Winter Predator medicine

[Jetboat]

With the big game seasons coming to a close in much of our wonderful province, many of us turn our thoughts to another predator hunting season :-D Time to plug in the Randy Anderson DVD's and drive your significant other crazy with your dying critter and coyote howler calls...lol. It's also time to decide what you'll be using this winter to put the smack down on wild cats & canines.
My vault has a few dedicated rifles I've chosen specifically for huntin' the hunters. First there's my coyote rifle for calling in the grain fields here in the north Peace. It's a M700 Synthetic ADL chambered in .223 and topped with a Burris 4.5x14x42 Fullfield II. This little gem loves the 40 round econo packs of Winchester 45gr HP's and quite often wears a bipod although there's always a set of homemade shooting sticks in the truck. Next up is a sweet little Winchester 9422Mag. This is my cat rifle for when setting up in the black spruce swamps covered with cat & hare sign. No scope needed for this country. Lastly is a rifle I purchased for my wife to shoot coyotes here at the farm, but I've come to "borrow" often. Very often. It's a sweet handling little blued/walnut Model Seven in .243 that wears a Leupold Compact VariX 3x9. It loves my handloaded recipe that features a 70gr soft point up front. This is the rifle I tote when predator calling in areas where wolves may be encountered.
Those are my choices, your mileage may vary. You must have a buddy that also wants to avoid the Christmas-shopping-at-the-mall scene as much as you do? Well do yourselves a favor and head out for some winter fur hunting fun.
So whats your choice of medicine for hunting the hunters?

[todbartell]

I will also use a m700 in 223, unless something else comes along. Mounted on top is a Leupold VXII 3-9x40 with the LR duplex. Im shooting 50gr Speer TnT @ 3400 fps

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/223_m700.jpg

in wolf country the m700 in 6.5 Panther gets thrown in the truck. I'll probably slap some 120gr Ballistic Tips @ 2950 fps in it for the winter. Scope is Leupold Mark2 3-9x40 with LR duplex. It kills coyotes too

http://predatorhuntcanada.ca/photos/data/500/Jan_25_09_005.jpg

if I get some new scope rings for Xmas I may lug around the Sendero 7mm SAUM. It's already proven itself once this year on mr Wile E, with 160gr Accubonds @ 2980 fps. Scope was Zeiss Conquest 4-14x44 but its been replaced with a Leupold vx3 4.5-14x40 Longrange, all I need now is 30mm rings

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/Shamu_Yotie_173.JPG


before any of these get much use in the field this winter I first have to get the house renovations done...:( yep Im pussywhipped! :mrgreen:

[KB90]

Wow do I wish I had your guys gun selection.
I will be carrying a ruger 10/22 for cats if the shot presents itself. If not I'll be using the 6mm. It was also be used to destroy wolves and coyotes. The only thing I need to do is load some proper shells...

and on a side note I've watched byron souths video 3 times now ;)

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/DSC_01881.jpg
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/DSC_0180.jpg

[Big7]

I will be using my M700 Varmit Heavy barrel laminate in .22-250 with a Bushnell 6-18x50 and will shoot 50gr VMAX's for most everything. Usually pack some 60gr Sierra's for wolves but as I don't bump into them everyday, if I see one, it'll prob end up getting the VMAX.

If I go hunting specifically for wolves, I will most likely bring "Black Betty," my trusty ol 7RM Abolt II Stalker loaded with 162gr Hornady BTSP's.

[Big7]

Wow do I wish I had your guys gun selection.
I will be carrying a ruger 10/22 for cats if the shot presents itself. If not I'll be using the 6mm. It was also be used to destroy wolves and coyotes. The only thing I need to do is load some proper shells...

and on a side note I've watched byron souths video 3 times now ;)

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/DSC_01881.jpg
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/DSC_0180.jpg

Nice looking rig...on a side note, if you have an extra $100 or so kicking around, you might consider getting a longer Burris bipod. I don't know about you, but for me, as the snow gets deeper, it sure is nice to be able to still use the bipod. I find the shorter ones just that...too short! Just a thought!

[Jetboat]

Sweet shootin' irons there, Tod "Mr.700" Bartell. I hear ya on the Honey-do list too :icon_frow :wink:

[KB90]

Nice looking rig...on a side note, if you have an extra $100 or so kicking around, you might consider getting a longer Burris bipod. I don't know about you, but for me, as the snow gets deeper, it sure is nice to be able to still use the bipod. I find the shorter ones just that...too short! Just a thought!

Thanks! it is on my christmas list..lets hope i get one.

I currently carry my homemade bamboo ones and they work pretty good for 2 dollars of bamboo an old nut an bolt and some camo duck tape :).

[todbartell]

Sweet shootin' irons there, Tod "Mr.700" Bartell. I hear ya on the Honey-do list too :icon_frow :wink:

I cant even walk around in my reloading room. there is a piano and a china cabinet in there.......soon the living room will be done :mrgreen:

[killman]

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/DSCN1950.JPG



Browning A-bolt II .204 Ruger. 4.5-14X42 Fullfield II with Ballistic plex.

[todbartell]

there isnt enough camo wrap in the world, you're still shooting an Abolt :lol:

[Dirty]

Bartell, what the shit model is that 700 .223 with the magazine hanging out?


I will be using my Browning X-Bolt Composite Stalker .243 with a VX II 3-9x40 shooting some Hornady V-Max 87 grain boolitz. Well that is if I ever get out to give it a go.

[todbartell]

Bartell, what the shit model is that 700 .223 with the magazine hanging out?

Its a 700 SPS in a CDL walnut stock, with some goofy plastic magazine extender made by....ArmsTech...?. Holds 9 rounds down, which is cool if I run into a herd of man eating coyotes! :mrgreen:

[killman]

there isnt enough camo wrap in the world, you're still shooting an Abolt :lol:

That's just about enough out of you, PUNK! :-D

[Dirty]

Its a 700 SPS in a CDL walnut stock, with some goofy plastic magazine extender made by....ArmsTech...?. Holds 9 rounds down, which is cool if I run into a herd of men eating coyotes! :mrgreen:

There are others out there like Rishu Pepper?

Is it a detachable magazine or box magazine?

[todbartell]

box, just replaces the floorplate part of the bottom metal, to allow more shells to be pushed down. I havent hunted with it, just range shooting. If I dont like it I will just put the factory bottom metal on :) It was free, so I figured I'd try it. 9 rounds of 223 in a row is a good way to eat up my powder and bullet supply :mrgreen:

[tuffteddyb]

i want to use my 7wsm with 120 gr or my 280 rem
with 120gr in it,will be my first winter predator hunting
so i not sure what i going to use.

[thetackdriver]

Im going to be using my 270 wsm topped with a leupold 3-9 x 40 shooting 110 grain ttsx

[la river]

For keeping hides and such where are your kill shots going? Lungs ...head?
There's a beautiful fox in another thread that would be a nice full mount but wouldnt want to put a big hole in it!!

[KB90]

There's a beautiful fox in another thread that would be a nice full mount but wouldnt want to put a big hole in it!!

Just in case yah don't know, There is no hunting season for hunting foxes anywhere in BC. But one would be worried about the same problem with a lynx.

[la river]

Just in case yah don't know, There is no hunting season for hunting foxes anywhere in BC. But one would be worried about the same problem with a lynx.

Oh shat! Didnt have a clue!! Thx

[hunter1947]

Wish I lived somewhere up in the interior ,we don't have the predators that the main land has http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon9.gif ,guess I will have to try and get out for a few cat hunts this winter.
After the season closes down for most big game if I was to hunt predators latter on in the winter months my chose would be a 243 for small game and a 7mm for a cougar.

[ROEBUCK]

Wish I lived somewhere up in the interior ,we don't have the predators that the main land has http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon9.gif ,guess I will have to try and get out for a few cat hunts this winter.

go call in a couger or a wolf wayne ! BEST OF LUCK,, LONG STANDS!!!

[hunter1947]

go call in a couger or a wolf wayne ! BEST OF LUCK,, LONG STANDS!!!


I hope to get out a few times with blaketailstalker for cats and yes I will get out and try to call in some wolves http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon12.gif.

[ROEBUCK]

I hope to get out a few times with blaketailstalker for cats and yes I will get out and try to call in some wolves http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon12.gif.
ID LIKE TO TRY TO CALL A COUGER IN,I WRECKON IT WOULD BE EASIER THAN CALLING A WOLF.BUT STILL VERY DIFICALT, AS WOLFS MOVE SO QUICKLY, SO CALLING TO FRESH TRACKS IS A LOTTERY ON WEATHER THERE STILL NEARBY,WERE I THINK IF YOU FIND FRESH COUGER TRACKS THERES A CHANCE IT COULD BE NEARBY STILL

[Camp Cook]

Bobcat =

Marlin 917VSF 17HMR 20gr XTP's

T/C Contender Carbine 223 Rem 40gr V-Max 3400fps

Coyotes/Wolves/Mtn Lion =

T/C Contender carbine 223 Rem 40gr V-Max 3400fps

Older Ruger M77 tang saftey 22-250 55gr Ballistic Tips 3660fps

Sako 85 Grey Wolf 22-250 52grs Speer HP Varminter 3700fps

Made in Germany Voerre long action 21" barrel 6mm-284 70gr Ballistic Tips 3700fps

Mtn Lion if I can talk someone into taking me out after them with their dogs =

T/C Contender Carbine with light weight rynite stock installed 18.5" 10mm barrel 135gr Nosler HP's 2050fps iron sights

[riflebuilder]

22-250 for dogs and cats, for chasing wolfs I am going to use my 6.5-284 with 120g TTSX. Looking forward to taking out the boys to chase some critters.

[BiG Boar]

Had a crack at a coyote just last weekend and missed the little bugger! Then I realized my scope was on 3.5 and it was a 300 yard shot. Never thought a coyote could move so quick! I will be ready next time. Cant believe my dying fawn call worked!

[bigneily]

most of the time i see coyotes, they get the 338 with 180 gr accubond treatment, simply because i'm not actually looking for them. just doing my part for predator control, if i am looking they get the 700 bdl 22-250 with a 4-12 weaver prescription, seems to work well also...:mrgreen:

[Camp Cook]

Had a crack at a coyote just last weekend and missed the little bugger! Then I realized my scope was on 3.5 and it was a 300 yard shot. Never thought a coyote could move so quick! I will be ready next time. Cant believe my dying fawn call worked!


Before I started watching Randy Anderson coyote hunting video's all I ever used was a fawn bleat, I was always amazed at how they came in to that call.

Now I also use a Ki-Yi injured rabbit and a few more rodent in distress hand calls + I now have a Foxpro FX3 electronic caller.

[twanger]

Foxpro 3 & 700 Remmy LVSF in 22-250 or a custom 700 in 243. :mrgreen:
Note to self: order the JIB from Redfrog... x-mas is comimg.
Good times my friends Good times ahead..:wink:

[brotherjack]

I can't afford a spare rifle, so for me, it's a Tikka T3 in 308 Winchester. It's hard on fur, but it's also hard on the coyote, which is what I have in mind more than anything. :)

[KodiakHntr]

Depending on the mood I'm in and how likely I am to run into wolves,
Sako Vixen 223AI with 40gr moly'ed vmaxes at 3850fps,
Or 53gr TSX's (moly'ed) at 3300fps

Or the 700 XCR 300RUM and moly'ed 168gr SMK's at 3350fps....That one is interesting, to say the least. Not really fur friendly though......grin

[nolan-sawka]

browning A-bolt .338 win mag 225 gr haha serious

[benbeckoutfitters]

Im runnin a german mauser k-98 chambered in the 22-250...wearn a bushnell 6-18x50 with the bipod obviously lol great yoddler gun sorry no pics hunting bc says its too big lol

[rocksteady]

Using my Savage .243 with the 6 - 14 scope, bipod and shooting sticks built out of old tent poles...

Shooting 75 grain V-Maxes....Hot little loads, really go THWAP when you hit a yote in the boiler room...


Spent too much time ice fishing last year, gonna try to spread my time around more, coyotes AND ice fishin...