mm-08 with a 4x Zeiss (accuracy unknown as I've never shot it)
I'm leaning toward the .308 but open to the .270. The 7mm-08 has an underpowered scope and is an unknown entity at this time.
So if I go .308 or .270 is there a better bullet than just the typical deer rounds (cheaper, flatter shooting, etc) or should I just stick with my current deer rounds?
I'm going to go off topic a little here. I'm probably going to commit a little more time and effort to shooting coyotes. And I know there are perfect rifles and rounds just for hunting coyotes.....but I'm not going to spend money on one of those. I've got a bunch of deer rifles and certainly one of those would do as my dedicated coyote gun for after deer season. Since I have never done any serious long range shooting and my most powerful scope is a 6x I'd say my longest shots would be limited to 200 yards. I'll mention the most likely candidates I own and see what you guys think.
Remington 700 in .270 with 6x Leupold (has been extremely accurate over the years)
S&W (actually a Husqvarna) .308 with a 6x Leupold (the one I used to kill the most recent coyote and seems to be very accurate)
Remington Model 7 (very small rifle) in 7mm-08 with a 4x Zeiss (accuracy unknown as I've never shot it)
I'm leaning toward the .308 but open to the .270. The 7mm-08 has an underpowered scope and is an unknown entity at this time.
So if I go .308 or .270 is there a better bullet than just the typical deer rounds (cheaper, flatter shooting, etc) or should I just stick with my current deer rounds?