If you don't care about the fur then use what your rifle likes because accuracy reigns supreme. If you are out on a stand hunting edible game you will not have time to sight in for a different load.
If the coyote is close you could use a very reduced load if it was in the rifle already but the coyote will not stick around for the clickity clacking of switching ammo.
I don't see much of a path for fur with a heavy rifle. I can see a heavy enough bullet for close range edible game with a 7mm TCU and hitting a coyote and not blowing it up.
I understand not shooting for fur because I see coyotes as a pest to our livestock. The only fur I am interested from them would be to get a good one for the dressing up of a decoy. I can rely on a decent hit to get me a useable pelt if and when that happens. But I will just kill anyway that comes out until I get a good one.
Many years ago when I was first getting acquainted with the 22-250 I was running the Sierra 55 gr. Game King for a time. That bullet is a gem! Probably one of the most versatile built for speed bullets for high velocity 22 CF rifles available at a reasonable cost! What I noticed was that coyotes reliably died but the exits were reliable but not spectacular.
In my State the 22 CFer's are not legal for deer, elk or bear. But if they were, the Sierra 55 gr Game King would serve as a very good all around bullet. When you get into the heavy calibers such as 25 caliber and up and certainly by 6.5mm and up that you can help but have bone getting blasted loose and adding to the fur ripping process no matter the bullet construction as long as that bullet is moving fast. Sure there would be exceptions where the placement was just so, but day in and day out you are going to lots of tear up.
Since I am not into fur I use whatever is at hand and that includes 300 RUM or 7mm Remington Mag. However due to recoil considerations I favor 25-06 and down with a great inclination towards 22CF (22-250) and the 204 Ruger with a 32 gr V max in particular. A lot of my 22-250 hits using the Nosler 55 gr Balistic tip produced a fur friendly result (exploding entirely inside) though I was loading for a dead "dog". A friend would come several miles to pick up my kills and marvel at how that bullet performed and take them home to skin and sell. He could not believe what he saw and ask would me how I did that. Every time I told him I just use a near max charge or Varget and hit them in the bread basket like I do not have any better sense!
With the 204 Ruger I have seen it hit the neck broadside at 275 yds. (32 gr max) and not exit but I have also seen on a pup coyote hit high in the back literally grenade.
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If the coyote is close you could use a very reduced load if it was in the rifle already but the coyote will not stick around for the clickity clacking of switching ammo.
I don't see much of a path for fur with a heavy rifle. I can see a heavy enough bullet for close range edible game with a 7mm TCU and hitting a coyote and not blowing it up.
I understand not shooting for fur because I see coyotes as a pest to our livestock. The only fur I am interested from them would be to get a good one for the dressing up of a decoy. I can rely on a decent hit to get me a useable pelt if and when that happens. But I will just kill anyway that comes out until I get a good one.
Many years ago when I was first getting acquainted with the 22-250 I was running the Sierra 55 gr. Game King for a time. That bullet is a gem! Probably one of the most versatile built for speed bullets for high velocity 22 CF rifles available at a reasonable cost! What I noticed was that coyotes reliably died but the exits were reliable but not spectacular.
In my State the 22 CFer's are not legal for deer, elk or bear. But if they were, the Sierra 55 gr Game King would serve as a very good all around bullet. When you get into the heavy calibers such as 25 caliber and up and certainly by 6.5mm and up that you can help but have bone getting blasted loose and adding to the fur ripping process no matter the bullet construction as long as that bullet is moving fast. Sure there would be exceptions where the placement was just so, but day in and day out you are going to lots of tear up.
Since I am not into fur I use whatever is at hand and that includes 300 RUM or 7mm Remington Mag. However due to recoil considerations I favor 25-06 and down with a great inclination towards 22CF (22-250) and the 204 Ruger with a 32 gr V max in particular. A lot of my 22-250 hits using the Nosler 55 gr Balistic tip produced a fur friendly result (exploding entirely inside) though I was loading for a dead "dog". A friend would come several miles to pick up my kills and marvel at how that bullet performed and take them home to skin and sell. He could not believe what he saw and ask would me how I did that. Every time I told him I just use a near max charge or Varget and hit them in the bread basket like I do not have any better sense!
With the 204 Ruger I have seen it hit the neck broadside at 275 yds. (32 gr max) and not exit but I have also seen on a pup coyote hit high in the back literally grenade.
Thre44s
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