What is a good coyote hunting gun?

Answer 1

.243 or 25-06 are my choices. maybe not everyone's favorites but they get the job done very well for me. coyotes in the area i am from are very wary so longer shots are the norm and a little extra firepower is nice. the 25-06 is a very flat shooting high velocity cartridge with very little recoil and the .243 is no slouch either.

Answer 2

My choice of a Coyote hunting gun, is my Savage Model 12FLV in the .22-250 caliber. I've hunted with a Winchester Model 70 in the .22-250 caliber with a Leupold scope. My cousin hunts coyotes with a Ruger Hawkeye in the .204Ruger caliber with a Leupold scope. His nephew just bought a Remington Model 742 Woodmaster in the .308 caliber. A friend of ours as the Winchester .22-250 I mentioned above, he also has a Savage .204Ruger, and a Marlin .17HMR (for close range shots). Another friend has a Remington 700 in the .220 Swift caliber. His wife has a Savage .22-250. All these rifles are great for Coyote hunting.

The .270 and .30-06 calibers are fine for coyote hunting too.

Whatever rifle you decide to get for coyote hunting......Make sure you get a good quality scope for it. At least look into a Leupold, Nikon or Bushnell Elite. Don't spend $80 for a Center Point Scope like I did. I'm regretting it big time. You truly get what you pay for in scopes.

Answer 3

Since no one else has addressed this, I will.
Are you hunting coyote as a control measure, or are you hunting them for the pelts?
If hunting them for control then about any of the weapons already mentioned will be good for that. The Launcher would be a bit much unless you an catch them in pack.
If you are after the pelts you will need to consider the rounds used more carefully. I have had good luck with the .243 Winchester round with a 60 to 85 grain hollow point. on a clean chest shot the projectile will enter and destroy the interior of the animal but does not exit. Soft nose hunting rounds tend to exit with a large exit wound, usually destroying the value of the pelt.
Too fast and too light a hollow point projectile and you will risk only wounding the animal and possibly losing it, or causing a large crater wound risking damage to the entry area on the pelt.
Good luck.

Answer 4

There are many of them out there.

You can go the bolt action route and get a Savage or Remington 700 route in just about any of the varmint cartridges. 22-250 would be my choice for a pure coyote only gun.

You could go the semi-auto route and get yourself an AR-15 in 223 or any of a number of cartridges. I would not go with a mini-14 you would never hit a coyote with one of those.

I think the bigggest choice is going to be glass to top your rifle with.

Answer 5

What is a good coyote hunting gun? A Ruger mini-14 in .223 caliber.

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Answer 6

Coyote is the one thing .223 Remmington is actually good for!
Any .223 with a decent barrel will do nicely, and not cost too much. Figure out the range you will probably engage him at, (say back porch to the chicken coup) and zero your sights/scope for that range. If you can hit the comma on a Coca-Cola can, you're ready!
Check out the 20" barrel on the bottom rifle, that's what I use.

Answer 7

My coyote gun is a DMPS AR-15, flat top upper, with a Bushnell 3 to 9 power scope on it. Decent enough set up those time when I had to jump out of the pickup to pop a round at the pest.

Answer 8

Out here in the desert southwest, I know several coyote regulars that swear by they combo guns.......all Savage 24s.

.222 Remington or .223 up top, 20 or 12 gauge down below.

Sometimes sitting and calling, one will just pop up out of the bush right in front of you, or even behind you, and you need the shotgun. Other times, they will stop and get your scent at 200 yards, and you need the rifle and scope up top.

Answer 9

For a dedicated big varmint rig, I'd say go with either a ,243 Win, or .25-'06 in a Winchester Model 70, or a Ruger Model 77.

The .25-'06 will reach out and touch 'em with great authority at longer ranges, but the .243 will have less recoil, be cheaper to load for, and won't shoot out the barrel as fast.

Doc

Answer 10

Take your pick, 22 Hornet, 218 Bee, 222, 22-250, 223, 243....