I ran coyotes with hounds for 30 years and loved the 2 3/4 #4 buck load. If you can afford it you cannot beat the dead coyote T shot by Hevi Shot. But if your hounds will bay a cripple you can get by with the #4 buck load and keep shots to 75 yards and closer. Before the deer hunters made me quit I was seriously thinking about reloading some #5 tungsten loads. You would have $5 or more a round but from guys that I have talked that shoot turkeys and coyotes and deer with them your range will lengthen considerably.