Curious about coyote not dropping to 4 shots with #6 shot at close range. Now and then over decades I have shot coyotes at maybe 30 yds with 1,0 oz of #6, #5 or #4 lead shot and had one-shot kills with head-neck or lung shots. These were always tight choked, long barreled guns that pattern about 80% at 40 yards, so lots of pellets hit the critter. Perhaps the Ithica 37 Deerslayer has short, cylinder bored barrel. When I have patterned such barrels with 3,0 inch mag 1 5/8 oz loads I got very wide, thin, patchy patterns, even worse with 1 7/8 oz. Such 20 inch barrels also have about 250 fps less velocity than the 30 inch barrels of my old doubles.

You really don't want to get hit with 1,0 oz tight cluster of #6 or larger birdshot at 1200 fps.

Niklas