I have to agree with a lot of what was said here. A few years back we used to wait for coyotes at the edge of a swamp at first light. They would be up frolicking all night at the chicken barns about 1 1/2 miles away. My brother would go up there and raise havoc with them and they'd come trotting over; it was really quite humorous and very predictable. Anyways, I watched this big male come right up to me, he kept looking back to see what all the ruckus was at the barns, finally he got close, the distance was like 35 yds, he turned again, quartering away, and I shot him back in the ribs, angling towards his off shoulder, he dropped and then ran right past me. There was hardly any blood and I could only follow his tracks in the thick swamp for about 75 yds. I searched, but never found that coyote. I was disheartened! I've killed coyotes with the 22mag, but find it marginal. Shortly after that experience, my 22mag was retired as a coyote gun, and it was replaced with a 17 Remington.