Very nice ! How many acres do you have access to ?

Awesome pics Kuanomar, that camo ar-15 looks like its a nice coyote gun.

I have not hunted them...yet. We are going to though.

Here in Iowa there is year-round open season, any gun you like. They are a pest.


There used to be a bounty on them. If I recall correctly, you had to bring in a pair of ears and they were worth like 5 bucks, but this was a long time ago. I think that they decimated the turkey and hurt the deer populations.


Now there are turkey and deer EVERYWHERE....so maybe there are fewer coyotes. I dunno.

i like the camo 15. sweet.

Thanks guys. The gun is a Remington R-25 (it's actually made by DPMS) chambered in a .243 win. It does the job nicely.

Sportsnut,

I have no idea how much land we have access to. I know the topographical bounderies but I have not thought about how many square mile it is. It's a lot though. The best part is there's no one out there.

You lucky dog, I'm jealous !

What part of FL do you live in? We have plenty of them here in north central FL. Coyotes killed 7 of our chickens one night. You can go out about 10 p.m. and hear them start yipping and calling to each other. I see them hit by cars pretty often on the road I live on.

They know I look for them so they stay the hell away from our yard now. After the killed our chickens I wanted blood...BAD! They wised up real fast and stayed away.

I'n FL coyotes are nocturnal so maybe thats why you dont see them.

kuanomar...love that R-25. I is on my wish list. I use a Remington 700VS .22-250 (longest kill to date is 320yds). I think I've gotten to where I enjoy calling coyotes as much as deer hunting.

2tonyb,

Thank you. If I could make a suggestion, go with the DPMS. It's the same gun sans coating and it costs about $300 less. Although, Remington's customer service has been great in my opinion. That in itself may be worth the extra dough. 320 yards is a great shot on a coyote, especially without a rest. I made my longest shot earlier this year during a coyote derby. It was about 350 yards up hill with no rest. I was shooting the .257 weatherby magnum (my favorite coyote round). There's something very rewarding hearing the death "thud" when you hit a flesh from a long ways out.

The R-25's do shoot nice though. On Sunday I shot a 3/4 inch groupout the back of my truck when it was breezy and raining. I'm sure with handloads and ideal conditions it could do better than that.

Just saw this in the local paper...

Coyote Attack

The Alachua County Health Department is searching for a child who may have been attacked by a coyote last week in southwest Gainesville and could need follow-up medical treatment.

Officials received an unconfirmed report last week, made to both the Alachua County Sheriff's Office and the Gainesville Police Department, that a boy had been attacked by a wild canine, either a wolf or a fox, in the 3700 to 5100 blocks of Southwest 13th Street during the evening of Nov. 17.

Since then, no one has been able to contact the person who made the report or verify that a child was treated at an area hospital for such an attack, said the agency's Environmental Health Director Anthony Dennis.

When officials went to the area, they found a dead coyote, which the reporting person could have mistaken for a wolf or fox, Dennis said. The animal's body was tested for disease at a Jacksonville lab. But those tests came back unsatisfactory, meaning they could not determine if it had rabies.

"At this point, we can't assume the results were negative. We have to assume the results were positive," Dennis said. "We hope if this did occur as it was reported, the person sought emergency medical care. Unfortunately, we could not verify that."

Officials are hoping by putting out information about the report they can ensure that, if a boy was attacked, the child is receiving proper medical attention. That would include being treated to prevent rabies infection.

Rabies is a viral disease transmitted through the saliva of an infected mammal. If untreated, it can be deadly, according to the health department.

The person who reported the incident said that the boy, listed as a 12-year-old, was bicycling in the area when he was attacked. He fought back and supposedly killed the animal by hitting it in the head with a brick.

Dennis said attempts were made to contact the caller and confirm the report without success.

However, due to the nature of the report, officials are proceeding as if the incident had been verified.

If confirmed, officials said this would be an unusual example of coyote attack. While not unheard of, there are few reports compared to the number of coyotes and reported sightings.

"This type of incident is the anomaly, and people should see it as it is," said Alachua County Animal Services Director David Flagler. "Coyotes tend to shy away from humans." Both Dennis and Flagler noted that animals that are sick may approach people or attack, behaving in a manner unlike their healthy counterparts.

A Canadian woman died last month when she was attacked by two coyotes while hiking alone in eastern Canada on a trail in Nova Scotia, the Associated Press reported. Wildlife officials contacted in that case also noted such attacks are "extremely rare."

Earlier this year, a woman in an area north of Tampa was scratched by a coyote when it went for a dog and she got between the animals, according to the St. Petersburg Times.

Locally, residents have reported coyote sightings and believe the animals are responsible for some pet and farm animal disappearances.

Anyone with information about this incident or similar events along the Southwest 13th Street area is asked to contact Dennis at (352)258-0257.

Great Thread Guys!!!

MRpink....here she is unwrapped....





and some local coyote country...

wow. that tc is tight.