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Just wanted to see if anyone is going Coyote Hunt here in Mass?
What size shot would you recommend for coyotes?
I think I may go for a walk in the woods, but everywhere around here is stocked with pheasant.
is baiting coyote's legal in MA?
the going best suggestion is .17 Remington, .
Unless of course, you want to actually FIND the coyote after you shoot it.
Isn't buckshot illegal except in deer season?
Except as provided below, no species other than deer, coyote, or waterfowl may be hunted or taken with shot larger than #1 birdshot. Except during the open season when deer may be hunted lawfully with a shotgun, a person shall not have in his possession a shotgun shell loaded with a rifled slug, single ball, buckshot of any size, or any shot larger than or equal to air rifle shot [BB] in any place where birds or mammals may be found except on a skeet, trap or target range between sunrise and sunset, or EXCEPT for the hunting of coyotes (a) during the prescribed season for coyote with shot not larger than FF; or (b) during the shotgun deer season when coyotes may be hunted with slugs, buckshot, or shot of any size; or except as specified in the annual Migratory Bird Hunting Extracts.