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Art Eatman · November 12, 2009, 10:30 AM

Dittos on the headnet comment.

Bait? A bunch of table scraps will work. Fat and bone from steaks and roasts. Or, canned cat/dog food. A neighbor of mine found that they'll come to El Cheapo-type dry dog food.

I've found that the only things coyotes WON'T eat are onion skins, orange peel and cantelope and watermelon rind. But, stale bread or soda crackers disappear overnight. Foxes like ancient spaghetti sauce, I noted.

My old Model 12 is full choke with the old paper hulls. With modern plastic, it's somewhere around omigawd-extra full. Darned near might's well dove hunt with a .22. Anyhow, I used Winchester high-brass 7-1/2s on a bobcat at 25 yards and he did a somersault and quit right there. 3-3/4 Dram, 1-3/4 oz. Don't shoot a round of skeet with that load. But, what the heck. I killed the world's unluckiest dove with that package: 90 yards, and one pellet hit him in the eye. I'll take luck over skill, any day. Sort of a waste to center-punch one at ten yards, though, unless you like wings and legs.

November 12, 2009, 10:30 AM	#25
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	Dittos on the headnet comment. Bait? A bunch of table scraps will work. Fat and bone from steaks and roasts. Or, canned cat/dog food. A neighbor of mine found that they'll come to El Cheapo-type dry dog food. I've found that the only things coyotes WON'T eat are onion skins, orange peel and cantelope and watermelon rind. But, stale bread or soda crackers disappear overnight. Foxes like ancient spaghetti sauce, I noted. My old Model 12 is full choke with the old paper hulls. With modern plastic, it's somewhere around omigawd-extra full. Darned near might's well dove hunt with a .22. Anyhow, I used Winchester high-brass 7-1/2s on a bobcat at 25 yards and he did a somersault and quit right there. 3-3/4 Dram, 1-3/4 oz. Don't shoot a round of skeet with that load. But, what the heck. I killed the world's unluckiest dove with that package: 90 yards, and one pellet hit him in the eye. I'll take luck over skill, any day. Sort of a waste to center-punch one at ten yards, though, unless you like wings and legs.