Out here in central NV, we have coyotes who are dumb (the young ones) and the “’yotes with a PhD in guns.”
There are some coyotes who are so smart, they know that if they run 400 yards away, most people just driving by with rifle in their pickup won’t be able to hit them.
These coyotes occasionally learn the hard way that there are some old codgers like my neighbor who carry a Garand in their pickup, and know how to use it out to 600 yards. ;-)
That said, I like to call coyotes in. The sound of some small animal in distress calls them in like a dinner bell. Some guys calling coyotes have actually had a ‘yote run over them in their blind, the coyote has been so intent on getting the “free meal.”
I've a .270...that will reach out an touch a dog at 300-400 yds...if I've a good rest. Friend shoots a .220 Swift...makes a smaller hole. Hehehe...
Yep, love to varmint hunt. Although didn't do as much as I wanted to, this last late winter.
FRegards,