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 12-21-2010, 05:02 AM | #1 | Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: portland, oregon Posts: 2 |  coyote hunting
is a 22lr an ok round to coyote hunt? | 
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| 12-21-2010, 05:14 AM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Olathe, JOCO KS Posts: 1,358 |
there are much better options. I think 17 Remington would be my minimum round.
My critter gun is a Howa 1500 .223 with Leupold 6-18x40 Target. I run 50gr Sierra Blitzkings over Varget or H335 __________________
I could make a list of a bunch of guns i have, or "have", or wish I had. Why would one feel compelled to provide that infornation freely? Do you feel the need to show off? Is it some immature game of oneupsmanship?
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| 12-21-2010, 10:00 AM | #3 | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: , Texas Posts: 231 | .22
I've taken coyotes out to 100yds with a .22lr but there are better options. If a .22 is all you got then use it, there's too many of those darn animals. If you want a longer range gun, you can't beat a .22-250. It's good to 300 yards. __________________
"A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government." -- George Washington
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| 12-21-2010, 10:01 AM | #4 | Supporting Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Maryville, Tennessee Posts: 550 |
.22lr will drop a yote plenty good enough. Sure there are better rounds but dont let anyone tell you a .22lr wont do the job. | |
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| 12-21-2010, 10:18 AM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Stafford, Virginia, The state of insanity. Posts: 14,049 |
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Originally Posted by Cory2
.22lr will drop a yote plenty good enough. Sure there are better rounds but dont let anyone tell you a .22lr wont do the job.
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A 22lr is NOT a coyote round. Will it kill one. Sure there was once a man who took a 220 Swift and hunted elephant with it. I think that was the last hunt he ever took.
What we are saying is this.
1. Check your local and state laws it may not be a caliber that is legal to hunt with.
2. 22lr can kill a yote I have done it myself but it is not the best choice in yote rounds.
3. There are much better choice out there from the 17 fireball to a 458 lott and 50bmg.
4. If a gun can put a bullet into something it can kill a yote. | |
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| 12-21-2010, 10:24 AM | #6 | Supporting Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: , Tennessee Posts: 2,040 |
Plan on a lot of them running off! | |
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| 12-21-2010, 10:28 AM | #7 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Stafford, Virginia, The state of insanity. Posts: 14,049 |
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Originally Posted by Sniper03
Plan on a lot of them running off!
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You got that right.
The one coyote I shot with a 22lr was at 15' I shot him right in the heart lungs with a Remington yellow jacket hyper velocity round out of a 25" barrel. That yote ran for almost 300 yards before piling up in the middle of a walnut orchard. | |
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| 12-21-2010, 10:34 AM | #8 | Supporting Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: , Tennessee Posts: 2,040 |
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Yes sir! They are one "TUFF" critter. I have shot them with the 223/5.56 round and they should have been DRT. But they ran also. Their will to live is unbelievable at times. | |
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| 12-21-2010, 12:32 PM | #9 | Iron Man Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South central, NH Posts: 3,261 Likes Given: 1
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.22LR would not be on my list for coyotes. Where I live hunting w/ a centerfire is prohibited for any game, and yes .22RF is also a no no for Whitetail. So options for Coyotes are limited to Shotgun or RF. The .22WMR will take them w/ proper placement, But a 12ga w/ #4 buck lead is much better under 50 yards w/ a full choke. __________________
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| 12-21-2010, 01:40 PM | #10 | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: , Texas Posts: 231 | .22 on Coyotes
Ya'll are right about a .22 not being a coyote round. But if a .22 is what I happen to have, I'm using it. If that puts the coyote in the next county, that's fine with me. You can make a kill shot at 50 yards though and if your shot placement is gooooood, out to 100 yards. 100 is pushing it though. My coyote gun though is normally a .22-250 and it works to 200 yards with a lucky good shot placement to 300. __________________
"A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government." -- George Washington
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