10/22 for coyotes
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mark shubert
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First, my name is NOT Crockett, & I never claimed to be able to shoot the eye of a gnat at 100 FEET, much less yards. I grew up shooting a 22 LR and know what it will & won't do. BULLET PLACEMENT is vital. I did leave out another very important part of the equation, though.
BULLET CONSTRUCTION is nearly as important. Also, the heart - lung area is NOT the heart. If you miss the heart or large vessels, you will be tracking. Only my experience!!
Mark
BULLET CONSTRUCTION is nearly as important. Also, the heart - lung area is NOT the heart. If you miss the heart or large vessels, you will be tracking. Only my experience!!
Mark
223shooter
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MarkA
i very much agree, i am still new here and when half the poeple are against the 17hmr much less a 22 lr. heck i have had sruirrels get away when hit behind the soilder with a 22. last i noticed a yote is much bigger then the squirrels. yet up here in west virginia the squirrels might just be stonger because of our rich soil /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
i very much agree, i am still new here and when half the poeple are against the 17hmr much less a 22 lr. heck i have had sruirrels get away when hit behind the soilder with a 22. last i noticed a yote is much bigger then the squirrels. yet up here in west virginia the squirrels might just be stonger because of our rich soil /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
chubbs
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MarkA,
I just asked a question. I didnt ask for an attitude. Geez. I didn't know anything about coyote hunting at the time i wrote the post. i was just trying to get some info so i COULD make a HUMANE shot.
To everyone else who responded, thankyou. Thanks for the info and gladly helping.
I just asked a question. I didnt ask for an attitude. Geez. I didn't know anything about coyote hunting at the time i wrote the post. i was just trying to get some info so i COULD make a HUMANE shot.
To everyone else who responded, thankyou. Thanks for the info and gladly helping.
Mike Pearson
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.223 Shooter,
You did not mention the ammo you were using on that coyote that took all the hits in the chest. That's a VERY big point. My guess is that you were using .22 LR solids and I can you from past experience, those are NOT good stoppers on fox squirrels, let alone something the size of a coyote. I do NOT believe, for a second, that ANY coyote would take the number of chest shots you mentioned from a regular .22 LR hollowpoint, let alone a .22 hyper-velocity long rifle. WHAT you hit that 'yote with (load-wise) makes a HUGE difference and I think you should have mentioned it.
On that same note, my brother DID hit a coyote with 3 subsonic (Eley) hollowpoints in the lungs and the 'yote did get away. I KNOW they can take a real punch but had those been Stingers or Velocitors at the 30 yards or so that he shot the critter, that 'yote would have very quickly become a good 'yote.
I have also read posts where a .223 IN THE CHEST failed. What the writers NEVER mention though is how did the bullet PERFORM! Obviously, if the bullet does NOT perform (and that CAN happen in any caliber no matter how rare), then that can NOT be held against the cartridge. Otherwise, we'd all be shooting .375's for coyote UNTIL someone in time has a bad experience with it!
Sorry for the rant.
You did not mention the ammo you were using on that coyote that took all the hits in the chest. That's a VERY big point. My guess is that you were using .22 LR solids and I can you from past experience, those are NOT good stoppers on fox squirrels, let alone something the size of a coyote. I do NOT believe, for a second, that ANY coyote would take the number of chest shots you mentioned from a regular .22 LR hollowpoint, let alone a .22 hyper-velocity long rifle. WHAT you hit that 'yote with (load-wise) makes a HUGE difference and I think you should have mentioned it.
On that same note, my brother DID hit a coyote with 3 subsonic (Eley) hollowpoints in the lungs and the 'yote did get away. I KNOW they can take a real punch but had those been Stingers or Velocitors at the 30 yards or so that he shot the critter, that 'yote would have very quickly become a good 'yote.
I have also read posts where a .223 IN THE CHEST failed. What the writers NEVER mention though is how did the bullet PERFORM! Obviously, if the bullet does NOT perform (and that CAN happen in any caliber no matter how rare), then that can NOT be held against the cartridge. Otherwise, we'd all be shooting .375's for coyote UNTIL someone in time has a bad experience with it!
Sorry for the rant.
cougerbait
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If you want to use a 10/22 for coyotes, well go for it. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif And when you get that yote take a picture and post it here for us. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Curt Barrett
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In my opinion a .22 LR is not the proper caliber to use for coyote hunting by any stretch of the imagination. No serious coyote hunter I know would even consider it. I don't care how great of a shot a fella thinks he is. If a guy shoots more than a couple coyotes he is going to have some negative experiences trying to make this cartridge do something it was not intended to do. Personally I don't consider the 22 LR worthy of groundhog hunting, let alone coyotes.