Coyote Hunting

[golandmark@gmail.com]

I just got a Savage 30-06 and I want to try it out here in Indiana. Does anyone know where I can go and what I need to do to get started hunting these guys?

 

[Jack Ryan]

Try Don's guns on Lafayette road.

 

[POC]

Jack! No coyotes in Town.

 

[Jack Ryan]

Jack! No coyotes in Town.

They know everything about everything there. Every clerk is an expert on everything from coyote hunting with a 30.06 to the best places to find them.

 

[nate1865]

I hunt them around corn fields. You don't have to go far to find them.

Hunt them at dusk. I'll use a blind and set up where I know they will be after putting up a trail camera.

They have great noses, eyes, and ears. Get a red light to spot them.

And 30.06 is overkill for them if you ask me. I hunt them with an 5.56 sometimes - usually shotgun with a heavy load.

 

[yotewacker]

I think a 30-06 is to big for Indiana.

 

[GARANDGUY]

I use my 5.56 or my 308.I too hunt the corn fields.

 

[Dukshead]

06 might be a little overkill but it will do the job. Put a nice optical on it and shoot away. Agree with everyone else, 5.56 works great for me too.

 

[IBTL]

anybody notice the OP made the same mistake as I did?

 

[WoG]

Unless you're keeping the hide, 30-06 is just fine. I use a .223, and it works just as well.

Finding spots is getting harder and harder, fyi. If you don't know anyone with land, it's a nightmare trying to get permission to hunt coyotes in central Indiana. I guess I kind of understand, but you'd think people wouldn't want them around...

 

[usermax2000]

I'm going to use my 204 but 30-06 will do the job. I almost got a shot on one this year out ground hog hunting.

 

[Security122]

I've got a Ruger PC40 and a Marlin Camp 9. I know they aren't legal for deer, but would they be legal for coyotes? Or should I ask, are they legal for hunting any 4 legged critters?

 

[Jeffrey]

You can use either of those to hunt coyotes. You can use any rifle caliber too if I understand the regs correctly. Just not on deer.

 

[Jack Ryan]

Unless you're keeping the hide, 30-06 is just fine. I use a .223, and it works just as well.

Finding spots is getting harder and harder, fyi. If you don't know anyone with land, it's a nightmare trying to get permission to hunt coyotes in central Indiana. I guess I kind of understand, but you'd think people wouldn't want them around...

Gee whiz, I wonder why?

 

[Jack Ryan]

You can use either of those to hunt coyotes. You can use any rifle caliber too if I understand the regs correctly. Just not on deer.

You can hunt coyotes with lawn darts or hand grenades if you want to.

Just don't be surprised when you are invited NOT back or NOT in the first place. May be the guy they let the time before used a 30-06 or a Marlin Camp 9.

What I can't understand is how we wind up hemmed in with all kinds of stupid laws, regulations, and red tape. It's like they think they have to legislate every iota of common sense to some people.

 

[WoG]

Gee whiz, I wonder why?

Was I too subtle?

 

[singlestacksig]

camp 9 works for very close range..

 

[golandmark@gmail.com]

Thanks for the responses everyone...I got the 30-06 because it gives me a little versatility when I hunt on my grandpa's land in Virginia...There are black bears and I dont want to be shooting at him with something that will just **** him off

 

[loony1]

i fell in love with 30-06 the day i got my Garand.

 

[yotewacker]

You can coyotes in Indiana with anything except a silencer. You can use night vision and a machine gun if you want.