Average distance?

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Spurchaser

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Ok, some of these other threads have me wondering what’s your average distance when night hunting coyotes?
I realize the answers will vary based on where you hunt, but just curious.
For me the “average” shot will be 100yds or less. Mostly less just because I can’t see clearly much past that where I hunt. I can catch glimpses of them much farther, but to take a shot at that distance is really just shooting to shoot. If they aren’t “clear” in the thermal, then no sense in shooting.
 
From my “hide” location to my bait pile across a small lake is 150 yards, +/- a few. It’s a small building with a wood stove with an unobstructed view to the tree where I hang my bait. It’s a much shorter walk to retrieve any I kill once the lake is frozen, otherwise it’s a half mile walk. Other areas I have access to hunt are heavily wooded and until I learn how to become remotely proficient at calling them, I’ll continue to snipe them. Pursuing them by hiking around outside in the winter elements as opposed to sitting in a warm comfortable hide waiting for them to show up doesn’t provide me with much of an incentive to learn though.:p:)
 
I have some fields where I could really stretch it out but I'm not super comfortable in most situations shooting over 200. I can and have killed out to the 300 mark but everything needs to be just so. Once they are at 150 or less, that's my preference. From 150 in, if they stop at a good angle I'm probably on the trigger.

Edited to post average shot distance...
I would say the average shot distance would be between 75-100 yards.
 
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Average is all over the place. The 2 l hit in the last 2 weeks were at 348y (did not recover-it went down in a heap then after about 10 sec started moving, got up, and hobbled over a knuckle out a sight, l looked the next mourning to no avail) and 19y. I want them inside 100 but if they give me a shot at 200 and l am steady it is getting sent.
 
Shooting the .223 and .243:
I prefer around 100-150, and would say that depending on most situations the average is around 125- 150.
There have been many, many situations where I'd have to kill them much further , such as after calling in multiples and remaining coyotes circle way out there on way back in to check up on dead mate.
 
I would say my average shot is 125 yards for rifle stands especially at night.

But we have alot of 180-200 yard stuff as well.

If they are inside of 250 yards standing still broadside we usually have good luck getting them killed with my 22-204 or 22 Dasher!
 
Limited to 100 at one pasture by placement of the stand (door on the 350yd side). 400 yd pasture is new pine and grass but never seen anything but deer at the far edge. 3rd location is across a small lake. IR does good at ID but no chance for a second shot. If they don't go down they're in the scrub.
Few years back, Gboy was scouting and found a good tree for a stand. Then I asked how far across the lake to the feeder. Tree was 100 from the shore and another 250 to the feeder area. Nope, not a good spot! Unless he got a DRT with his new 270 BLR, he'd loose it in the pine farm.
 
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We run a pile of open pasture and huge tracts of crop ground and a lot of our close stuff is 175-200. We have a high percentage taken at 300-350 and on a fairly regular basis, take them at 400+.

Our group runs heavy 22-250’s , 22 Creedmoor’s , 243’s , 25-45 Sharps , 25-06’s , 6.5 Creedmoor’s , 6.5 PRC’s , and 7mm-08’s. All are more than required to do the job and do it with some authority!
 
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