Hmmmm...a 12-guage pump or a lever action ranch rifle. I may just HAVE to get both. ;-).
dung.
Here in my part of West Virginia the Yotes have only begun to be a problem in the past four years.
In fact, there is a group here that is paying a bounty on each Yote head.
I shoot a 7.62x39 Harrington and Richardson single shot rifle that I got at Gander Mountain for $149. It has an older redfield scope on the top.
I chose it because it shoots a 30 cal bullet, and the ammo is super cheap. One can get Wolf Brand soft point ammo in 20 round boxes for $6.99 at Gander.
It kills Coyotes deader than disco.
The round of choice around here seems to be 22 mag, 223 remington or the 17 cal rimfire round. The latter because it is a flat shooter and apparently it is also quite devastating to the Yote.