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Before the Great Ammo Depression, the .22 Magnum had alot of choices for varmints. For Bobcats and Fox especially. I used a 220 Swift with the then factory Hornady load with the 50gr Vmax that was very fur friendly on coyote. Good luck finding that stuff, ha. I think the .204 is about the best light to medium weight varmint round too. It seems to shoot as flat as a 22-250 yet quieter than a 223. Of course, half my hearings gone anyhow!  Have a ball man!
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Everyone hunts different, so you really need to get some time in the field to figure out what works, and doesn't work, for you. For a brand new hunter, a 223 AR, a decent piece of glass, and a good FoxPro or Lucky Duck is about perfect. Invest in a good seat, and good optics. Everything else will become evident....or you may find you are stacking coyotes like cordwood with what you have.
In all my years of calling coyotes and cats, the two very best things I ever did was buy a suppressor, and convert to illuminated FFP glass. Suppressors are an absolute game changer, and I cannot imagine hunting without one. Illuminated FFP glass makes everything easier, but those sketchy dawn and dusk, barely legal hung up on a fence line shots are a lot more likely.
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If saving fur I'd go 204 or 223 etc. If I just wanted them dead I'd use a 6mm something. 22-250 is a proven killer, but tends to make fur rain down for an hour.
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Another vote for the 204 here. Had a L.H. Ruger Hawkeye that shot way better than me. Mine preferred 40 gr bullets.
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Sorry but here's my take on predator calling.
I regularly call in WA, NV, CO, AZ, and NM with occasional trips to UT, WY, MT, SD and started calling in MN and WI never ran into anywhere where they wouldn't come in any closer to 200 yards unless I did something wrong. There should be no reason for them to not come closer than 200 yards unless they see, hear or smell you. If you were actually a dyeing rabbit a coyote wouldn't hang up that far away. Any time I get a coyote hung up that far away I try and figure out what I did wrong.
This year I'm trying to stick a CALLED coyote with my bow so far every coyote (5) I've called while bow hunting has been within 35 yards.. Surely you've had doubles and triples come in, whack one and then have an opportunity at far greater distances.
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two of my favorite calling rifles are a lightweight Rem 700 in 20 practical and a Kimber montana I had rebarreled to 6 BR 20 Practical ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/HO0qUELm.jpg)
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Fast twisted 223 would be my choice.
Some sort of 223 ammo is alway available in a pinch
All of them do something better than the 30-06, but none of them do everything as well.
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I had a double come in and killed one at 20 yards with the shotgun barrel of my combo gun and the second ran straight at me and I killed it at 6 ft with the rifle barre.. My Nephew and I have killed a three out of a quad with the longest 50 yards a couple times with bolt actions. I killed another and had it's partner run straight at me jump over my legs and I had to lay back and take him going away.
Having coyotes at your shoe laces is a rush, killing them at long range is about as exciting as punching holes in paper or ringing iron.
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After the first shot the rest are just noise.
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I had a double come in and killed one at 20 yards with the shotgun barrel of my combo gun and the second ran straight at me and I killed it at 6 ft with the rifle barre.. My Nephew and I have killed a three out of a quad with the longest 50 yards a couple times with bolt actions. I killed another and had it's partner run straight at me jump over my legs and I had to lay back and take him going away.
Having coyotes at your shoe laces is a rush, killing them at long range is about as exciting as punching holes in paper or ringing iron. Alright....
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I had a double come in and killed one at 20 yards with the shotgun barrel of my combo gun and the second ran straight at me and I killed it at 6 ft with the rifle barre.. My Nephew and I have killed a three out of a quad with the longest 50 yards a couple times with bolt actions. I killed another and had it's partner run straight at me jump over my legs and I had to lay back and take him going away.
Having coyotes at your shoe laces is a rush, killing them at long range is about as exciting as punching holes in paper or ringing iron. Alright....
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