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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="Topgun 30-06" data-source="post: 673249" data-attributes="member: 28854"><p>Caleb---We aren't even a talking a 22 mag in this particular instance. The guy says he shot a running coyote at 138 yards with a 22LR. Then he says that also proves the 22 magnum is more than enough to kill them out past that distance. What my problem is involves two things. The first is shooting at a small target running with either of those calibers at any distance like that because even a standing shot with them is asking for trouble unless you hit them in the head or possibly right in the heart. I just don't go for people like this patience guy that have stated on this thread that "they're just coyotes" and condone anything other than as close to a 100% clean, humane killing shot as you can get on ANY animal. These are the kinds of things that hunters need to police amongst themselves IMHO or one of these days we'll be throwing rocks when things come to a vote and people that are on the fence about hunting are asked to vote yea or nay on it's continuance. Anyone who says that will never happen has probably also said a black man would never be President or that health care would never be forced on American citizens. I give up on this thread because it's obvious that some of these people, especially patience, don't know what they are talking about when they say these small calibers with the small ft/lbs of energy they produce are more than sufficient at the distances we are talking about to take an animal the size of a coyote humanely on a regular basis. Again I will relate it as akin to the gambler than only tells of his winning nights and never mentions the other 10 when he lost his ***! If the shot you take isn't as close to 100% as possible that whatever you shoot at will die quickly, then the shot should not be taken. That's why you see a decent size centerfire caliber like a 22-250 or .223 being used by the pros on these varmint shooting TV shows. They shoot em and they're DRT. End of story!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Topgun 30-06, post: 673249, member: 28854"] Caleb---We aren't even a talking a 22 mag in this particular instance. The guy says he shot a running coyote at 138 yards with a 22LR. Then he says that also proves the 22 magnum is more than enough to kill them out past that distance. What my problem is involves two things. The first is shooting at a small target running with either of those calibers at any distance like that because even a standing shot with them is asking for trouble unless you hit them in the head or possibly right in the heart. I just don't go for people like this patience guy that have stated on this thread that "they're just coyotes" and condone anything other than as close to a 100% clean, humane killing shot as you can get on ANY animal. These are the kinds of things that hunters need to police amongst themselves IMHO or one of these days we'll be throwing rocks when things come to a vote and people that are on the fence about hunting are asked to vote yea or nay on it's continuance. Anyone who says that will never happen has probably also said a black man would never be President or that health care would never be forced on American citizens. I give up on this thread because it's obvious that some of these people, especially patience, don't know what they are talking about when they say these small calibers with the small ft/lbs of energy they produce are more than sufficient at the distances we are talking about to take an animal the size of a coyote humanely on a regular basis. Again I will relate it as akin to the gambler than only tells of his winning nights and never mentions the other 10 when he lost his ***! If the shot you take isn't as close to 100% as possible that whatever you shoot at will die quickly, then the shot should not be taken. That's why you see a decent size centerfire caliber like a 22-250 or .223 being used by the pros on these varmint shooting TV shows. They shoot em and they're DRT. End of story! [/QUOTE]
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