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Coyote Hunting - From 10 Yards to over 1,000 Yards
.22 MAG too small for coyotes???
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<blockquote data-quote="429421Cowboy" data-source="post: 703416" data-attributes="member: 54332"><p>Along the lines of what jwp said, no, the .22 Mag is not <em>too </em>small for coyotes, but you could drop just about any critter with one if you put it where it needed to go. I, as many others have stated here as well, have seen several deer wacked with a .22 (lr or mag) to the head and a bang-flop (er, pop-flop??) kills. I also saw a whitetail killed with a lung shot by a .17 HMR, by a hunting buddy who had been badly burned over 60% of this body and could not hold a rifle well enough to handle recoil yet. <u>BUT</u> I by no means suggest a rimfire of any kind as a deer rifle, just that it can be done. I also have a friend who is a college biology teacher who uses a .17 HMR in the lungs to collect specimens for his classes to to the lack of damage to the bone structure it produces.Kinda funny that his reason for using it is my reasoning for not using one! I do not know a kill/wounded percentage for his hunting, just that i personally never have seen him lose one yet. My little brother sold his .17 after it failed to penetrate a coyote's skull on the trapline two winters ago, which does not give me alot of confience there! I also have seen countless head of cattle, even 2000lbs+ bulls, dropped with a single shot to the forehead with a .22 Mag, so penetration is not an issue there! Is there a point to all of the points i just made that seem to contradict themselves in every way? I guess just that you can make any argument you want, based on a certain few facts.</p><p>I personally hunt coyotes with a 70 grain TNT Hp out of my .243, which gives me a good degree of certainty, even with a hit too far back. </p><p>If my only rifle was a .22 Mag, i would likely choose a shotgun instead with some no. 4 buck as my coyote gun, which i use quite often as it is. It offers slightly reduced range but much greater killing power on big dogs.</p><p> </p><p>That said, any weapon i have in my hand is what i'll use on any coyote i see, after you've seen a few sheep that are still alive with their faces chewed off, or deer that have been hamstrung and half eaten while still alive, you don't have much love for coyotes! But i agree that they deserve a quick and painless death none the less, if possible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="429421Cowboy, post: 703416, member: 54332"] Along the lines of what jwp said, no, the .22 Mag is not [I]too [/I]small for coyotes, but you could drop just about any critter with one if you put it where it needed to go. I, as many others have stated here as well, have seen several deer wacked with a .22 (lr or mag) to the head and a bang-flop (er, pop-flop??) kills. I also saw a whitetail killed with a lung shot by a .17 HMR, by a hunting buddy who had been badly burned over 60% of this body and could not hold a rifle well enough to handle recoil yet. [U]BUT[/U] I by no means suggest a rimfire of any kind as a deer rifle, just that it can be done. I also have a friend who is a college biology teacher who uses a .17 HMR in the lungs to collect specimens for his classes to to the lack of damage to the bone structure it produces.Kinda funny that his reason for using it is my reasoning for not using one! I do not know a kill/wounded percentage for his hunting, just that i personally never have seen him lose one yet. My little brother sold his .17 after it failed to penetrate a coyote's skull on the trapline two winters ago, which does not give me alot of confience there! I also have seen countless head of cattle, even 2000lbs+ bulls, dropped with a single shot to the forehead with a .22 Mag, so penetration is not an issue there! Is there a point to all of the points i just made that seem to contradict themselves in every way? I guess just that you can make any argument you want, based on a certain few facts. I personally hunt coyotes with a 70 grain TNT Hp out of my .243, which gives me a good degree of certainty, even with a hit too far back. If my only rifle was a .22 Mag, i would likely choose a shotgun instead with some no. 4 buck as my coyote gun, which i use quite often as it is. It offers slightly reduced range but much greater killing power on big dogs. That said, any weapon i have in my hand is what i'll use on any coyote i see, after you've seen a few sheep that are still alive with their faces chewed off, or deer that have been hamstrung and half eaten while still alive, you don't have much love for coyotes! But i agree that they deserve a quick and painless death none the less, if possible. [/QUOTE]
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