As an addendum, outdoor writer John H. Wootters, Jr. shot many coyotes and bobcats, most attracted by a wounded rabbit call. He told me that he usually used a Ruger Blackhawk .357 with hot 125 grain bullet loads, but that a warm .38 Special or a 9mm should work fine.

Skeeter Skelton hit a coyote with a 9mm Norma 116 (not 115) grain JHP back in the 1960's. The gun was a Browning Hi-Power. He wrote that the bullet pretty much ruined the lungs, which is as close as I'd better be in describing the effect on this board, which has many dog lovers and people queasy about reading honest bullet performance reports.

But Skeeter usually shot coyotes with a .357. He used a heavy .38-44 handload for the most part. The 146 grain lead HP bullet at about 1200 FPS expanded well and was devastating. It also stressed his S&W M-19 less than full power factory .357 ammo.

I think he took some deer with that .357 load, too.