congrats to your cousin being a poacher[:'(]

and lanse is right. i dont care if your shooting a 50lb coon. 1 22lr bullet in the head drops em EVERY time...unless they get stuck. lanse is right on. hit them in an eye, between the eyes, or between the ears and eyes and you got a stone cold dead coon period. bad shots, yes...coons will live and climb and get pretty mean. even good lung shot coons drop and fight with the dogs. usually takes a couple hits behind the shoulder to even get one to drop. then its a fight...i learned a long time ago to find the head and hit it. if the head is hidden, i make the absolute best shot i can and work the lever till im outta shells or the coon hits the ground...rather fill the pelt with holes than have a 2000$ dog get chewed up...