.22 WMR for coyotes

[jds holler]

If you shoot em in the leg, a 7 Mag isn't enough gun. I've shot a half dozen with my 10-22, and "don't think" I've lost one. My 218 Bee has dumped a bunch of them, and is one of my favorite calling rifles. I'm a pelt saver, and hate to blow them up with too big a gun. I'd have no problem with a 22 Mag within a hundred yards. Just hit them in the vittles. jd

 

[Coleridge]

The old Randy Anderson videos, the one guy shot a bunch on camera with 22mag. Been years since I've watched em, he killed a bunch but do remember some spinners he shot twice; but video evidence the 22mag can work. With good bullet it useable, but there are definitely better cartridges out there if I was specifically going looking for Wiley.

Btw- another vote for the grey box Winchester 40gr hp!

 

[AckleymanII]

Winchester makes or made a "supreme", violently expands, not reliable in killing a feral cat. Amazing how people can have different results. Win 40g jacketed HP has worked for me on coyotes. As a rimfire round, we never know how the factory can change powders to give different MV. I don't know what to think about the negative responses.

Rem 33g Premiere was not a coyote round, nor the 34g Winchester supreme. My Ruger does not like the 50g Federal round at all.

 

[COLT45SA]

I'd concentrate on shot placement. I saw a serious poacher take down a deer at 150 yards with a .22 mag out of his Marlin bolt gun. Deer dropped like a sack of potatoes~!

 

[COLT45SA]

I had a client who grew up on a cattle ranch in central Florida who never killed a deer with anything bigger than a .22. I have to say that he was a hell of a marksman though~!

 

[PigButtons]

I have never shot a coyote. But I've shot plenty of big groundhogs out to 100 yards with the 22mag. Judging from the amount of damage and the quick kill ratio I'd have no hesitation taking a coyote at 100 if that's what gun was in reach.

 

[sw282]

A local realtor says, ''lts all about LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION."

Same goes for BULLETS!

 

[AckleymanII]

I used several 22 Mags, Browning A Bolt, Marlin 25M, Savage, Marlin Tube feed, and several different Ruger's including one heavy barrel.

I still have the Ruger Boat Paddle 22 Mag and the Marlin Tube feed. I used a flock of different scopes with a Leupold 3.5x10, Leupold 3x9 vari X-II, Burris 3x12 signature Being my favorite for calling. I also tried the 1.5-5x Leupold and hated it, then the 2x7 which I thought was marginal. I had Leupold put a single target knob on the 3.5x10's, and marked the drop at 100, 150, and 200 yards. My longest shot was on a big male at 125 yards, facing me, he fell over stiff legged.

When living in Az., I rode a Tri color, Gaited, Spotted Saddle horse. Scout could cover 11 miles in 45 minutes. We would ride along till we saw coyotes, then rode the direction the coyotes were coming from, where they felt safe. I would put a set of hobbles on Scout, or tie him to a bush. Scout would always know where and when the coyotes were coming from, and would start pawing the ground if he was tied up or shaking his head because he knew I was about to shoot. I would always get around 50 yards from scout in plain sight of him. The coyotes would come in looking at the horse, never at me, and I did wear a camo face net and gloves. When the coyotes saw the horse and I riding, they never paid any attention to the man on the horse, just the horse if no one was talking, and if the tack was not making a metallic clanking sound.

I killed 55 in one Summer with the Ruger Boat paddle 22 Mag, using the technique above in Az. Scout was one heck of a horse, he died at 38 years of age.

I wanted to add that if you ever shoot any plated lead bullets in your 22 mag barrel, the barrel will lead up, accuracy will go to pot. 40g Winchester HP is a true jacketed bullet, and I found best accuracy was maintained cleaning every 250 rounds.

 

[jds holler]

Damn, I like that story. Makes me jealous on several levels. I've had a pretty great lifetime of coyote calling, but that sounds sublime. jd

 

[sw282]

l love my CZ457 Varmint in 22Mag. l mounted a 3.5-10 Leupold on it. Daughter and l were scheduled to try it on some early season Prairie Dog pups with 30gr TNTs in New Mexico right about NOW. Unfortunately that trip went up in SMOKE. Those brutal NM forest fires over the last month took care of that. Close to a half million acres torched l hear

 

[sw282]

22Mag update. USFS set that NM fire. My gun is still in Fla with my Daughter. As bad as l HATE Fla l may have to go RESCUE my CZ

 

[FNSafari]

Sorry, any animal this size hunted deserves better than any .22 rimfire.

 

[AckleymanII]

Funny you say that, as I never fired more than one shot on any coyote with the 22 mag with the 40g Win Hp.

25-85 yard shots were most of the shots. Many of the 22 Mag bullets are made for smaller varmints, not coyotes.

 

[Kracken McGraw]

Funny you say that, as I never fired more than one shot on any coyote with the 22 mag with the 40g Win Hp.

25-85 yard shots were most of the shots. Many of the 22 Mag bullets are made for smaller varmints, not coyotes.

Federal used to make a 50 grain hollow point that seemed very effective.

 

[AckleymanII]

I never had a rifle that would group well with the 50 Fed. They may have re designed the bullet. The 40g Winchester HP hits a coyote like a mack truck! WHOP!! Then Stiff legs!

 

[searcher]

My buddies and I shoot them for ranchers who just want them gone. A lot of times, we will be blasting squirrels and a coyote will pop up and we end up shooting them with whatever we have in hand sometimes that is a rimfire - usually a .17 HMR, sometimes .22 Mag., sometimes .22 LR.. While we have killed a slew of yotes with all of these. We don't keep pelts either. If it were me and I wanted it DRT, not taking high chances of a runoff, that would limit me to a well-aimed head shot or a spine shot, neither of which will ensure a DRT condition - but is more likely to let you get another bullet in them better than a body shot. And getting those two types of shots on running coyotes is bordering on the lucky side. My personal experience is that a .22 Mag does not work significantly better than a .22 LR.. They will both reach the vitals but both lack the hydrostatic shock that you get with a .223 or even a .17 HMR. And they will run further than you would think without use of vital organs. You won't get DRT every time even at 50 yards, unlike well-placed .223. Those suckers are pretty tough. If you want humane, I'd go to a .20 cal. (like a .20 Practical) as a minimum with 39 or 40 grain bullets or a .223 using something like 50 Varmint Grenades. If you don't mind having a few run off or needing to shoot them more than once - shoot them from any distance you want. DRT every time with a .22 Mag is sketchy at any distance. Even shooting the .223's, there is a huge difference if the number of runaways using 40 grain bullets versus 50 grain bullets. Pretty amazing, actually.

 

[holstil]

I used several 22 Mags, Browning A Bolt, Marlin 25M, Savage, Marlin Tube feed, and several different Ruger's including one heavy barrel.

I still have the Ruger Boat Paddle 22 Mag and the Marlin Tube feed. I used a flock of different scopes with a Leupold 3.5x10, Leupold 3x9 vari X-II, Burris 3x12 signature Being my favorite for calling. I also tried the 1.5-5x Leupold and hated it, then the 2x7 which I thought was marginal. I had Leupold put a single target knob on the 3.5x10's, and marked the drop at 100, 150, and 200 yards. My longest shot was on a big male at 125 yards, facing me, he fell over stiff legged.

When living in Az., I rode a Tri color, Gaited, Spotted Saddle horse. Scout could cover 11 miles in 45 minutes. We would ride along till we saw coyotes, then rode the direction the coyotes were coming from, where they felt safe. I would put a set of hobbles on Scout, or tie him to a bush. Scout would always know where and when the coyotes were coming from, and would start pawing the ground if he was tied up or shaking his head because he knew I was about to shoot. I would always get around 50 yards from scout in plain sight of him. The coyotes would come in looking at the horse, never at me, and I did wear a camo face net and gloves. When the coyotes saw the horse and I riding, they never paid any attention to the man on the horse, just the horse if no one was talking, and if the tack was not making a metallic clanking sound.

I killed 55 in one Summer with the Ruger Boat paddle 22 Mag, using the technique above in Az. Scout was one heck of a horse, he died at 38 years of age.

I wanted to add that if you ever shoot any plated lead bullets in your 22 mag barrel, the barrel will lead up, accuracy will go to pot. 40g Winchester HP is a true jacketed bullet, and I found best accuracy was maintained cleaning every 250 rounds.

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