tradmark, As has often been stated by others, the "ideal" fur bullet for coyotes is the one that kills instantly and does not exit.

Rick Jamison, another favorite gun writer, has done incredibly well on coyotes for the fur market, and if my memory is accurate, he used the 52 grain Speer hollow point out of his 22-250.

I have tried an assortment of bullets on the sound dogs out of my 22-250 and found that the Remington 55 grain HP also works well.

Now, having said that, here is an interesting phenomenon. The 52 grain Speer has the largest nose hole of any .22 centerfire bullet that I have seen. On the other hand, the 55 grain Remington HP has the smallest. Go figure.

I guess I can say that you can't judge a bullet by it's nose!

I have also killed quite a few 'yotes with my Contender .223 pistol using the 50 grain Hornady SX (super explosive.) That combo works extremely well also.