copper plated steel shot
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Trust CG any shot will kill coyotes if you stay wi5hin it's limitations. Steel is at the bottom of ballistics as far as penetration. Copper plating on steel shot only prevents clumping do to rusting and might add some lubrication/fluidity of shot passing through the choke.
Lead #2 shot through #4 buck works well depending on penetration and pattern density.
Tungsten based shot is superior to lead, I haven't used 3nough of this to advise on sizes pluss there are different densities of tungsten based shot.
Good luck and good shooting
My go-to is NP PB BBs but I shoot it out of combo guns so I have a rifle barrel handy for longer stuff.
Lead #2 shot through #4 buck works well depending on penetration and pattern density.
Tungsten based shot is superior to lead, I haven't used 3nough of this to advise on sizes pluss there are different densities of tungsten based shot.
Good luck and good shooting
My go-to is NP PB BBs but I shoot it out of combo guns so I have a rifle barrel handy for longer stuff.
Kevin23
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Originally Posted By: scheidegood coyote load? BB size shot. thank you
Noooo, well... yeah to about 15-20 yards I suppose. Would be about like shooting lead 4 shot pheasant/turkey load.. ive rolled them with that a few times. Would not dream of taking it out on a yote shoot though.
The copper (or zinc) coating on steel does practically nothing, steel is already hard enough to not deform on impact.
If you have to use non-tox, look for hevi-shot 2 through 4Buck. If you can shoot lead, even a load of lead 00B would work fine if that is all you can find... I know 4B is hard to find these days. Just pattern it and make sure its TIGHT, you only have 9 chances to get a couple on vitals.
Noooo, well... yeah to about 15-20 yards I suppose. Would be about like shooting lead 4 shot pheasant/turkey load.. ive rolled them with that a few times. Would not dream of taking it out on a yote shoot though.
The copper (or zinc) coating on steel does practically nothing, steel is already hard enough to not deform on impact.
If you have to use non-tox, look for hevi-shot 2 through 4Buck. If you can shoot lead, even a load of lead 00B would work fine if that is all you can find... I know 4B is hard to find these days. Just pattern it and make sure its TIGHT, you only have 9 chances to get a couple on vitals.
Ive researched this a ton since I bought a 930 to predator hunt with this year...general consensus is 12ga 3"
Lead #4 Buck seems to be the preffered load for Coyote. Ive seen one shot with a 10ga Turkey load at abt 15yds. Watched the wad bounce off the side of the yotes head. Was NOT lethal. Yote spun in circles, snarling/growling. It was a [beeep] of a thing to watch. 2nd shot put it down, and still took a few min. to expire.
Lead #4 Buck seems to be the preffered load for Coyote. Ive seen one shot with a 10ga Turkey load at abt 15yds. Watched the wad bounce off the side of the yotes head. Was NOT lethal. Yote spun in circles, snarling/growling. It was a [beeep] of a thing to watch. 2nd shot put it down, and still took a few min. to expire.
GC
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I'm not an advocate of turkey loads for coyotes as a general purpose hunting load. That opinion is based on shooting a couple dozen coyotes with both lead and tungsten (Hevi13) 3" 12 gauge shells from tightly choked shotguns. Most of those turkey loads were #4,#5 or #6 size shot. With that said, it is hard to imagine a 10 gauge turkey load to the head at 15 yards not being very immediately terminal. That is counter to my experience.
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Kevin23
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Originally Posted By: GCI'm not an advocate of turkey loads for coyotes as a general purpose hunting load. That opinion is based on shooting a couple dozen coyotes with both lead and tungsten (Hevi13) 3" 12 gauge shells from tightly choked shotguns. Most of those turkey loads were #4,#5 or #6 size shot. With that said, it is hard to imagine a 10 gauge turkey load to the head at 15 yards not being very immediately terminal. That is counter to my experience.
I have witnessed this first hand. We had a yote come stalking in our turkey decoys probably a good 10 years ago. It would have been about a 15 yard shot since we normally put the decoys about 20 and he came on our side (downwind) of the decoy when it was shot. My pops shot it right in the side/back of the head with his 10 gauge sp10 shooting 2.25oz 4's black box supreme loads, you could see a big poof of fur come off the head. It rolled forwards and did a complete flip on the ground, jumped up and started doing the circle right next to the decoy while rubbing its head on the ground (by now I'm behind the tree because I have no idea which way this thing is coming and its sub 20 yards away and pissed off). He tried to shoot it again and missed, then it ran straight away from us and across the cow pasture at probably a half-sprint (well over a mile) with its head hanging slightly down, I'd guess probably blind in its left eye.
Did that yote die? Probably, cant imagine it didn't. But it suffered and was not a fun thing to watch.
Now it was a spring yote, and was a big midwest timber yote so it was about as thick as you can get.. but I still would not try it again. I've passed on shooting them a few times when squirrel/upland hunting just because I have that picture in my mind. Rifles and buck/lead BB only for me.
I have witnessed this first hand. We had a yote come stalking in our turkey decoys probably a good 10 years ago. It would have been about a 15 yard shot since we normally put the decoys about 20 and he came on our side (downwind) of the decoy when it was shot. My pops shot it right in the side/back of the head with his 10 gauge sp10 shooting 2.25oz 4's black box supreme loads, you could see a big poof of fur come off the head. It rolled forwards and did a complete flip on the ground, jumped up and started doing the circle right next to the decoy while rubbing its head on the ground (by now I'm behind the tree because I have no idea which way this thing is coming and its sub 20 yards away and pissed off). He tried to shoot it again and missed, then it ran straight away from us and across the cow pasture at probably a half-sprint (well over a mile) with its head hanging slightly down, I'd guess probably blind in its left eye.
Did that yote die? Probably, cant imagine it didn't. But it suffered and was not a fun thing to watch.
Now it was a spring yote, and was a big midwest timber yote so it was about as thick as you can get.. but I still would not try it again. I've passed on shooting them a few times when squirrel/upland hunting just because I have that picture in my mind. Rifles and buck/lead BB only for me.
SlickerThanSnot
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[beeep]-o, if i was guaranteed 15 yards or closer shots on coyotes, i would use nothing but turkey loads. i would even dare to say i could get by just fine using a 20 gauge.
i dont know what you guys saw or did, but something is all fked up. i do know that.
i dont know what you guys saw or did, but something is all fked up. i do know that.