I have to disagree, and agree. In Michigan when hunting at night you're only allowed to use a rimfire or shotgun when hunting predators. Normally I use my Remington 700-22-250 for coyote. But I have shot plenty coyote with my Marlin 25MN .22Mag and dropped them on the spot. Now this is at night and all my shots are head shots and under 100yrds. Usually the shots are between 50 and 70yrds. But for an all around coyote gun, YES, I would have to say a .22 or .22Mag is not the gun you want to use for coyote.