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my friend bought a new rifle last week and i have never seen one like that before. they call it a 17 hmr, i think it's hmr. but it is a 17. Very fast. anyone else have one. neat gun.
 
tough to shoot in wind but they are wicked fast... nice gun!
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i have one, i hate it probably will never shoot it again rimfire junk. i agree they are fast but they are all over the place

the moose
 
Might as well be shooting your BB gun if you are taking it coyote hunting....Would make a good ground hog gun though.
 
i shot a yote, at about 125 yards with mine and he just turned and bit his shoulder, like he got hit by a fly. luckily he ran about 400 yards across a field and died. stick to my 243 wsm with 65 grain nosler partitions. that is the ticket mancrikey little buggers hit the deck when you drill them with that.

the moose
 
I here Ruger is coming out with a new calibar, the 204.
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It may be worth checking out, however I like my 240 weatherby.
 
the .17 hmr is too small for coyotes, unless you are calling them in close. its a fun round for anything smaller though. i have one in the ruger 77/17

the .204 is making alot of noise in the forums. it may be close to the .17 in terms of shooter excitement
 
I am with Liv4rut, The only rifle I own is a 30-06. It usually puts a pretty good whole is a coyote. I saw the 17HMR conversions for a ruger 10-22 and thought that would be fun to have for coyotes. I am rethinking that decision now!
 
Agree with Moose270, my .17 is all over the place. Bought a Savage, mounted a 4.5/14 Simons with steele mounts. Best group it will shoot with either Rem, Hornaday or CCI ammo is about 4" at 100 yds. Zeroed for 100 yds, it drops 9" at 200. It's a plinker and that's about it.
 
Coyote Shooting rules

Me and a buddy were hunting 2nd shotgun season and I flushed out a big coyote near Elkader. He was wounded in his right front leg. My buddy told me that I couldn't shoot him with my deer slug because the law says that during shootgun deer seasons that you can't shoot them. I knew that we couldn't use rifles during shootgun deer seasons. This didn't seem right but, I let the poor critter hobble off and die. Is this the rule in Iowa? Can you shoot coyote and fox with Landowners permission or do you still have to have a harvesting permit. I know that many landowners have told us if we see them to shoot them and leave them to rought.
What to do? I figure that I would only shoot one in self defence.Is a 7mm a good all around varmit gun. and what scope would you use? off to lunch.
 
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I would shoot a coyote anytime of the year no matter what season it was, alot of coyotes usually get shot during deer season, they have a continuous open season, so i dont see why you couldnt of shot it, you didnt have a rifle lol but i spose to be good friends you got to respect his decision too
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ps, i think a 7mm is a good for anything lol, probably put a baseball size hole through a yote.
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Coyote Shooting rules

Me and a buddy were hunting 2nd shotgun season and I flushed out a big coyote near Elkader. He was wounded in his right front leg. My buddy told me that I couldn't shoot him with my deer slug because the law says that during shootgun deer seasons that you can't shoot them. I knew that we couldn't use rifles during shootgun deer seasons. This didn't seem right but, I let the poor critter hobble off and die. Is this the rule in Iowa? Can you shoot coyote and fox with Landowners permission or do you still have to have a harvesting permit. I know that many landowners have told us if we see them to shoot them and leave them to rought.
What to do? I figure that I would only shoot one in self defence.Is a 7mm a good all around varmit gun. and what scope would you use? off to lunch.
 
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There is nothing against the law if you shoot coyotes with a slug during the shotgun deer seasons.

Your friend might somehow be confusing the law that states you can't have in your possession a rifle during the shotgun deer season if you're a licensed deer hunter. Or, there is the law that you can't use a CB (mobile transmitter) to hunt coyotes during the shotgun deer seasons.

Doug Clayton

State Conservation Officer
 
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i gave it to my brother in law, didnt get a dime for it. he is a dirt bag he always says he is gonna give me money for things and never does. i actually gave him a 96 honda foreman 400 4 wheel drive and he said he was gonna pay me with his tax returns. that was two almost three years ago. what a loser he is, dirtbag.

the moose
 
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Blind Sow, Thanks for the info on Coyotes and deer season. Just to let you know I grew up in that neck of the woods. Yes I'm a river rat from the Bluffs. I'ved been transplanted to central Iowa. Is there any good public hunting in Pott.County ? Thanks again. CB native
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Liv4rut: Thanks for the reply on Coyotes. Is there any good Public hunting ground in Story county. I'm a sw Iowa transplant and don't know many farmers is this area
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