.22 Mag For Coyotes At Very Close Range
 

At point blank range (50 feet or less), would I be able to kill a coyote with a .22 Mag (Remington 597)?

Yes. It will. Any time you can shoot a coyote is a good time.
-Jake

Assuming your bullet placement is correct, then yes.

shoot the federal 50 gr and they'll work to 100 yards or so.
RR

A well placed shot with a bullet at a reasonable range will kill "almost" anything.

Good luck on killing some coyotes !!!

yes , but s said shot placement is key here for sure
even a .22 will kill at 50 ft if it right!

Absolutely it will!

Gentlemen.....Thanks for the info. And if I have to kill a coyote, rest assured I will!

I would not depend on it.
Except at


"At point blank range (50 feet or less),"

At that range a good shot gun with # 4 buck would be better even.

:D Al

Definitely. If you don't just shoot it in the ins quarters

I have used a 22 Magnum to drop cattle up 2000lbs with a head shot, so a 'yote wont be much problem as many here have said. How are you planning on getting this critter to within said 50ft? Are you planning on trapping them and using it to dispatch them or calling them in?

or perhaps baiting?

The right 22 mag ammo will drop them dead..as long as your shot placement is good...but to get within 50 feet of a yote your either hiding in a dead cow carcass with a shoot hole..or he is blind and his nose fell off...

I have a Ruger V77 22mag rifle which is deadly out to 100yrds if you do your part..

best ammo I have shot was the CCI game point..or the V Max...or the Winchester Supreme or super x

I have taken yotes out to 90 yards ..some DRT or dead in 20 yards...a bi pod or shooting sticks help alot to get the steady eddie shot...on the Predator forum there are guys shooting boar with head shots at 50 yards with a kill...

What's the best way to bait a coyote in ? Live chicken or rabbit , dog food , I hunt deer and hogs but want to dispatch a coyote and a bobcat that are hunting the same spot, thanks for any help or advise , farms in azle if someone wants to help

22 mag for coyote
 

Shot one Thanksgiving day, 1 shot, 100 yds DRT.

It will do the job, but is very minimal and I'd rather go up the ladder to a little bit bigger rifle or shotgun so one doesn't run off no matter where he's hit.

Road kill deer dumped in the same spot over and over. Make sure to get the correct permits before picking up a road kill deer.


:D Al

that'll kill it for sure but if saving the pelt ,I would prefer the .22 mag

lol. or you are calling them with a predator call.
I have called them on many, many occasions within 5 feet of me, while wearing bluejeans and no scent control.
when coyotes hear a dinner bell ring and they are hungry, caution goes to the wind.

they get a one track mind, much the same as a buck in the rut on the trail of a doe. especially the young , uneducated ones

I tried 22 mag 40 grain jacketed hollow point on Jack Rabbits. I eat Jack, it really tore them up. If you are dispatching varmints it is a good round. If you plan on keeping the hide, not so good.

Get you a burlap bag and put in a few pounds of dry dog food. The cheap stuff actually has a better scent for drawing them in. Now, with you in Texas, get yourself a good Jack Rabbit in distress mouth call. set off about 30-50 yards down wind of the dog food bait. Hit that distress call for a few seconds with an up and down cadence. Keep your eyes peeled. After about 2 minutes, hit it again. I usually do that 3 or 4 times then hang around that spot for about 1 hour while hitting the call every few minutes. If no responses within an hour, you don't have a yote in hearing range. If you do see one sneaking in, and it heads to your bait bag, give it a couple minutes because more than likely he has a buddy or 2 with him. They will all eventually come in to the bag and start fighting over it and it doesn't take long for them all to get in. They usually "send in" the idiot youngins to check out the bags. Once you feel all of them are in on the bag, let loose!

As to the OP's question, I've dropped many yotes with a 22mag out to 100 yards. Done it with solids, hollow point both and they both put them down. Pretty much whatever cartridge/bullet shoots the best from your rifle will work. It's not my PREFERRED cartridge to use on them as my .220swift or my .22-250 gets the nod for that work but I've cracked more than a few out the back door when my .22mag was sitting there and not one of my loud babies :D

But a 30-06 can make some nice coyote holes
 

Some folks hunting deer get to wedge a coyote.

And you get to see one if you're not on an iphone all the time.

I've killed coyotes while squirrel hunting using 22lr subsonic HP's. They run but they die.