frankenstein406
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Zombies.
No coyote, only hunt varmint size animals.
I have found a .22 LR to be poor at killing woodchucks and killing skunks. After dumping 10 rounds into a fat skunk, I finally had to use the .410 on him as he was waddling up my back lawn to go back to his nest way up under my garage. Even the .410 didn't stop him and that was from a 2nd floor window with 2.5" shells with 6 shot shooting straight down at him from 12 feet. I know I hit him solid as the grass was still perfect - no divots torn up at all!
Woodchucks have been shot in the head from 15 feet away and they just stood there looking at me. After the third shot or so it ran into the den.
Two weeks later I shot the woodchuck dead. Lines on the top of his head where skin had been missing and the bullets literally ricocheted off the top of his head.
The .22 LR would be good for rats, squirrels and chipmunks. Anything larger, use more caliber or a shotgun (unless you can basically hold the gun to the animal's head to shoot it point-blank in a cage or something)!
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