I think it depends alot on the type of hunting you plan to do. If you hunting coyotes by calling them most of your shots will be under 200yrds with some as close as your shoe laces. I like a 1.5x6x40mm scope with up to 70' FOV on the bottom end and a German #4 w/Ill. dot reticle. Hunted central WA sage country and NM and AZ this year and never felt under scoped, longest shot 190yrds, closest 10 ft both were shot on 1.5X, I didn't have time to change.
!90yrd shot in this pasture on 1.5x
If your hunting alot of closer cover, forests heavy sage etc. a 1x4x20mm isn't out of the question. I have a 1x4x20mm on my combo gun and am good to 300+ yrds but have a 90ft FOV for close in stuff with the shotgun.
My Combo rig with 1x4x20mm 70yrd coyote with the rifle barrel.
For open farmland and grass lands I have a 22-250 rigged with a 2.5x10x40mm it will pretty much work as far as a 22-250 will be effective. It still has 40 ft of FOV on the bottom end for that one that sneaks in along a fence line or unknown ditch and pps out right in front of you.
My open country 22-250
The Burris FF-II 2x7 w/BDC is a nice scope, lots of FOV and the hash marks if you think you need them. Most of my guns shoot flat enough to hold on fur to 300 yrds so I like to keep it as simple as possible. With no turrets, AO or SF there is nothing for me to forget between stands.
Now if your just potting coyotes when you see one out in a field a higher power scope might come in handi if you have the horse power to be effective on coyotes at long range. If yours is a 223 it's effective range is about 300yrds so no need for a higher powerscope unless your going to use it for PD and Sage Rats, but then if it were me I'd get a different scope for shooting the little stuff and a large FOV scope for coyotes.
