With those parameters, I’d honestly stick to .223 Simply for the cheap and plentiful ammo - you can get it almost anywhere, even when there’s a crazy ammo shortage like there is now.
I had a super cheap savage youth rifle in .223. For the $400-$500 it cost for the scope/rifle combo it was impressively accurate, and did it’s job as a coyote gun quite well. I sold it to my cousin when i picked up a kodiak Wk180c to use for coyotes. Wish i had held on to it though.
Or, depending on what you have for a deer rifle, I’d just take that. Coyotes prices are low, so you’re likely not going to be able to even cover your fuel to go out calling/shooting, so bullet holes don’t really matter. This year I’m just leaving them where they lay.
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