Wolf on the farm - will a .22LR do it?

Headshot under 100, probably, but it won't be a one-shot kill I don't think.

I've killed a bunch of coyotes with a .22, but I wouldn't say it's the most humane way to go.

Any reason why you need to use a .22?
 
Not at any range. 100 yrds would be the limit in my opinion. If it isn't a kill shot and you wound it you may have Peta on your case when its buddies decide to do the old survival of the fitest on him and do a number on him. Of course the Peta women will show up on your farm naked in protest and some are not too bad to look at. :)
 
Well if "point blank" is considered a range, then yes.

Seriously though, if it was the only choice and I had some stingers or yellow jackets, etc. and I could get a close shot into his lungs, I am sure it would do it.
 
i have shot 1000S of beef with a 22 lr so a close range thy do have enough poof .we raised deer on the farm for meat and i would harvest them with a 22 ruger 10 22 .i couls head shot them at 50 yards and have one shot kills every time i have shot at 100 yards the odd time but donot think it is a good idea .if it is all you have get them with in 20 yards and shot them i the head between the ears and the eye make an X .it will do the job .is it thebest tool no .with care it will work DUTCH .ps i used stingers on the deer with good results
 
Buy or borrow something more powerful or even ask a fellow CGN'er for some assistance I'm sure there's a few in Winnipeg who wouldn't mind.
 
Pfft, I'll never claim to be an expert on hunting, but anyone who has killed anything should be telling you that no, a .22 is not enough for a wolf. It would be a fluke to surprise a wolf at point blank and instead you'll just end up taking a hurried hail mary shot while he's on the run. At best you'll gut shot it and it will die a slow death.

Ya you can kill a domesticated cow with a .22 because all you do is pour them some grain, put the muzzle where you want it on the head, let them swallow the last mouth full and pull the trigger. Not the same as killing a highly intelligent predator who isn't going to come up to you and lick the barrel.
 
If you absolutely had to use a .22, I wouldn't bother with the Stingers and would use Velocitors instead. 104 ft-lbs of energy @ 100 yards vs 81 ft-lbs of energy @ 100 yards for the Stinger as per CCI's website.
 
Well, I'll agree that a .22LR is better than using a stick or harsh language, but if I had the choice I'd go with a centrefire of ANY kind (even a 25-20) over a .22LR.

If it's going to be for up close and personal work, like bush protection, and all he's got is a .22LR, I'd suggest some bullet mods like cutting an "X" with a knife blade in the tip of his hollowpoints to maximize early upset. This brutally affects accuracy at distance, but up close it makes those projectiles the closest thing to a grenade that you can load into a .22LR.

I wouldn't bet my life on a .22LR in wolf country, I'll put it that way.

-M
 
Broadside thru the lungs and that wolf might not drop in his tracks, but won't be coming back. This isn't hunting, it's protection of property/pest control.
 
One thing to consider - if you just wound him, you now have a very p'd off apex predator weighing about the same as a Great Dane, who considers you as the prime source of his misery and who is probably about three seconds away.

In an emergency, at v short range, if nothing else was available, yes. Short of that, go to Plan B, whatever that may be. Call your local animal control for a start; some places will help deal with wild predators. Call around and ask your neighbours.
 
I used once a .222 Remington @70 yards on a timberwolf in northern Ontario.
He was a mover on a frozen lake.

The first shot did not outright kill it. But it was an anchoring shot thankfully.
I walked up to it and finished it off. Wolves are one tough animal.
 
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