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Wow, This thread is all over the place. I'm no expert at hunting or shooting but have killed over a 1000 coyotes in the last 35 years. I have shot them with everything from a 17 rem. to a 300 win mag. They will all get it done. You just have to know you and your gun, bullet limitations. The majority of my coyotes have been killed with a 223. Most under 60 yards but some way out there. The country I hunt most of your shots are from sitting in your lap to around 200 yards. Over the years I tried many gun bullet combos trying to find the perfect kill to fur friendly ratio and kept going back to a 223 with a 55 grn soft point. Now that fur in my part of the country isn't worth me messing with I usually shoot my 6mm rem. or a 22-250. Neither are fur friendly. Loved my 17 Rem when fur was worth something but it sucked in the wind. Shot a bunch with a 308 as for years that was my saddle/truck gun and probably had more runners with that than any other combo I have shot. If you didn't hit the shoulder with 150 grn core locks it just went thru without expanding. If I was hunting country where my shots tended to be over 200 a 223 probably wouldn't be my caliber of choice or I would learn to call better. There is no right answer shoot what you want.drscott
Wow, This thread is all over the place. I'm no expert at hunting or shooting but have killed over a 1000 coyotes in the last 35 years. I have shot them with everything from a 17 rem. to a 300 win mag. They will all get it done. You just have to know you and your gun, bullet limitations. The majority of my coyotes have been killed with a 223. Most under 60 yards but some way out there. The country I hunt most of your shots are from sitting in your lap to around 200 yards. Over the years I tried many gun bullet combos trying to find the perfect kill to fur friendly ratio and kept going back to a 223 with a 55 grn soft point. Now that fur in my part of the country isn't worth me messing with I usually shoot my 6mm rem. or a 22-250. Neither are fur friendly. Loved my 17 Rem when fur was worth something but it sucked in the wind. Shot a bunch with a 308 as for years that was my saddle/truck gun and probably had more runners with that than any other combo I have shot. If you didn't hit the shoulder with 150 grn core locks it just went thru without expanding. If I was hunting country where my shots tended to be over 200 a 223 probably wouldn't be my caliber of choice or I would learn to call better. There is no right answer shoot what you want.
drscott
