When I made the post I was much more worried about it. But, now after reviewing the footage, talking with the other members, the coyote is toast!
I was unsure earlier.
I was unsure earlier.
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Coyote Hit Hard! Need advice! HELP!!! VIDEO
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He’s toast. Seen a coyote run 100d yards with it’s innards dragging the whole way after a rear end shot with a 30-06. Any wild animal, well maybe not rabbits as wind will blow them dead, are tough. Track him looking for disturbance on the ground and think where would you run if hurt. Good cover is always a good choice. Nice shot.
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Will do. I'm curious too.
Thx for the advice! I'll look for some thicker cover in that area. I'll be out there around 3pm.
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Pretty sure it is unlikely to survive, however with solid projectile zipping right through it will run for a long time or maybe even make it back to its den given the wound closed up and you can’t find a single drop of blood. If you didn’t get both lungs it might even survive the shot, recovery is highly unlikely IMHO.
As far as your setup goes my suggestion is shoot with an IR scope which gives you much better definition and use thermal for spotting/target acquisition. Also I would only hunt with HP slugs unless you can make headshot with 100% confidence which isn’t possible with budget(under $5k) thermal scopes.
As far as your setup goes my suggestion is shoot with an IR scope which gives you much better definition and use thermal for spotting/target acquisition. Also I would only hunt with HP slugs unless you can make headshot with 100% confidence which isn’t possible with budget(under $5k) thermal scopes.
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We will see! I've track deer with no blood trail. I've open email up to find every drop of blood in there body cavity. That glimpse of him running to the left is very reassuring.
Yea, I think your right, higher resolution night may have would have worked better. But I do love thermal. I may move to a .357 and keep the thermal.
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Check out the Leupold LTO Trackers. If you do other hunting, such as deer or bear, this little thermal unit is pretty sweet. It has all kinds of practical uses. They get you into a bedding area early in the mornings without being detected. They are good for scouting fields from the blind or side of the road in a car, like spotlighting only different. You can see antlers in the summer and just before fall because they are full of flowing blood. When leaving the stand at night you can scan for critters or predator's that you might otherwise spook or have stalking you. If used fairly quickly after the shot, you can see the hot blood trail. Otherwise, they let you see downed game for hours before they cool off.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Leupold+LTO+Tracker
https://www.google.com/search?q=Leupold+LTO+Tracker
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Oh yea! I was think that same thing! I used to have one of those. I'm probably going to buy another now. Great idea!
I've watched the video several more times. The area the coyote was biting after the shot indicated a high lung shot. Then when the coyote ran away the opposite leg seemed to be stumbling. Possibly damaged from the slug, in that case a double lungs shot. Bullet may be logged in opposite leg.
But I am convinced to died just to the left as it stumbled off screen at 1:38.
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No guarantees in hunting, that's a fact!! Only you can be the judge of what looked good or not. Coyotes are varmints, still I think we need to do the best job we can when we place a shot. Chances are he ran a few hundred yards and collapsed. This was one taken that ran few hundred yards before expiring...found a few days later while hiking. We learn, next time I think I'll try getting closer. 
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Yeah, I setup my Huben K1 for that exact reason. If it doesn't drop on the first shot, then I have 18 more to get the job done
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Many times a follow up shot is just not possible unless you bring them into a wide open space. Most of the time you have hills, trees, bushes in the way. I like running low mag scopes to give a nice wide field of view just for that reason.
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@crosman999 They definitely run for cover if they’re able to run. That’s just about any animal I’ve shot or shot at with few exceptions. I don’t have a lot of experience with coyotes but the ones I’ve seen in person and in videos tend to stick close to the tree line. Is this typical or do you often see them come out into wide open spaces? I’ve never used a calling device so I don’t really know how this impacts their natural behavior.
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They’re tough animals for sure, I’ve had a few that I never recovered and it still weighs on me. Then I remember what one did to my grandfather’s Jack Russel and I don’t feel so bad. It’s never my intention to make anything suffer and it’s always your first responsibility to keep your pets inside and safe but... if it were a choice of them or the well being of something I cared about I’d heel stomp a litter of pups while they fed from their mother.
Nice shooting!
Nice shooting!
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Found nothing! The area back where I thought he might have turned is very thick. There are piles of cutdown trees with thistle bushes all in them. The it turns to thick river bottom. He could of crawled into any little hole and died. It is great cover. Since I still found no blood, makes it impossible to know where to look.
I got to regroup with may gear. I love using thermal, built I may need to upgrade, or buy a huge powerful bigbore,...or a semi or full auto. I thought a .25 shooting solid slug would pencil right through a coyote....wrong!
I miss my Huben .25 and my Pittbull .357 at 200fpe now.
I had several guns that would have worked better.
Also, let's talk about shot placement. I aimed higher than my 70y crosshair because it was colder out, and I was not 100% sure on the range. I figured if I was 10 yards off, it would still drop into the heart, if 10 too close a spine or head shot. Turns out the range was right on so, it landed right where i aimed, which was not optimal.
Plus, i noticed that with my scope cam and phone on my shots tend to go right. So I always aimed little left, I think I aimed leftoo much. So, I over analyzed/ and over thought everything.
So going forward, 1)I'm either going to switch to bigbore for thermal coyote, or semi auto, or 2) put an a HD thermal for with better resolution head shots.
Thanks for the advice guys! All of you where right will get +1 from me. Great forum we got here!
Read this and learn from my mistakes!
At least there is one less coyote that will eat fawn this spring!
I got to regroup with may gear. I love using thermal, built I may need to upgrade, or buy a huge powerful bigbore,...or a semi or full auto. I thought a .25 shooting solid slug would pencil right through a coyote....wrong!
I miss my Huben .25 and my Pittbull .357 at 200fpe now.
I had several guns that would have worked better. Also, let's talk about shot placement. I aimed higher than my 70y crosshair because it was colder out, and I was not 100% sure on the range. I figured if I was 10 yards off, it would still drop into the heart, if 10 too close a spine or head shot. Turns out the range was right on so, it landed right where i aimed, which was not optimal.
Plus, i noticed that with my scope cam and phone on my shots tend to go right. So I always aimed little left, I think I aimed leftoo much. So, I over analyzed/ and over thought everything.
So going forward, 1)I'm either going to switch to bigbore for thermal coyote, or semi auto, or 2) put an a HD thermal for with better resolution head shots.
Thanks for the advice guys! All of you where right will get +1 from me. Great forum we got here!
Read this and learn from my mistakes!
At least there is one less coyote that will eat fawn this spring!
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@davidsng That sucks. Thanks for the update. Thickets are a PITA especially briar thickets. As for placement it’s tough to tell with you because I recall you shooting that Fox in the head and the reticle wasn’t aligned with its head at all. As an outsider watching the video it’s tough to determine where the shot’s going solely using reticle alignment. I can’t gauge wind, temp, or distance just watching so calling the placement is really tough for me. You also know your rifle (at least I assume so). I have no idea what the rifle’s capabilities are especially if you’ve done your own mods and tuning. I just appreciate the fact that you aren’t too proud to share less than perfect shots and discuss them with us.
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Looks like YT is age censoring hunting videos now. You have to go to YT and sign in to see your video.
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Your computer must auto sign you in. I clicked it and the exact same screen as seen in the embedded version pops up because I don't have a YT account. And you can't watch it without one now, which was not the case only a few weeks back.
I wonder if they are doing this to all hunting videos henceforth. It's not like kids don't hunt as well.
I wonder if they are doing this to all hunting videos henceforth. It's not like kids don't hunt as well.
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