best caliber for dogs

[monster]

give me your advice  I have 223  and its putting BIG holes in my pelts   what do u think about a 10/22   Too small or

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

Change the bullet.

[monster]

thanks for the comments  every shot is under 100 yards   most at 50   

[Bofire]

10-22 too small!!!
I switched from the Vmax to Hornady softpoints get smaller holes, kill well. I lean toward heavier bullets as I get two holes but they are small.
Carl

[varminthunter09]

I shoot 55 grain fmj out of a S&W MP15  with pretty good sucsess. Minimal pelt damage.

[fast1]

Nosler varmanotor is doin good for me with,sometimes with no exit hole.

[AWS]

Try the Nosler 40gr NBT, I shoot them in everything from my 222R, 223, 22-204, and 5.6x50R Mag works great for me.  No exits unless I get close to the edges and no splash wounds even up close and I run them up to 3950fps.

[KFhunter]

use a shotgun, this is from Rick at ;
http://www.verminatorpredatorcalls.com/index.htm


Remington JP10
Custom Barrel work by Bill Barnett
Trigger tweaked and other modifications
Ammo Federal Premium 10 Gauge load BB's
Left Target 30 yards
Right Target 50 yards

[duckmen1]

10 22 too small how about 22 long rifle revolver.
I agree bigger is better but it will work.

[duckmen1]

Yes I know it's not very big but once less rabbit killer and fawn muncher.
My preferred gun is 270 with 90 gr hollow point.
Oh ya

[KFhunter]

ya .22 revolver will work for shooting pups out of the den 



edit:
Ah you beat my satire by 13 seconds ..
I'll hafta be a bit quicker with my zingers 

[duckmen1]

That's funny.
I didn't know how big it was when I shot it all I could see was upper chest and head over ferns so I took the shot and it dropped like a ton of bricks. Shot through the chest and penetrated all the way into the hips and lost were it went from there.
I can tell I had one serious farmers tan in at pic though.
It is small but I'm also a big boy.
When your 6' 2" everything looks small.
I make four pound bass look like a pound.
I also think the 22-250 is pretty dang sweet

[MadHatter]

I like .25-06, but then again if blowing them in half is not what you are after you might look at .22WSM or .17HMR... Others are right about .223 though.  Might be worth changing your bullet.  I was using .55gr A-Max in my 22-250 and it did OK, but there are better bullets out there.  Also, I know it sounds kinda opposite of what you are looking for, but I have found that my .308 with 180gr BTSP rounds can be pelt friendly.  Coyotes tend to be too narrow to fully expand the bullet, but will still dump enough energy to put a dog down fast, unless you shoot the chest with them head on, then it will pretty much destroy the dog... But the last 2 dogs I hit with my .308 just left two roughly .30cal holes, but still dumped the dog.

[duckmen1]

I shot a coyote in the chest with a 270 140 gr accubond and it did no external damage whatsoever ever. Small hole in and no exit. Dropped in his tracks and messed his insides up pretty good but no visual damage outside. Although it was at 243 yards. Here he is. Took couple seasons back. Haven't targeted to much lately. Need to get back out. I like the 270 for yotes. Plus in the winter it's good for cougars to. Flat shooting and lots of power and no severe hide damage with anything shot with this gun.

[bobcat]

I shot a coyote in the chest with a 270 140 gr accubond and it did no external damage whatsoever ever. Small hole in and no exit. Dropped in his tracks and messed his insides up pretty good but no visual damage outside. Although it was at 243 yards. Here he is. Took couple seasons back. Haven't targeted to much lately. Need to get back out.

Wow, that's really surprising that it didn't exit. And here I was thinking about using that same bullet for elk. I guess I'll stick with Barnes.