Coyote You Tube Vids - Wish They'd Learn To Shoot

[GSPV]

I've been watching a ton of YouTube videos about coyote hunting trying to improve my game.

I've seen some good tips. OTOH, I've seen way, way too many coyotes wounded, flipping, crawling and the hunters acting nonchalant or even happy about it.

I guess I'm an old softy, but I want a clean, humane kill even on a predator and I don't want to see a yote crawling and flipping for two minutes while the authors mix in the theme from Bonanza. Just not too my taste.

Hope we can get some of those hunters here so they can learn how to shoot.

 

[Bodei]

Funny you mentioned that, I was watching the same exact video and feeling the same way as you. I realize that you wont get a clean kill every time and that sometimes they run off a bit even though a fatal wound was received. Some of these guys are taking scoped shots at running Yotes and that is just lame! If you're gonna put it on Youtube, at least do some editing so you dont look like an A$$.

 

[mshelton]

Yeah, I agree, the gut shot then the guy starts to commentate really aggregates me, stfu and go finish the animal off jackass.

 

[jonbearman]

These people are not true sportsmen.I take a deer when I only have a perfect shot.I have passed on trophys thinking that it will be a bad shot and have never gotten a tru trophy buck in my life and I am, 55 years old.I have hunted hard but never forgot what my dad taught me about being a responsible sportsman.

 

[mac86951]

I agree. There should be a marksman test before they let some people loose with guns. A 3x5 card at 200 yards would be easy for us, even with a .22LR and 20 rounds. Its the non-humane kills and that mentality that give the rest of the sport a bad rep.

Thankfully, someone invented the solution.

www.trackingpoint.com.

Now, if only Coyote pelts were made of gold to allow people to afford it.

-Mac

 

[aitrble]

Just one on Iowa Outdoors P##s Poor shooting! Nothing deserves to die like that!
Bunch of wanna Bees. Its for the almighty dollar.

Tim

 

[1holeaddict]

These people are not true sportsmen.I take a deer when I only have a perfect shot.I have passed on trophys thinking that it will be a bad shot and have never gotten a tru trophy buck in my life and I am, 55 years old.I have hunted hard but never forgot what my dad taught me about being a responsible sportsman.

This is great. My dad is 79 and only takes one shot kills and it was something i could not perceive growing up. I would walk the mountains and drive deer by him and no bang. When i would get to him and say "Dad what happened?" He would respond i couldn't get the shot i wanted. He had open heart 3 months before our deer season and still managed to take a doe at 240 yards with a 243win and a 6 year old 8 point that he caught laying under a blow down on the last afternoon. He placed a 100grain core lokt from a 25-06 right in the white bullseye on his neck at 120yards. We will never forget the lessons that we learned and more so the ones we should of learned from our dads.

 

[Bangs OH]

Too many wannabes in this sport. I was flipping through channels recently and paused just long enough to watch some broad shoot a bear in the butt with an arrow. But she was "pretty sure" it wasn't hit too far back because she could hear it dying in the bushes

 

[Bodei]

Don't EVEN get me started on archery hunters. We get more deer with arrows sticking out of them walking around town every August. Talk about giving hunters a bad rap!
Unfortunately, coyotes in many states don't even require a hunting license so every yahoo with an AR15 thinks he's Joe Predator. Electronic calls are another enabler.

 

[boltfluter]

Any animal you hunt deserves to be dispatched cleanly. The mentality "its just a coyote" just doesn't cut it with me. So many people that hunt have no respect for the animal and that is just sad. Gives the rest of us a bad name. And then to post this on YouTube is just plain stupid.

Regards,
Paul

www.boltfluting.com

 

[GSPV]

There is a lot of "I just hit that coyote just right with a 270 Winchester, but he's just got a strong will to live".

 

[people]

We are our own worst enemies in the firearms area. We do not like how someone else does it. Honestly there should be a shooting test. 200yds should be required or a half size target at 100yds.

 

[mac86951]

I grew up on a ranch. I wasn't taking shots at 300+ yards either, as it sounds like neither were you. First shot may not have been the most careful aimed, and first-hit usually wasn't either, but the second one was always quick to follow, or I'd go out and follow the trail.

I think a big point on this topic is not just the lousy marksmanship displayed on youtube, but also the poor 'hunting' choices.
The ranch rifle was a .44Mag lever action which within 100 yards was dead on, and within 200 yards would make anything think twice.

I read in John Plaster's book about the 3x5 certification card with 1" square on it. I think the FBI used it to show that their sniper and rifle were functioning properly. The pass was a hit anywhere on the 3x5 (simulated kill zone), but they all hit the 1" square. (range 100 yards). Even that would make me feel safer walking the woods with some of the hunters seen in videos.

-Mac

 

[Lapua40X]

I've talked to a lot of "hunters" who really don't know their rifle (or pistol, as the case may be) very well at all. Many of them have never practiced at more than 100 yards, couldn't hold a six inch group at 100 yards, and if they practice at all they practice at the bench then run around in the field shooting off hand at distances they only guess at.
I figure that even a ground squirrel should be dispatched with a single shot and I always feel a bit guilty when one kicks for a few seconds after what I believed was a clean shot turned out to be slightly off center. We all have had, and will continue to have, those off center shots. But let's keep them to a minimum and not boast about sloppy shooting. IMO, no true sportsman takes pride in a wounded target.

 

[Lapua40X]

... a different world that you do not comprehend.

I think you make a good point and, to some extent, I agree with your assessment. However, in addition to target shooting, I also hunt. I can hit a football size target easily, in the field or on the range, at 300 yards. If I couldn't, I wouldn't take the shot.
But not all of us hunt using the same style/equipment. I prefer bipod rests for varmints, including coyotes, because it decreases the likelihood that a shot will go a bit off center. I know a lot of hunters who believe they're good enough to shoot a scoped rifle at football size target at 300 yards off hand. They are not ....
I believe, when you boil all these critical comments down, you'll find that being responsible enough to know your limitations and avoid taking questionable shots is a primary factor in the criticisms. Truth be told, I suspect you'd agree with that too.

 

[Bodei]

If you can't call a coyote in under 300 yards, then something is wrong.

 

[GSPV]

A. I was complaining about people putting vids of them wounding Yotes out for public consumption.

B. Some of them not only weren't sportsman, they were delighted about the dog flopping around screaming its head off.

C. No one is perfect, but you do the best that you can and don't put the shortcomings up for the world to see. It doesn't present our sport in a good light. We look like sadistic crazies.

D. I comprehend just fine. http://forum.accurateshooter.com/index.php?topic=3799106.msg36138228#msg36138228