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Coyote on my lake

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Sitting here at my desk working (home office) and i see a coyote trotting across the ice. He stops and bites the ice out from between his toes. Third time this week already that I have seen him. My sons 257 Roberts is 10 feet away. Can I legally shoot this thing? I have a small game license. Never shot a coyote before.

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good question......not really sure about the legallity of shooting across a body of water with a rifle. If it was deer season, could you shoot across a lake to a deer walking across ice? can you shoot a deer as it is crossing a river or creek? I don't know, but the DNR would be able to answer that for you. The 257 would knock it down, dead right there, for sure. are you sure it is coyote and not a timberwolf?

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I would think that because of waterfowl hunting, that guns are not banned over water, as long as the area you ar around is legal shooting area. Just an opinion, not law! I also doubt that if you took a safe shot, a CO or anyone else would worry about dropping a yote.

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no license is needed what so ever as long as you are a resident of MN. be sure of your back ground , shovel out a quiet spot where to can take up a spot to shoot from, move in quietly, bark at the coyote once or twice to get it to stop (if need be) or lip squeek like a mouse, pull the trigger and take a picture when you are done.....

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DNR Book page 19 and 20. Unprotected mammals : Residents and nonresidents are not required to have a license to hunt unprotected species including coyote.

Page 20. Weasels,coyotes,gophers,porcupines,stripedskunks and all other mammals for which here is no closed season may be taken in any manner,except with the aid of artificial lights or by using a motor vehicle to drive,chase or run over or kill the animal.Poisins may not be used except in accordance with all label regulations of the State Dept of Agriculture and the E.P.A..

As long as you are 500 ft from a neighbors house or corral blast away !

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So it is day three and he has not shown that I have seen. I got quasi technical and used google earth to measure the distance to a know spot, (a point of land)where he has been going into. It is 334 yards from my home according to google earth. So my 117 grain 257 Roberts will drop about 10 inches at that distance. Gun is loaded and ready for him to show. Ear plugs not handy though, I may step out and use the deck supports as a rest.

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I've never tried this or anything yet, but maybe you could up your chances of getting that coyote to come back to that spot if you tried one of those bait scents that trappers use? With the openess of the lake, that scent should carry for a long ways, and once he shows up, in theory he should stop to check it out for at least long enough for your shot.

I used to setup and call across a river backwater area once it was frozen as I could see and shoot darned near forever without any worries of hitting anything else as the backdrop was a dense forest. It was always a good spot, so maybe I'll have to hit it up this week.

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No range finder but google earth has really good measurement tool and i can pinpoint his location buy the points of land across the lake. No idea why he is limping but he wasn't several days ago. He may have just stepped in some slush and had ice on his foot too, my dogs limp for a while when that happens.

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Got him. Just dropped him with one shot, held about 7 inches over him and he tipped right over. Pictures to follow soon as I go pick him up.

Great! Um, what was your back stop like on the other side of the lake? Any cabins over there? Sorry, standard Q's from a DNR Gun Safety instructor! wink

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Nothing but timber over there. I am not concerned with where the bullet goes as I am the legality of shooting a coyote. Do I need a predator license or will a small game license do?

I think he explained his backstop. Geez, do you think he is stupid?

BTW nice shot!

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[PoorWordUsage] batteries were dead in the camera. I will take picture of it in my garage as soon as I find some double A's. Hit her right in the left eye as she was looking at me, I had to whistle to stop her. I was correct on her paw too, it was severed at the wrist joint but she looked healthy still. Feel a little remorse now, but the shot was pretty fun and I had it measured at 350 yards. I was slightly shocked when she tipped over.

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