Coyote Hunting
 

Has anyone tried hunting with Parkers while Coyote hunting? The new techonolgy in electronic calls can bring coyotes in real close. Watched a guy on cable lately shooting alot of them with a shotgun.

We gave it a try when I was out in Arizona this past year. We had one close enough but it came in on the other side unfortunately.

Destry

They are masters of the wind, my experience is they can come from out of nowhere. I am thinking about taking a parker next week to try this. sometimes they get very close. What type ammo do you think for a 12 ga fluid gun. Buckshot?

I'd go with smaller buckshot (like #4) in a 2 3/4 12 gauge.

I was using a magnum 10 gauge with BB.


Destry

We had one close enough but it came in on the other side unfortunately.


Desrty, it came in on the other side of what??

The other side of the blind, I would think...I have not hunted coyotes with a Parker (we are blessed in our corner of PA not to see many). Were I to do so, I would use my G grade 3 1/2" magnum 10 toplever 32" fluid steel choked F/F with 2 1/4 oz of coppered #2 lead Federals. While a coyote is a lot more animal than a red fox this load ruins the latter at 50 yards...foxes, we have...:)

The other side of a big mesquite thicket, Phil was making his stand on the opposite side. He had a quick shot at it with his Winchester but missed unfortunately.

Destry

Thanks Destry, just wanted to get the whole picture.

Don: I've used those copper plated #2's in 3" Federal Premium ammo on sandhill cranes when lead was legal. They were wicked deadly; the best lead ammo I think I've ever used. I still have a handful of them somewhere.

I was looking at some 12 ga slug shells in Cabella's . Have been thinking of trying some
12 ga slugs in my CHE rifled barrel Parker. We have coyotes howling in our pasture .

'Yotes and Foxes- smart critters indeed
 

I've been a serious varmint hunter for a long time. We have 'yotes in the suburban areas of West MI now- they'll snag your pet persian or chichuaha off the deck come evenings.

First- calling and decoying- Don't over call- your set up and camo and working around shifting wind conditions is critical. No wounded rabbit or cat or other "hor's d-euver" for the coyote or fox squeals at high volume or for any measurable period of time. A decoy can work, as in hunting turkeys, but coyotes and fox are mainly scent oriented creatures.

I usually hunt with a partner- my son-in-law is "hooked" on varmint hunting now- woodchucks in the summer, fox and coyotes in winter and spring- although we shot 12 fox on private land (where it is legal with landowner OK) this past summer, evenings while shooting woodchucks as well- Right place, right time, right arsenal--

Winter we use one scoped varmint rifle (22-250 or .243 Win) and we like Hornady moly-tipped loads, and one 12 gauge shotgun- mod or full and the copper plated Turkey loads (not legal for waterfowling) are great. OO buck will ream a fox or coyote a new one, but if you want to sell the pelts, No. 4 buck or the coppered turkey loads are the "ticket"

Using a Parker 12 or 10 would be a great treat- sort of like a "blast from the past" vis a vis Wm. Harden Foster's saga of the family "little gun" the fabled 16 hammer Parker-

I shot another coyote from a tree stand opening day of our deer season, the private farm (260 acres Mecosta Co.) is adjacent to a sheep ranch- coyotes like lamb chops, but a 180 grain Core-Lokt from a older M70 Win makes "good ones out of bad ones" very quickly--:duck: