Growing up my grandpa told me countless stories of him head shooting deer with 22lr. Because that’s all they had with 9 brothers and sisters in a one bed room cabin. They did what they had to so they could put food on the table.
Been deer hunting for about 5 years now and this year I have had two coyotes run up on me got a bigger rush taking down a coyote then seeing a 12 point buck. Taking out coyotes gets more deer and turkeys to come in the area its a win win. 1 Vote for coyote as a new hunt.
I use Hornady 55gr SP and really like it comes in red box of 50. When you can find them make sure it's SP soft point. I dropped a deer in its tracks a few weeks ago And turned a coyote on its back a week before that. The 223 really shocked me.