I am NOT a "Yote hunter". I've been seeing a very large one in and around my property and this morning going out the door to the truck he was again in the front yard. I ran back in and grabbed a savage .22, ran back out and shot him offhand at about 50 yards. He was trotting left to right and there was no way to take a rest to take the head shot I know was needed with a .22, so I popped him thru the lungs. He spun around 3 times and blasted off into the woods. I'll look for him when I get home this afternoon but I don't think I'll find him. He could have gone a half mile with that shot. But.....He'll die and that was the goal. Shotgun wirh heavy shot coyote loads would be perfect, .223 or even my .308 would have been great. I had a .22 and unless you put it in his ear a .22 just sucks.