[OuachitaMtnMan]

What are everyone's thoughts on a 22 for coyotes?

 

[alkrygow]

not enough! i have lost several dawgs within 50 yds... had the biggest black yote brian urlacher my mojo critter last yr... tried headshot first rip and then pumped him full of lead on the run... still lost him and boy was i PISSED! he was going on the wall for sure... i would something a little bigger... JMO

 

[ursus]

Unless you hit them in the central nervous system they are going to run off most of the time before dying. I lost several with my .22 mag. I would use something bigger.

 

[OuachitaMtnMan]

Thanks guys. Got a new scope for Christmas and debated hard on whether to put it on my 223 or my 22 for Yotes. Putting it on the .223 was probably the way to go even if I miss them at 30 yds.

 

[John Stiles]

Head shot only, try for right behind or in the eye or ear. I shot one clean through the boiler room once with a .32 win spl. and the buzzards found him before I did.

 

[btech29]

Will work, but you will lose some. No doubt about it.

 

[Ruger]

i was squirrel hunting years ago and a coyote crossed a beaver dam and walked up within 20 yards of me. i shot him umpteen times and never saw him again. Could hear the thuds of impact and it broke camp like like an addict who just scored enough loose change to get a fix. He ran all the way to the another county...literally. I was on the county line.:up:

 

[austincrutchfield]

As said it will work but you got to be right about it. I have killed several with a 22 and 22 mag but i have also had them run off too. I would put it on the 223

 

[John Stiles]

i was squirrel hunting years ago and a coyote crossed a beaver dam and walked up within 20 yards of me. i shot him umpteen times and never saw him again. Could hear the thuds of impact and it broke camp like like an addict who just scored enough loose change to get a fix. He ran all the way to the another county...literally. I was on the county line.:up:

I was squirrel hunting down a ridge several years ago and had 6, dragging them on a rattan vine behind me.........I sat down on the side of the ridge overlooking a pin oak flat. After several minutes I heard a rustle in the leaves back up the ridge from the way I came. I looked back up the ridge and saw a big dog coyote trailing those squirrels I was dragging. I put one .22lr round in his head, and his tanned hide stayed beside my bed for many years. If you don't think you can do it....you probly can't. :thumb:

 

[deansc669]

have killed 3 with marlin 22lr semi. 2 neck shot @ 70yds = dropped, 1 gut shot @ 20 yds = 20 yards from impact.
caliber doesn't matter kill em all.

 

[CDay]

The way I see it just as long as you get a hole in them is good enough for me. I have shot many with a .22lr dropped some and some ran off.

 

[hillbillycycles]

I don't shoot them for their hides, so no gun is too big. I just want them dead so they will not eat my rabbits, turkeys, and other critters. However, I believe as hunters we owe our quarry a quick, clean kill. Sure you can kill them with a .22lr, but lots will run off to a suffering death.

Just saying that the next one I see will be when the only gun I have in hand is a .22lr.