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I noticed that with adult coyotes around here, my results were mixed with the 40 gr. VMaxes. If I nicked bone - that included the ribs - they didn't always drop. That's why I use more stoutly constructed bullets. MNR is reporting that some coyotes are breeding with wolves and the hybrids are larger and more solidly built. Even when not pushed to maximum velocities, I am leery about using them on coyotes.

Not related to the 40 or 50 gr. VMaxes, but I had a 35 gr. VMax vapourize on a fox, shot from a 22 Hornet. The bullet struck the right foreleg and came apart. As silly as it sounds, I dumped the 35 gr. VMaxes and went with some older designs with thicker jackets.

This is from Canada's east coast, but makes for interesting reading.

https://www.thetelegram.com/news/local/province-tests-dna-of-82-pound-coyote-126046/

Edited to add:

Adult eastern coyotes are larger than western coyotes, with female eastern coyotes weighing 21% more than male western coyotes. Physical differences become more apparent by the age of 35 days, with eastern coyote pups having longer legs than their western counterparts. Differences in dental development also occurs, with tooth eruption being later, and in a different order in the eastern coyote.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coyote#cite_note-bekoff1978-79