.270 and the Yoke

Thumper · 08-24-2008, 01:06 AM

Just purchased a .270 Howa Lightening and plan to rid some yokes as revenge for the taking of some of my domesticated pets. I suppose I blame myself first but I figure the satifaction of the hunt and ultimate kill will help relief my guilt knowing that I would be doing some good for others.

Anyways enough therapy, my question is (and I realize that shot placement is always critical) Can I get you folks to comment on how accurate I need to be in order to take one down without have to chase a blood trail. I mean obviously a head shot and frontal hit near and slightly under the neck should hit vitals but how about just behind the shoulder? Would that prove fatal?

Thanks for the feed back, I respect your experience (and the pun)

Thumper

petemi · 08-24-2008, 05:43 AM

With any of the shots you mentioned with the .270, there won't be a blood trail to follow. It'll be dead right there. My wife uses hers loaded with 90gr. hollow points on varmints. It turns most of them into a bag of jelly.

unclejer · 09-11-2008, 10:39 PM

150 grain rem core lockt in the boiler room stay away from big bone area most fur friendly round in the .270 if not worried about the fur any round drops them like a bad habit. Longest run by one i hit 3 ft it fell forward on its face.

Kompressor · 09-11-2008, 10:45 PM

Aim for the part you're most likely to hit, the chest area. -Clean shot from the side, trough and through. A hit here will likely tear up the lungs, and even blow the heart. If you at all try to hit the tiny brains you're more likely to go looking for the animal afterwards than if you hit anything at all.

nathangdad · 09-11-2008, 10:47 PM

So, a hit will pretty much always be a kill.

As a big hint do get quality optics. A coyote is not especially large, has rapid movement, and often the distance is a bit on the long side.
A high quality scope makes everything move to the plus side.

toolman · 09-11-2008, 10:52 PM

Use any good varmint bullet and hit them in the boiler room, trust me there won't be any tracking.

bluealtered · 09-13-2008, 08:59 AM

My long range yote rifle is a .270 with 90gr. bullets. It's sighted in at 250yds. I use a mil-dot scope and can run my 130gr bullets dead on at 100yds just by moving up one dot. blue

338RUM · 09-13-2008, 02:39 PM

well the farthest I have had a yote run on me was 150 yards and he was hit with a 25-06 with 90 gr. positive expansion bullets, hit the guy behind the front shoulder too... Now to finish the story, I hunt in steep steep hills in MD and the yote just so happened to show up on the edge of a hill and when he was shot the 25 just threw him over the edge... but I promise he was dead when the bullet hit

Ironcowboy · 09-14-2008, 12:02 AM

Congrats on the new Howa! I just picked up one, in .243, and i cant wait to get after some yotes, and deer. It shoots amazingly, as i'm sure yours will too.

As everyone else has said, a round like that, it wont go far. They are not huge animals.

varmithunter · 09-21-2008, 10:52 AM

I loaded some of those little 90 gr loads one time. Something like 3400 fps. But the recoil and the muzzle blast is terrible. You can take a 110 psp, put 54 grains of IMR 4320 behind and have a very pleasant shooter at around 3000 fps. Super out to 300 yards, but a tough shot at 400. My personal best was 338 yards. Zero 2 " high at 200 and you will be 4" or so low at 300.

VH

08-24-2008, 01:06 AM	#1
Thumper Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Who knows...look behind you Posts: 7	.270 and the Yoke Just purchased a .270 Howa Lightening and plan to rid some yokes as revenge for the taking of some of my domesticated pets. I suppose I blame myself first but I figure the satifaction of the hunt and ultimate kill will help relief my guilt knowing that I would be doing some good for others. Anyways enough therapy, my question is (and I realize that shot placement is always critical) Can I get you folks to comment on how accurate I need to be in order to take one down without have to chase a blood trail. I mean obviously a head shot and frontal hit near and slightly under the neck should hit vitals but how about just behind the shoulder? Would that prove fatal? Thanks for the feed back, I respect your experience (and the pun) Thumper Last edited by Thumper; 08-24-2008 at 01:10 AM.

09-11-2008, 10:47 PM	#5
nathangdad Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,931	The .270 packs a lot of wollop So, a hit will pretty much always be a kill. As a big hint do get quality optics. A coyote is not especially large, has rapid movement, and often the distance is a bit on the long side. A high quality scope makes everything move to the plus side.

09-11-2008, 10:52 PM	#6
toolman Mr. Fixit Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: abilene,tx Posts: 5,866 Blog Entries: 24	Use any good varmint bullet and hit them in the boiler room, trust me there won't be any tracking. __________________ cosmoline is an aphrodisiac!

09-21-2008, 10:52 AM	#10
varmithunter Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Lilburn, GA Posts: 19	110 gr Match I loaded some of those little 90 gr loads one time. Something like 3400 fps. But the recoil and the muzzle blast is terrible. You can take a 110 psp, put 54 grains of IMR 4320 behind and have a very pleasant shooter at around 3000 fps. Super out to 300 yards, but a tough shot at 400. My personal best was 338 yards. Zero 2 " high at 200 and you will be 4" or so low at 300. VH

08-24-2008, 05:43 AM	#2
petemi Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Engadine, Upper Peninsula, MI Posts: 90	With any of the shots you mentioned with the .270, there won't be a blood trail to follow. It'll be dead right there. My wife uses hers loaded with 90gr. hollow points on varmints. It turns most of them into a bag of jelly.

09-11-2008, 10:39 PM	#3
unclejer Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 76	150 grain rem core lockt in the boiler room stay away from big bone area most fur friendly round in the .270 if not worried about the fur any round drops them like a bad habit. Longest run by one i hit 3 ft it fell forward on its face.

09-11-2008, 10:45 PM	#4
Kompressor Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: NORWAY Posts: 353	Aim for the part you're most likely to hit, the chest area. -Clean shot from the side, trough and through. A hit here will likely tear up the lungs, and even blow the heart. If you at all try to hit the tiny brains you're more likely to go looking for the animal afterwards than if you hit anything at all.

09-13-2008, 08:59 AM	#7
bluealtered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: outback oregon Posts: 54	My long range yote rifle is a .270 with 90gr. bullets. It's sighted in at 250yds. I use a mil-dot scope and can run my 130gr bullets dead on at 100yds just by moving up one dot. blue

09-13-2008, 02:39 PM	#8
338RUM Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 104	well the farthest I have had a yote run on me was 150 yards and he was hit with a 25-06 with 90 gr. positive expansion bullets, hit the guy behind the front shoulder too... Now to finish the story, I hunt in steep steep hills in MD and the yote just so happened to show up on the edge of a hill and when he was shot the 25 just threw him over the edge... but I promise he was dead when the bullet hit

09-14-2008, 12:02 AM	#9
Ironcowboy Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 47	Congrats on the new Howa! I just picked up one, in .243, and i cant wait to get after some yotes, and deer. It shoots amazingly, as i'm sure yours will too. As everyone else has said, a round like that, it wont go far. They are not huge animals.