I've got some places to hunt but a loud gun is not good. Would a 22 with chest or head shots work? My rifle is pinpoint accurate and I have total confidence in it out to 75 yds.
22LR ?
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assuming you are talking about deer, it is illegal and a terrible idea all the way around
No I'm talking about yotes. They are all over the place around here.
My apologies, I just noticed this was the predator forum. The way I use the site (new posts) I don't go to individual forums
Proceed and ignore me lol
No prob. Anyway, thoughts on the 22?
Safari Hunt
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Marginal at the best. A head shot would risk getting a glancing hit on the skull. I never take a head shot at at squirrel for that reason. Skull is rounded and would be like shooting at a bowling ball. Ricochet City!
Crossbow, maybe?
Crossbow, maybe?
I was right there with ya cb....I only patrol the right hand side of the site and look for content.My apologies, I just noticed this was the predator forum. The way I use the site (new posts) I don't go to individual forums
Proceed and ignore me lol
Ignore me too. Head shot those bast***s!!!
Shoot em
It'll work in close quarters.
Under 50 yards you'll be good. Listen for the thump
I've heard the thump on yotes using .22LR and .22WMR…
I believe they were good hits and ultimately killed 'em, but they did not fall and I could not find them.
That said, I hope I killed them, but did not want them to suffer.
I believe they were good hits and ultimately killed 'em, but they did not fall and I could not find them.
That said, I hope I killed them, but did not want them to suffer.
Safari Hunt
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Made me think of Peter Hathaway Capstick popping small African antelope with a .22 magnum.
Raises a question- How about the .17 RF? Anyone have any experience with varmint hunting with it?
Well, my opinion my or may not find favor here, but to me every dead coyote by whatever means equals a fawn or poult that lives next spring. Maybe I should have phrased the question " what is the probability of a yote surviving a chest shot from a 22 LR from zero to 150 yards?" which is about as far as I think I can hit one.
I was gonna say a head / neck shot from a .17 should be DRT
May not be a popular opinion but then again I'm never been the one for a popularity contest. I'd shoot those suckers broadside in the lung and let them run off and die for all I care. Same way bow hunting, if I see one I'll send an arrow through the chest and they run off. I don't even go looking for them cause I surely don't eat them so I'm not worried about "wasting" meat.
Omega
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I am not against killing them, but anything I shoot I go for a quick kill, they deserve that much. If you want quite, maybe a downloaded, or subsonic 223, these can be reloaded to reduce the report quite a bit, even without a silencer.
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Ammo availability plays into this thread too. Primers are just about impossible to find for reloading. I'm not wasting any centerfire ammo I have on yotes so the 22 is what's left.
Carlos
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It would likely take several shots to take one down. (I've seen Foxes require several 22lr rounds.)
I'd recommend practicing the double tap with the 22lr, because they're going to die being shot twice, just might run off and die. That's ok too, just as long as they die.
I'd recommend practicing the double tap with the 22lr, because they're going to die being shot twice, just might run off and die. That's ok too, just as long as they die.
