I have always used .22 lr, but just picked up 100 rounds of .22 shorts to try out this season. I use and old single shot rifle so ejection/cycling won't be an issue

Do you any of you guys use this round on coyotes and coon?

Heck, I still can't find any .22s around me.

I used .22 shorts on my yote yesterday. I plan on using the all year.

Yep! .22 short hollow points through this.

dave rural king in columbus is starting to have .22 more often. wednesdays and saturdays have been good days to find it.

i just bought a heritage rough rider .22 revolver for the trapline. i plan on shooting shorts through it.

We are using the .22 barrel that exchanges on our Rossi .410/22. It is small and light. It says .22 long but it worked fine.

Most Walmarts get their ammo shipment on Thursday night and its usually on the shelf by 9AM Friday morning. h.h.

I am using the same gun. Maybe I am the last one to figure this out, but shooting them in the chest and not the head leads to a lot less mess at the set and when skinning.

I also found a taxidermist who is buying the coyote skulls from me.

Next to last .......shoot em with a short in the chest, its quick with no mess. I started dispatching like that last year.

and a whole in the chest wont affect the fur value? i know they say the head doesnt get used so thats why most shoot in head but i agree head shots are a bloody mess.

the NAFA manual reads...

"Sewing Holes
With the exception of .22 calibre bullet holes, always
carefully sew-up any holes. Depending on the location and
the number of holes on the pelt, in most cases, neatlysewn
holes generally do not affect the grade of a pelt...."

I have sewn up many a 22-250 shot fox, head and shoulders shampoo and put some silver skin over the stitches works well NEVER had one thrown out

Shot mine in the head and it was bloody. Chest time now. You guys shooting them behind shoulder or what? Tell me your shot placement.

I am now officially last.

heart shot is quickest way for a humane kill. dont be suprised if ayote will live a couple minutes on a heart shot. got one last year in heart and took a few minutes to die.

Just like the shot placement on a deer. Behind the shoulder mid way up on the chest, and through the lungs. They just stand there, and expire in 15 seconds.

+1

if you really want zero mess, you can stick some sheep's wool in the .22 chest entrance hole.

Work on rabbits too?? lol Caught # 4 today.

I went to the trappers convention at hoosier trapper supply this yaer and a guy there that was doing a demo just whacks them in the head with his spade shovel and then stomps them on their chest a few times. Dead coyote. I do this on coons with my catch pole. I get them around the neck with my catch pole and then stomp them right behind the shoulder. No blood at all.