Thanks deernutz, I kind of figured the 30.06 would be a bit of overkill, as I'd like to tan a hide or 2 to hang in the cabin. Do you think a 3" BB would be big enough? I already have a box that I bought to use for geese, but haven't had any shots at geese yet this season. I'll most likely be set up in a tree stand, so hopefully that will give me some sort of an edge. I'd like to hunt them over gut piles, but the gut piles never last more than a couple nights w/ all the bears, wolves, and coyotes in the area, and we cant shoot coyotes during season. Anybody else try 3" BB on coyotes?