Shoot a coyote in the lungs with a .22lr, like you did the deer with your .308, and you won't find him UNLESS you have tracking snow because there won't be a blood trail worth a beans to follow, and he'll go a long ways before falling over. Did ya kill it, sure, but finding it is a whole nother matter.

un-educated hunters will use a .22 for hunting coyotes.
yes they will kill one.....but for anyone that knows squat about a
.22 knows that they are mass produced by the millions and are NOT
designed as a predator load.they are NOT designed to be extremly
accurate at long range and so..... CANNOT be justified to be used at ranges of a hundred yards. THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL YOU CAN GUARANTEE A HEAD SHOT AT THAT DISTANCE. it's unethical and we as a sporting community don't need that kind of reputation.IMHO !

i understand the insult ,but not the wrong reasons.just my opinion and what i know are facts about the .22lr. no need to be mean about it.

Can it be done-yes.
Should you try it-NO!!!!
All animals deserve respect and we should do our best to insure quick humane kills.Anything less makes the lies the anti hunting groups say about hunters true.It's just that simple.

WRONG, its got nothing to do with making it more challenging.

Like it or not the .22 is a very funny round.As some have said, Ive shot coon in the head point blank wih them and it just made the coon mad.Had a similiar experience with a dog, had an old one that had something wrong wih it, he got mean and had o pu him down, from about 10 yrds I hit him right between the eyes, rolled him and he got up and ran off.Had to get the 12 guage to finish him off.

On the other hand Ive seen deer shot in the lungs with a .22 go down very fast, yes I know is illegal to shoot deer with a .22.The round also has a tendency to ricochet around if it hits bone, ask any ER doctor whos ever dealt wih it, they can just do crazy things once they hit and go off at wierd angles through the body.

Ive shot several yotes in snares with them and only had to shoot one more than once.

But the round is not reliable enough, even with well placed shots, to kill quickly, and make recovery possible on most predators with any consistency.Yotes arent my favorite animal by any means but even they dont deserve to be crippled with a bullet that never shoulda been used and left to die a slow painfull death because your looking for a "challenge"Use the right gun for the job or stay home, its that simple.

Howler got it right from the start........I thought you might want to read it again.:rolleye0011:

I would think a bigger gauge mabye 243 or 270 would be better for long distance.

yes you CAN kill a coyote with 22. under 50 yard with a well placed shot i think you shouldnt have much of a problem if your using a semi auto put a couple in him just make sure you do your very best to make your shots lethal if your unsure of the shot dont take it!

Your better off using a 12 gauge with a good dose of hevi shot dead coyote than a 22lr. Coyotes are tough critters, a 22lr just doesnt pack enough wallop to do the job consistantly. If your worries about ammo cost, recoil at least step up to a 22 mag or the 17 HMR for close range work.

Everyone try shooting a Porcupine with a 22.
You have to shoot it 5 times to kill it(those things got tough skulls)
Somehow I dont think that a 22. will kill a coyote when it takes 5 shots to kill a porcupine at 10 yards.
Although I have never killed a coyote so I would not know.
But thats my opinion on the topic.

I've shot 2 coyotes 1 with a bow , a 48 lb recurve with a 125 gr Bear Magnum total wt 527 grs,passed through at 20 yrds that 25 lb dog ran a mile to get hit by a Mack. The 2nd 1 I shot with a 12ga from my duck blind ,30yrds 1 steel dead dog in 50yrds ruined the decoy too. Funny thing the shotgun dog had just 1 bb thru-through the ribs maybe 6 under the skin. The bow dog based on equiptment shoulda been dead on the spot but ran a long way and would of gone further. The shotgun dog was just unlucky as hell.

While I agree that a 223 is about as light as you should go I can see no reason why used responsibly taking best shots at short range woould be any worse than the glorified turkey loads suggested by others here.

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Its got plenty of punch up to about 100 yd. If your gonna be killin a further distances than I would step it up a caliber or two.

My dad shot a coyote at about 30 yds last year and he only ran 30 yds tops and then rolled. He shot him right in the ribcage. Granted our coyotes out in the desert of west tex aren't as big as their northern brethren, but it still cleanly killed the coyote. I have also trapped and shot two in the head with a 22 and they anchored on the spot. Would I suggest it no, but it can be done with a well placed shot and ammo that expands pretty good.