Coyote Shot Placement

Very few pelts here in S.Texas are worth saving, I don't care where i hit a Coyote as long as I kill it. and i use any thing that goes BANG! that is handy when a Coyote shows up, shooting predators is not Rocket science. YMMV Murl B.
 
BrianID said:
I haven't tried the 58 gr Vmax but I think it wouldn't cause too much of a problem for a fur hunter. Most 100 gr bullets in a 243 would increase the chance of causing fur damage.
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One of my buddies shoots the 58 grain V-Max. I've seen a few that weren't too torn up if they're hit length ways. The ones I've seen he hit broadside or in soft tissue like the neck had big holes in them. When I was shooting 100 grain softpoints for the most part it just punched right through them without too much damage if they were standing broadside. Those light weight varmint bullets are getting out there pretty quick. Whether they hit something hard like bone or soft like guts or neck and it's gonna blow it up pretty good. The bullets that retain their weight don't seem to do that. In my experience anyways.

I haven't always seen those 58 grain bullets go all the way through. Which is what a fur hunter wants from a bullet. The downside is you could drop a softball in the entrance hole.
 
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OKRattler said:
One of my buddies shoots the 58 grain V-Max. I've seen a few that weren't too torn up if they're hit length ways. The ones I've seen he hit broadside or in soft tissue like the neck had big holes in them. When I was shooting 100 grain softpoints for the most part it just punched right through them without too much damage if they were standing broadside. Those light weight varmint bullets are getting out there pretty quick. Whether they hit something hard like bone or soft like guts or neck and it's gonna blow it up pretty good. The bullets that retain their weight don't seem to do that. In my experience anyways.

I haven't always seen those 58 grain bullets go all the way through. Which is what a fur hunter wants from a bullet. The downside is you could drop a softball in the entrance hole.
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I stand corrected. I would have guessed it the other way around.
 
If you intend to shoot into the shoulder bone, then I would probably select some other bullet rather than the 58 V-max. With that said, it is my bullet of choice in the 243. I push it to a little more than 3,750 and usually don't get exits and just a small hole in. My sample size with the 243 is in the hundreds and not the thousands like some on here, but the 58's have done very well for me out to about 400 yds.
 
I shot one in the pinky-toe one time. He spun round and round so fast for so long he got dizzy and fell over hitting his head on a rock. Zero pelt damage! For real... no kidding... no joke, you can ask my cousin Benny I told him about it too. :)
 
My primary coyote bullet for years has been 60 grain vmax in .223 never had a splash on coyotes or hogs.

Most coyotes either shot in chest or shoulder/behind the shoulder. Rarely go more than a few feet if anywhere.

I have shot coyotes and bobcats with the 58 grain vmax in 243. I never had any spashes. I had many coyotes with no exit that sloshed like a water ballon. Inside were basically liquified.
I remember shooting a double of bobcats at about 40 yards. I was amazed that it didn’t exit either or blow them up. Had to look for the entrance hole. I do remember a coyote that was hit high at fairly close range that looked like you hit him with a machete.

Mostly, minima pelt damage.
 
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