.223, 22-250, .243 for Yotes

[MallardSX2]

The 22-250 with Barnes varmint grenades is pretty impressive.

 

[Sinistram]

The 22-250 with Barnes varmint grenades is pretty impressive.

Any particular weight?

 

[mt terry d]

223 77gr TMK
310 yards laid down facing me
he didn't run

 

[Custureri]

your rifle will tell you what it likes best. my standard coyote round for 20 inch bolt action/16 inch AR-15 is a 60 grain ballistic tip from Underwood. My second favorite round is a 55 grain soft point Speer Gold Dot. for my AR-15 pistons in 12.5in, I'm partial to 75 grain gold dots, and Hornady 75 grain sbr. I run a thermal on my standard bolt gun, and it's amazing what a Vmax round will do. I don't take hides, only lives. I've used a 243 and a 2250, I just prefer a 223 on coyotes out to 250 yds.

so far this year I've killed 67 coyotes all with 223; 3 additional with a 65 Creedmoor as I was hog hunting and they walked in my crosshairs. I don't recommend a 6.5 for yotes as the round can pencil through smaller ones.

 

[Dan Carey]

I've been shooting a 6CM with a Hornady 75 Vmax with some spectacular red mist.

 

[omicron1792]

your rifle will tell you what it likes best. my standard coyote round for 20 inch bolt action/16 inch AR-15 is a 60 grain ballistic tip from Underwood. My second favorite round is a 55 grain soft point Speer Gold Dot. for my AR-15 pistons in 12.5in, I'm partial to 75 grain gold dots, and Hornady 75 grain sbr. I run a thermal on my standard bolt gun, and it's amazing what a Vmax round will do. I don't take hides, only lives. I've used a 243 and a 2250, I just prefer a 223 on coyotes out to 250 yds.

so far this year I've killed 67 coyotes all with 223; 3 additional with a 65 Creedmoor as I was hog hunting and they walked in my crosshairs. I don't recommend a 6.5 for yotes as the round can pencil through smaller ones.

100gr eld-vt does the opposite of pencil.

 

[MallardSX2]

Any particular weight?

50 grain shoots best in my gun but they offer a 36 that would be great if you could get it to shoot.

 

[silverbulletandchill]

Would like to hear some real world comments on what you see when coyotes are hit with these rounds. I live in central ks, have hunted yotes here for years, and got my start in eastern colorado back in the early 2000s. I would say the yotes we have here and the ones I shot in Colorado are good size, males average in the 30 lb range.

I see very few bang flops with the .223, and the number i've seen shot with this round over the years is in the multiple dozens. Lots of runners even when hit in the boiler room, most always shooting 55 gr V-Max

I switched to a .243 over the past 3 seasons and the difference has been incredible, mostly bang flop. haven't killed as many, in the couple dozen range or so. Average shot is 150 yrds, very rarely anything past 300.

V Max slapps

 

[Drillman]

V Max slapps

Nosler 70gr ballistic tip = bad medicine