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DAMN COYOTE
Harvey:
Read my other reply on the other thread, think I've got the answer.
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On the thread "Varmints vs calibers", I spoke of a gun mounted flood light that reaches out 350 yards for $84.99 + $10.00 shipping minus a $10.00 mail-in rebate. You mount it to the 1" scope tube. I mail ordered mine yesterday from Cabela's. Night shooting is the best way to get them, since that is when they are naturally out. My gen.1 night vision scope isn't the greatest, so I'll try this out next. I have 7X night vision Russian binoculars to pan and search for them. I plan to use the light with a red filter which doesn't disturb them and blast away.
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I did some coyote hunting this past Saturday with a friend of mine. It was about 6 degrees out. We started at about 4:30 and played the coyote serenade CD for about 15 minutes while viewing over a 10 acre pond that had about 30 acres of open area around it. I gave my friend the AR-15 but he had only shot with it once before this past summer. I planned to use the AR for day shooting and my .17 for night shooting. After about 15 minutes I decided to walk over to several other diked trails to see if we had any activity. As I was coming back to my partner I looked up over the pond and saw a coyote. It saw me about the same time. My friend started blasting at him, it was at about 300 to 400 yards range and running full speed. When I ran back to my friend I yelled to keep shooting. Shoot a foot high and lead him by 3 feet. Out of natural instinct, he stopped shooting without thinking and assumed the magazine was empty. He still had 7 rounds left even after I got him to fire off more rounds. I got one shot off with my single shot.
We set up again about a mile and a half away on a trail that was heavily wooded on both sides hoping to draw one on the trail. Well after about 60 seconds of calling, we had a half dozen howling in response at less than 150 yards away. They managed to see us before we could see them in the dense forest.
We later set up after dark some miles away. The 1st generation Russian Binoculars didn't work well since we couldn't find an open enough area. We couldn't see because of something like a fog. The spotlight at 150 yards was also picking up the fog. The clear light definitely shoots a further beam than with the red filter. The red filter makes a critters eyes light up like reflector tape.
My opinion is that night shooting needs to be done at 150 yards or less. You have to be absolutely quiet and completely covered. At that distance you need to use a call in conjunction with bait.
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When coyote hunting, you must be completely still and hiding in some sort of blind or under a large tree. They can see, hear or smell you first. So, walking with the light and battery pack is not an option except to get to the spot of choice. The battery pack weighs a couple of pounds and attaches to your belt. The cables from battery to trigger to light are long enough to get tangled in brush. The light itself is very lightweight and a little on the wimpy side (definitely not to tactical standards).
Myself would suggest carrying the stuff in a pack and then assemble at the hunting site if you are going through allot of brush, etc.
The spotlight quick attaches to a plastic clamp that mounts on the 1" scope O.D. and can permanently mount there if desired. That clamp can/does slide sideways a little.
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