Coyote hunting with a .22LR?
 

Hi everyone,
I'm just curious to see if anyone has hunted coyotes with a .22LR before?
Does it pack enough punch to make a clean kill?


thanks :)

RE: Coyote hunting with a .22LR?
 

Get em withing 50 yards and nail them in the brain and it'll do the trick. A little underpowered for body shots, but it'd probably do the trick anyways.

RE: Coyote hunting with a .22LR?
 

ive pulled a 100 yeard shot in the heard with a 22lr but i dont recomend this gun

RE: Coyote hunting with a .22LR?
 

Hunting coyotes with a 22lr will result in more wounded coyotes than it will dead coyotes. Will a 22lr kill a coyote, yes, but if you don't place a perfect head shot(brain) the coyote will run off and either die eventually, or live with a bullet in it! There will be no blood trail, to speak of, so don't expect to trail one that has been hit, unless you have tracking snow! The 22lr is a rabbit/squirrel/target gun!

RE: Coyote hunting with a .22LR?
 

I wouldnt recomend this but it has been done. I would use something bigger I want to use my 12 guage with buckshot on a yote.

RE: Coyote hunting with a .22LR?
 

It can easily be done within 50 yards. If you try it, i would use cci's velocitor bullet thats made for foxes and yotes its a 40 grain bullet that shoots faster than the average 36 grain so its big and fast.

RE: Coyote hunting with a .22LR?
 

No thanks, .308 win.

RE: Coyote hunting with a .22LR?
 

There is no such thing as 22lr ammo. that is "made for fox and yotes!" The 22lr was not made for it, and neither is any ammo! The 22lr is NOT a predator rifle..period!! Can a 22lr do the job, sometimes yes, was it made to do the job, NO!

RE: Coyote hunting with a .22LR?
 

Upgrade to a 22-250, lethal on coyotes and very little kick.

RE: Coyote hunting with a .22LR?
 

it can be done, but i wouldnt recomend it at all, not unless you have perfect aim and get them in pretty close