Lets get realistic, guys. A coyote offers about 3 times the target area of a pheasant. A coyote is a very thin skinned critter, especially this time of year. It aint no big thing to put a whole bunch of pellets in a target that big at that range. Besides me and homeless have developed a pattern testing system to make sure it will do it.See, we throw some clay pigeons up on the roof of my hay barn.....