Most shots in one day at coyotes? Most shots on a single stand? Most shots on a single coyote?

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BrianID

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I’m not proud of my shooting but set two new records yesterday. Most shots I’ve done on coyotes in a single day and most shots on a single stand.

I shot 16 times with my 223 and 2 times with my shotgun. I can’t think of many days I shot 10 shots at coyotes in a single day. 18 time for 4 coyotes is just embarrassing.

On the second stand I shot at one coyote 7 times and 8 minutes later another coyote showed up that didn’t mind all the shooting. I proceeded to shoot at it 4 times. 11 shots is the most I’ve ever done on a single stand.

The most shots I’ve done on a single coyote was 10 and I didn’t even hit it. The poor shooting was witnessed by a long time friend. An hour earlier I was bragging about how good of a shot I was with my AR10. Even 7 years later he would give me a hard time if I pulled that gun out to kill a coyote.
 
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It was around 15 to 17 shots that it took me to kill 4 coyotes with my shotgun on one stand in thick fog. I actually had to go back to my truck to get more ammo to kill the 4th coyote. My main 2 excuses were it was foggy and I was shooting Remington HD T shot predator loads with only 50 pellets per shell with a tight choke. LOL

Shotgun loads with 70 to over 100 pellets per shell through a Mod choke kill and breakdown coyotes much more efficiently than loads with 50 pellets and less.
 
Some of the old timers on this board might remember this: Many, many years ago, we had a guy that was making hand calls here in Colorado.

One day, he posted about him and his buddy(s) taking 60+ shots at one coyote before they finally connected.

For me personally, it's probably 6-8 shots being the most I have fired at coyotes in one day.
 
Several years ago, I shot at a coyote from about 300 yards with an AR-223. He would stand up, spin, then lay down—only to get back up again—as I kept shooting. I probably fired 15 or 20 rounds before it was over.

Since I started night hunting, there are plenty of mornings when I empty my coat pockets and find them full of spent brass. I’ve never really thought to count it, though
 
BrianID said:
I’m not proud of my shooting but set two new records yesterday. Most shots I’ve done on coyotes in a single day and most shots on a single stand.

I shot 16 times with my 223 and 2 times with my shotgun. I can’t think of many days I shot 10 shots at coyotes in a single day. 18 time for 4 coyotes is just embarrassing.

On the second stand I shot at one coyote 7 times and 8 minutes later another coyote showed up that didn’t mind all the shooting. I proceeded to shoot at it 4 times. 11 shots is the most I’ve ever done on a single stand.

The most shots I’ve done on a single coyote was 10 and I didn’t even hit it. The poor shooting was witnessed by a long time friend. An hour earlier I was bragging about how good of a shot I was with my AR10. Even 7 years later he would give me a hard time if I pulled that gun out to kill a coyote.
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Usually I take one shot to drop and possibly another to finish it off. Buddy hit one, burned its armpit, took me two shots to finish it as it was jumping up and down. Not sure why he didn’t shoot it himself. I never have hit a running coyote. Did harvest my elk on the run at 200 yards.
 
When I first started night hunting I was shooting a Stevens 22-250 with bullets that liked to splash. I emptied the gun on one and had him stopped, luckily I had one more round in my pocket. That was the night I decided to give an AR a try. I only use 10 round mags and won't talk about that.
 
I was tracking a wounded coyote for a friend, it tried to double back and slip by me in the snow. Sellier and Bellot 2 3/4 12 ga 4B in my 1100 full choke. First shot 19 yards(knocked it down) 2 shot hit knocked down slightly closer, 3 shot about 25 yards moving, 3rd knock down, 4th shot it is walking slowly, locked up stiff legged when hit. I pulled 22 pistol shot once in middle of body, it took 2 steps and I shot the last(5th) rd of the 4B. It went down, I walked up and put a 22 in the ear. The early wound(2 days) was a 22-250 round thru the body right in front of the hips. I dulled a knife hitting buck shot just under the skin, holes everywhere on one side. Never will buy that factory shotshell again. Sometimes shooting 100% still is a lot of shots.
 
Have a coyote story I forgot about. I was alerted by my barking dog, I looked in my south field and saw my enemy standing, I grabbed the 243, took rest off my front porch post and at that time my dog ran barking, just as I was pulling the trigger the coyote bolted, I dropped it and my dog attacked. The fight was on I ran out trying to call my dog off and the yote got up and bolted. This was early February and we had a melting snow. I kenneled my dog and took off tracking, the blood in the snow and a distinct rear leg drag mark made for easy tracking.

I grabbed my 22mag revolver and toted the 243 for a short track and possible finish. After tracking this thing off my property, the game was on. It went north across one neighbor, on to another neighbor, Followed the creek over the hill and through the woods back on to my place, every now and then I'd catch up to him gimping off and the 243 would belch. The yote then left my place again and the 243 was empty. It was now on my east neighbors property going up the creek bottoms and I was in hot pursuit with the 22mag, I was getting closer to the gimp and my cylinder was getting lighter. The yote got in a deep feeder ditch to the creek and I thought this was it. He pulled himself out with his front legs and I pulled off a miraculous shot with the mag and dropped him, or so I thought. He dragged himself across the county road, I sprinted up to him and put my last out of the cylinder through his lungs. Victory!! so I thought

I drug my worn a$$ across the bottoms up my bluff road to get the truck. I drove to the "kill sight" to get my trophy and he was gone. I thought to myself, someone drove down the road and saw this mangled yote and took it. I looked in the snow and saw only my foot prints. That dang thang was looking at me up the holler. I had a 17mach 2 in the truck, I ran back and was able to ear hole him and put him down for good. I mapped my route and it tad over 2.5 miles. The first shot with the 243 cut his back across his back hips making him drag his rear legs.

Total 5 rds 243-1 confirmed hit, 9rds of 22 mag-2 confirmed hits, 1 rd of mach2. 15 shots with 3 different guns, 4 hits.
 
Infidel 762 said:
Several years ago, I shot at a coyote from about 300 yards with an AR-223. He would stand up, spin, then lay down—only to get back up again—as I kept shooting. I probably fired 15 or 20 rounds before it was over.

Since I started night hunting, there are plenty of mornings when I empty my coat pockets and find them full of spent brass. I’ve never really thought to count it, though
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and from you vids, I thought :ROFLMAO: maybe you didn't miss
 
Now I know why you called to go hunting. Wait, I missed the last two I shot at while hunting with you.

I did shoot at a coyote three times before I killed it with a break open single shot rifle.

I had two misfires and cleared a stovepipe and dug another round out of a butt bag, loaded and killed the coyote all while he was standing 28 paces away

All on the same stand, a pair came in, killed one withe shotgun barrel and missed the second with the rifle barrel as it was hauling a$$ away in the brush, third coyote came in and I rolled it withe the shotgun barrel, it got up and ran straight to me and I killed it at one long pace with the rifle barrel. I left the gun sitting on my stool and went to gather the caller and coyote four came in. Sometimes gunfire doesn't bother them in the slightest.

I rarely load more than three rounds in my bolt actions and only two or three in the combo guns. I'm too old to drag more than two back to the truck at one time.
 
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