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Re: BB lead
I couldn't find any at the places I checked west of Worcester. Ended up ordering that overpriced Hevi-shot stuff. At least it patterned well on the first try.
If it's the dead coyote T shot you got you won't be disappointed, worth every penny. Carries it's energy WAY further than any other shot, you'll see if you make a kill with it.
I'm surprised your weren't able to find any of the Hornady heavy magnum coyote BB nickel plated shot, seems to be everywhere in western MA. It's around $15.00/10 rounds.
Shotgun ammunition: 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 prescribed 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 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 open season for coyotes with shot not larger than FF; or (b) during the shotgun deer season when coyotes may be hunted only with archery, muzzleloader, or shotgun—using slugs, buckshot, or shot of any size; or, except as specified in the annual Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations.
Howdy, I'm looking into getting this years Sporting License and getting into coyote hunting.
I was perusing the regs online here. I'm unsure on the following quote/law and need clarification/simplifying:
Am I correct in believing that it would be legal to coyote hunt with say #4 Buckshot or even 00 Buck or Rifled Slugs during any season? That's what the blue outlined section means to me.
But the section in red throws me off, does that place a restriction to shot no larger than FF during the prescribed season outside of Shotgun Deer season?
I plan on hunting with a Mossberg 500 28" barrel with X-Full choke, what would y'all recommend for a load?
Anyone have experience daytime coyote hunting with an SKS?
Thanks!
In effect, you can co-hunt coyote during shotgun season for deer, and use ammo permitted for the taking of deer, during that season only. You cannot use that ammo outside of deer shotgun season. So, "during the prescribed open season for coyotes with shot not larger than FF" is what you want outside of shotgun season for deer.
Plain language summary here: http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/df...ang-sum/hunting-of-fox-coyote-and-bobcat.html
I patterned Hevishot Dead Coyote, and got a better pattern with a modified choke tube, vs. full.
Made an attempt to use that slight bit of waxing moon last evening, but gave up. The Bushnell scope just wasn't capable of gathering enough light. Sneaking back out of the darkened woods, I jumped a couple of moose. I stopped, they stopped. I moved, they crashed through the darkness around me, as near as 15 yards. That got the blood pumping.
Was that a scoped .22 or a scoped shotgun? At .22 and shotgun distances, open sights might be better.
This snow should help tonight.
Got a hall pass for this afternoon. Heading out.
I agree, imagine what we'd see if we just did some calling near those non huntable areas.
Nice. Had you done any calling in those 10 min or he just came in?
It is brutal out there. Fox a yote tracks all over my yard saterday morning. Went out back and made three stands but no love. This drives me nuts because the yotes are all over my cams all the time and prints are everywhere but whenever i try to hunt them i see nothing.