I remember a hunt with a 'borrowed' 223. I admit I hadn't slept real well the night before. There were 3 of us, I called in a coyote that stood broadside at about 70 yards. I was in the best position to take the shot.
I shot and expected a dead coyote, he had said the gun was sighted in. The coyote trotted off, one more shot a little longer range, same result.
Maybe it was sighted in for him, I guess not me. No I didn't have time to check it at the range before the hunt.
Contrast that with last Winter in IL on an anterless deer hunt. I called in two coyotes that sat down at the field edge 100 yards away, not planning to come any closer. I took one center chest with MY Knight muzzle-loader.
