what gun is the best for hunting coyotes?
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I use an iron sighted .22 highpower (bigger than a .223 incase you havent heard of it) or a .223/.243. Im not sure what grain to use with a .223 but with a .243 i recomend 80 grain for coyote and 100 for deer. With the .22 highpower i use 65 grain and they work well. The .243 that i use has just a 4x power scope and it works well.
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You want a flat shooting caliber and I believe after using several different small calibers the 22-250 surpasses all. I use the Federal Sierra BlitzKing 55 Grains; if your zero is 200 Y any shot within 200 Y will be dead on, enough to kill a coyote and even a fox. You get out to 300 Y and the bullet has only dropped -5.2 inches, hold on the back of a coyote and you have a dead dog. With the addition of a long range large objective lensed scope you have a varmint killing machine!
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I would shoot a .243 with a 60 grain bullet, which is very effective. What you can also, consider is buying a shotgun because some times coyotes come running in and you don't have enough time to put the scope on them. In one of the latest Field and Stream magazines, they talked about using a shotgun for coyoted hunting.
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I prefer the .223 I have mine set up with a 6.5-24x42 Leupold, and it has never let me down. It is much cheaper to shoo than the 22-250, and if you handload you can be selective with you loads, and not damage pelts. I shoot 50gr Hornady SPSX bullets @ 3200 fps, and I have yet to destroy a pelo or lose a coyote.
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The 22-250 is an ideal choice for coyotes out to about 300 yards with the right bullet and a good rifle and shooter. Speer, Hornady, Nosler and Barnes all make good varmint bullets.
The .243 or 6mm Remington with 60-grain or 75-grain bullets is also an excellent choice, out to 300-350 yards, maybe 400 yards, if the shooter is very accurate and has a good rest.
I am not a fan of the .223 on coyotes at over 200 yards. I have seen too many people wound coyotes with .223s rather than quickly and humanely put them down. I am not a fan of the .223 in general--and consider the M-16 in 5.56mm to be a huge mistake as a combat rifle.
My favorite rifle for long-range coyote hunting is a .257 Roberts using Hornady 75-grain V-max bullets handloaded with H-380 to a muzzle velocity of around 3550 fps, or a 257 AI with the same bullets at a muzzle velocity of around 3675-3700 fps. (A 25-06 will do the same thing, but will kick more.) Either load is incredibly accurate, kicks barely at all, and will shoot as flat and as far--and carry tremendous punch all the way--as I am willing to take a shot. On a good day, under no wind conditions and with a good rest, a 500-yard MOA .257 Roberts or .257 AI shot is no problem on El Coyote. And one good shot = one kaput coyote.
TWD
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