coyote killzone?

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ohihunter2014

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if shooting a dog 100-200 yards out in an open field what do you usually aim for? watching some videos they drop on the spot and appears to be head shots.
 
I never go for a head shot. If broadside, I go mid-shoulder. It's more forgiving than a head shot, and they drop and stay there. Facing me, center of the chest where the neck joins.

Behind the shoulder(heart/lung) is fatal, but they can run a hundred yards or more, and you may never find them, without snow for tracking.
 
Obviously you will get a veriaty of opinion. Sure a brain or spinal hit is a kill zone but when I think of the kill zone I am imagining an oval of about 5 or 6 inches high and maybe 9 or 10 inches long that has the heart and lungs in the center
 
I figured the heart and lungs like on a deer but coyote run a heck of a lot faster than a deer and just don't want it disappearing and have to track without snow. most the shows I watched they just drop and I'm thinking okay did that guy hit that thing with a 338 lapue or something. even though I don't like coyotes I still don't want them to suffer.
 
Watching videos and TV shows, great and yes, you can learn a lot from them, but understand, it's TV! They do show mainly the great kill shots, and sometimes the misses and not so good ones. But for kill shots, Broadside, I go for just behind the shoulder, slightly low...(heart and lung) facing shots, dead center chest and neck area. Nights, usually head shots, but being a good shot to begin with is a huge factor! Practice, practice, practice....Regards, Drop
 
i don't shoot as many as some, but i kill my share of coyotes. i cannot recall EVER losing a coyote that was shot in the chest. gut shots, yes. back legs, yes. front legs, yes. But, NEVER on a front on shot or a broadside chest shot.
It is rare, but it does happen where a coyote will make it 20 or 30 yards with a chest shot, maybe just clipping the bottom, or a little far forward.

In the 18 years i have been hunting coyotes, i have used FMJ's (first coyote), hornady soft points, winchester power points, remington soft points, 60gr sierra, and maybe some others. But, once I started using 55gr v-max, i have had almost no reason to look any further. A 55gr v-max in the rib cage either from the front or the side, results in a dead coyote that almost always drops in its tracks. front on shots are best for hide damage, guaranteed no exit.
 
A lot of folks shoot too far back, and wonder why they get runners and spinners. If you want them to bang-flop DRT, hit them where it counts.



This fox was slightly quartering towards me on Tuesday. See the white entry in the fur? Bang-flop.
 


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