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The sound of coyotes howling brings back memories, One is of a Naval Air Station that used to be here in South Texas. During the height of Viet Nam alot of our Jets were trainning. The jets flying over the brush land must have hit a decibel that unleashed the coyote. They surely would howl. I really dont know if the jets hurt their ears or they just thought they were answering some other varmint. Even today small engine planes set off the howling.
 
My .36 Muley would do well for a Yote using 40-45 grns powder and the regularly patched .340 ball ( old Numrich Barrel )
Normal load for plinking is 30grns

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Metalshaper/Jonathan
 
I still feel almost any legal caliber with other than a minimum charge will do fine. Just think of a coyote as a 4" target with fur.
 
Had one in my sights, years back.. He came busting outta the brush while I was sitting on a ground blind deer hunting. just making all sorts of ruckus and running back and forth in a field. He sat down and started chewing at his butt o_O I was considering the shot when he jumped up and started chasing his tail round and round.. clockwise, then counter, then back the other way again.. Think he got dizzy, cuz he fell down?? then started rubbing his back into the ground..

I was laughing so hard at that point I couldn't shoot.. Just whistled at him and watched as he sprinted off, looking back trying to figure out what I was...:)

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Metalshaper/Jonathan
 
Metalshaper said:
Had one in my sights, years back.. He came busting outta the brush while I was sitting on a ground blind deer hunting. just making all sorts of ruckus and running back and forth in a field. He sat down and started chewing at his butt o_O I was considering the shot when he jumped up and started chasing his tail round and round.. clockwise, then counter, then back the other way again.. Think he got dizzy, cuz he fell down?? then started rubbing his back into the ground..

I was laughing so hard at that point I couldn't shoot.. Just whistled at him and watched as he sprinted off, looking back trying to figure out what I was...:)
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Metalshaper/Jonathan
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Circling is a 2nd stage symptom of canine distemper disease. --->>> https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/health/distemper-in-dogs/
 
My brother-in-law told me years ago back when he used to be a trapper for the government about a little incident. He had caught a coyote in a trap and wanted to take it home alive. In the process he got bitten, pretty badly. Those things have a pretty good set of teeth. Docter told him to keep it caged up for 10 days to observe for rabies. On the seventh day it escaped by chewing through the hardware cloth.Thats determination, teeth against steel hardware cloth. Anyway luck was on his side as no rabies were present.
 
I didn't know they could bark. I saw one last summer in the field in front of my house barking it's head off. It was distressed about its partner being near the buildings. Never thought about shooting it but probably would've choose my .45 Hawken. It was about 70 yds out.
 

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