I catch coyotes crossing my yard sometimes. I can lay in bed and look out my window, so as long as its lite............ There is 1 house close to mine though, near that darn bedroom window too, and them neighbors came from the city but are really quite nice. Long story short, I have a 22-250 and they don't like it at all, that thing is loud. Problem is if I use my 10-22 sometimes the coyotes/critters run off, so I decided that a new .17 would be a fair compromise......It was the neighborly thing to do.
Had a bobcat crawl off into the bush after I hit him with the 10-22, and it was thick where he crawled into I tell you what. It ain't no fun stuffing your face into ferns and briars lookin for a pissed off critter with claws n teeth n such, don't care if he did only weigh 17 lbs.
