Hunters

[Rondar]

I know there are some gun and hunting enthusiasts here.  Lately here on the farm we have had something something coming in at night and killing and sometimes the whole cat it gone.And something other than cats are eating up the catfood we have out

So if I wanted to take care of the problem, should a guy look into any of the night scopes for rifles?  If so, any recomendations?  I'm about 99 percent sure the problem is coyotes, as we hear them  several times a month.  If I hear them barking, will the night scopes let a guy see them at all?  I would use a .223 caliber rifle.

[Flifast]

Nightscope 2nd gen is about $400-600 and what you need is 3rd gen $1200 mounted on a 223.  Go cheap...red light outside and good glass ontop a 223 or 243...watch for your backstop!

A little tuna and a motion light is all you need!

Whats your location?  The Claim Jumpers need a roadtrip!

Flifast

[RichardDarkwood]

I know there are some gun and hunting enthusiasts here.  Lately here on the farm we have had something something coming in at night and killing and sometimes the whole cat it gone.And something other than cats are eating up the catfood we have out

So if I wanted to take care of the problem, should a guy look into any of the night scopes for rifles?  If so, any recomendations?  I'm about 99 percent sure the problem is coyotes, as we hear them  several times a month.  If I hear them barking, will the night scopes let a guy see them at all?  I would use a .223 caliber rifle.

A .22 caliber rifle works just fine for killing coyotes.
A RED spot light that will project a long beam
A live full grown rabbit

Most folks use a recording of a rabbit in distress, others use a live rabbit. Once you get the predator in range you'll know it when you see the eyes of the predator. The closer the better when you shoot.

A guy that I hunt with here in Ohio shot a 111 lb. coyote a couple of years ago. That is big enough to carry off a small pet up to a small CHILD!

Some states even offer a bounty for coyotes, check with your local DNR.




Todd

[Becinhu]

Here in WV you can hunt coyotes at night with a spotlight with an amber lens screen.  You could possibly put out bait right on the edge of a good light source where you know what is behind it and lie in wait for "it" to come in.
It sounds like coyote bahavior to me as well. Although a good size fox could kill a cat no problem.

[Golfer]

Nightscope 2nd gen is about $400-600 and what you need is 3rd gen $1200 mounted on a 223.  Go cheap...red light outside and good glass ontop a 223 or 243...watch for your backstop!

A little tuna and a motion light is all you need!

Whats your location?  The Claim Jumpers need a roadtrip!

Flifast

Where can you find a decent new Gen III rifle scope or monocular with a day sight adapter for $1200?

The closest I can find is the Pulsar Digisight which uses digital technology and costs $1400 and weighs over 2 lbs.

[Captain Virgil Hilts]

In some states it is legal to use artificial light and predator calls to take coyotes, and other predatory vermin.

[sluggish]

You have a farm and feed your cats?  Farm cats serve a purpose; make them fend for themselves.  Once the cat food is gone the predators will probably stop visiting plus the cats will start doing their job and kill the rodents in the barn.  Win win.

[Ruah]

i agree - if you kill the yote or whatever it is - you will get deer, and the pain never ends.  Better to find the balance early then to be forced to find it later.

Personally, when I am back in Oregon, I leave the cyotes alone since they keep the rest of the garden deer free - now if you were a rancher - I could see why you would hunt them, but other then that, you could be causing yourself more pain down the line.

also, leaving food outside is guanranted to attract something. . .

[Reschke]

Well we have been coyote exterminating for the last 8 months at my parents and grand parents property. My mom had a couple of cats that she let out during the day and about 4 that lived outside and they went missing; then a couple of the bigger dogs up the hill at my grandparents place and their cats went missing. They also found some bones and a carcass from one of the cats off in the brush.

Anyway distressed rabbit calls work great; plus sitting out there nearby works pretty well with some old meat just letting it attract the animals. Sometimes you can get lucky and find decent old military starlight scopes but they may not work correctly. We have access to a few but they have to be returned to the armory periodically.

[Baitman]

Feed your cats from an elevated platform 

[ariansworld]

Rondar,
 
 You don't really need a night scope.  A lot of times you can call in a coyote in the day time.
As mentioned above, rabbit in distress calls work great.

[Rondar]

Rondar,
 
 You don't really need a night scope.  A lot of times you can call in a coyote in the day time.
As mentioned above, rabbit in distress calls work great.

How much whiskey, errrr cough syrup, does it take to do this?  I mean, yelling HEEEERRRRRRREEE COOOYYYYYOOOOOOOTTTTTTEEEEEEE EEE over and over might tend to make a guys throat sore huh?

[FX1]

http://www.gofoxpro.com/

At sunrise is deadly. I also use it for deer hunting, goose hunting, crow hunting is a blast. I dont shoot foxes or bobcat anymore...