Coyote Advice Sought

[chickortreat]

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What kind of .22 mag do you have? Mine's a Marlin 882V I think, heavy-barreled, supposed to be more accurate than a standard barrel, but I don't know that it is.

Stevens 305 w/Tasco scope and 100 yd Primos varmint light. Most of my shooting will be within 100 yds, closer to 50 anyway. Sighted it in in target at 50 and was 5/5 in the black--that should stop anything bothering the birds.

Edit: Mine's a Marlin 882SSV (SS denoting stainless steel). If I'm not mistaken, yours will be a twin to Savage's .22 magnum, which has either built-on scope bases, or screw-on scope bases. They are much better than Marlin's excuse for a groove for mounting a rimfire scope. I have rimfire rings with a 1" scope, but the groove is terribly engineered. The bolt's cutout takes away so much of the groove that you have very little fore or aft adjustment for the scope rings. A grudge I hold firmly! I have a friend who has a Savage 93FVSS. It looks like a twin to my Marlin pretty much other than the scope bases. I want another .22 magnum, except with standard barrel, because I have a barrel clip for my wheat light, but it won't fit the heavy barrel. I have a NightBlaster varmint light that clamps onto the scope tube itself. Really helps when trying to shoot varmints at night. I have killed several critters whilst holding a spotlight in my left hand, but it ain't easy!

I have mine sighted in at 100 yards. I have hit a fox at about 125 yards. That is probably my longest shot with the .22 mag, other than shooting at my 250 target (just playing around). In my opinion, the .22 magnum is the most useful caliber there is on a homestead. I have several boxes of .22 mag ratshot for use in my revolvers for snake patrol.

 

[ParadiseFoundFarm]

Son of a GUN!
4 new coyotes trowling the property.
Sister was on her way with gun and arrived 15 minutes too late!
Sheesh!

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

I just got in from taking the dog pee. Heard 2 different packs of coyotes. One pack sounds like they were right down the road, the other back in the woods. Scary...Just waiting to turn around one night and see them in the yard.

 

[jason_mazzy]

if you can get m 80's and bottle rockets they will throw the fear of God into coyotes for a short while. perhaps long enough for you to purchase a small caliber shotgun.

 

[woodmort]

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They may be part of the same pack. A couple of coyotes can make a lot of noise and sound like a lot of animals. Generally packs have well defined territories and don't overlap. What you hear may be 2 or 3 animals keeping in touch with one another as they hunt.

 

[centrarchid]

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They may be part of the same pack. A couple of coyotes can make a lot of noise and sound like a lot of animals. Generally packs have well defined territories and don't overlap. What you hear may be 2 or 3 animals keeping in touch with one another as they hunt.

Sundown could be living on border of two territories.

 

[mchl]

get a rifle not shotgun, with a rifle you can keep your distance

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

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They may be part of the same pack. A couple of coyotes can make a lot of noise and sound like a lot of animals. Generally packs have well defined territories and don't overlap. What you hear may be 2 or 3 animals keeping in touch with one another as they hunt.

I don't think so. I heard the ones that sounded right down the road and the neighbors dog was going nuts. Then I heard another pack that was far far away back in the woods.

 

[ParadiseFoundFarm]

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That was from page 8
Oh how naive I can be some times! Sheesh! Let me tell you what happened to me Saturday:
Scene: No One can hear our alarms let alone hear you scream on my farm. It is 7:30 AM a bright, sunny, relatively warm (20 degree) day. Husband away, me, dog, 11 hens outside in the snow just milling about. A bird in the trees starts alarming like it was afraid of something in the woods 50 feet away. The bird moves along with the offending whatever it was. I move to investigate and see nothing. The bird quiets. I get a nervous feeling. I walk away from the house and am confronted with 2 coyotes in the 10’ corridor between the house and the shop. They are 5’ from me and I am between them and the chickens. I froze. I look for something to throw but there is nothing on top of the snow and I am empty handed. I raise my arms, shout & stamp. They stood their ground and the front one barred it’s teeth. I continued and it started to snarl. The dog came up from behind me and froze. He made no threat but wagged his tail and wanted to play with them (DUH!) They finally turned and walked away slowly, unafraid, looking back often. The dog moved ahead and stopped in the corridor so I turned to grab up the chickens. I told the dog to stay. As I’m gathering the last of the chickens and have 3 more to throw into the safety of the garage, the dog starts to follow. He disobeys me completely and starts chasing after them to play. I turned to the chickens and got the rest in then I went calling for the dog. No dog. I’m scared and shaking. I call my sister the cop and tell her what happened. The dog returns in 1&1/2 hours unscathed. Gotta get rid of all of them I guess.

 

[Talihofarms]

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