Okay, now that you've read the Subject line, y'all can laugh real good. "A .308 to hunt coyotes! What's he thinking?! These newbies get dumber every day!" I'm laughing too. :-)

Okay: a friend has some land in Ellis County, TX and coyotes are trespassing his land. The local livestock is suffering, too, from coyote predation.

My friend wants me to help him hunt the coyotes. His land has a lot of trees in the area, so the longest shot will probably be about 100 yards.

Oh, yes, the coyotes only come at night.

I need to find a source that will tell me the correct loading for caliber .308 ammunition that will be potent enough to drop the coyotes in the first shot (and yes, I know, shot placement is everything), but not too strong.

If that information does not exist, how about information for caliber .222?

Any help you can point me to will be deeply appreciated.

Leslie Nordman