Damn Coyotes !!!

[jaybet]

Want to hear something funny. I'm on the very tiny tip of NJ where a canal separates our little area from the rest of the USA and....we've got coyotes! They must have come over the bridge with the Canadiens or something.
THey hide in the parks and stuff and every once-in-a-while they'll snatch some livestock or a friggin' poodle. The poodles usually make the front page of the paper.

[gunman1911]

We pack up against them and hunt them by day with dogs, sit in the top of the barn and hunt them with high power lights . Scope mounted lights do work.

[Big Frank]

I've only shot two coyotes and it was one day when we chased them down on snowmobiles (illegal harrasment of widlife) and I used my 10/22 to finish them off. Both were wounded with a .243 Winchester but didn't seem to be bothered much by it. It must have been really poor shot placement. We all chased them until they couldn't run any more and one was lying a foot away from me baring it's teeth when I popped him. A fighter to the end. I tossed one over the handlebars and dropped him off with my dad who had engine trouble, then I went and finished off the other one too. I'm ordering a Harris Ultralight bipod for one of my AR-15s and already have a Beta C-Mag. I could shoot coyotes with that and wouldn't have to stop to reload all day. But I need target practice first. Then I'll be glad to lend you guys a hand after I know I can hit where I'm aiming.

[CybScryb]

I'd license a suppressor and outfit a nice .223 or Ruger .204 setup with a night vision scope.  It'll only take a couple of nights for the coyotes to figure out that this herd of sheep has a special angel watching over them and they'll move on to easier prey.

You'll have the rig for as long as your herdin' sheep so the cost per sheep saved will make it all worth while.  And you can only do one other thing that's more fun and you won't be watching the sheep, that's fore sure.

[m25operator]

My normal thing is to drive around a little bit after midnite, and spot light a rabbit or 2, find a good hide, then go out 50 or more yards and split the rabbits and sling the blood around, try to get it 3 or 4 feet up a tree or bush, to put out the scent and then lay the rabbits out in plain sight. Go back to the hide and run the dying rabbit call for a couple of minutes. Go silent for 2 or 3 minutes, and spot them with the red lens covered spotlight. Depending on the terrain, after the first call or 2, you can wait for 5 minute intervals before shining again. I don't have a howler call, but sure want to try one.

Rule #1, never call from a tree, predator calls will work for more than coyotes, An owl coming at you in a tree can kill you!! I have called in owls, bobcats, coyotes, possums, raccoons, and funny enough, rabbits with a dying rabbit call. In the daytime I've had hawks come to a squirrel call, and man were they pissed. No I don't shoot hawks or owls.

Good luck with your sheep protecting.

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[ericire12]

I know this is a gun forum, but you should get a herding dog to put out there with them

[Pathfinder]

I know this is a gun forum, but you should get a herding dog to put out there with them

Trust me, if there are more than 1 coyote, the dog will be killed. They actually will call watch dogs out and then attack in a pack.

I'd go with the .223, or higher rather than a dog.

[ericire12]

I've heard also that lamas work well at keeping predators away - don't know if that is true.

[Hazcat]

I've heard also that lamas work well at keeping predators away - don't know if that is true.

I think that depends on the caliber and how good a shot you are.

[Pathfinder]

I've heard also that lamas work well at keeping predators away - don't know if that is true.

Llamas are excellent guard animals, people locally here use them to guard sheep flocks. They are bigger than dogs and very protective of their charges, including children.