.17 HMR.

Hey guys,

I have had a 17.HMR for about a year now and have not been able to get out and shoot a coyote with it yet. Now I know some of you just love trashing the .17 but I believe it's a very good gun. For those of you who have one or used one. Will it drop a coyote or kill it within say 20-30 from where you shoot it? Now I know you say with the right shot placement but I am talking about right in the shoulder.

My model is a Marlin 17 HMR model 917 V. I got a bipod and nice Center point scope on it.

I love my .17! It is def. on the light side for coyote's but it will def. do it with the right shot placement like you said. I have a buddy that has dropped 2 in their tracks at about 100yds with shoulder shots and one that ran about 50yds he said. You will def. be better off with the 20 grains for coyotes over the 17 grains because they wont explode on impact like the 17's do. I would go for head shots if you can though. Good luck and let us know how you do!

I want one, but not for serious varmint hunting. I just don't know if it has the power to break through the bone on a sholder shot. Head shots seem like they would be the best bet under 100 yards.

You better be a good shot with that .17. Either headshot or heart or that thing is gonna run off and youll never see it again.

I have not killed a yote with mine, but have seen the damage its done to jacks at up to 120 yards. There is no way it won't put a gape in a yote. Yotes are tougher than jacks, but they ain't deer and they sure as hell ain't hogs! Next time you are out at the range take one of those empty plastic boxes of .17 rounds and fill it with water and shoot from about 50 yards. Once you ee that you will no longer wonder if it will take a yote. Great gun, great fun and CHEAP to shoot!!!

btw- CAlex... is yours Bull bbl? I think we have the same gun if it is.

I have dropped a bobcat in his tracks but thats the biggest animal I have taken with mine so far. Plenty of foxes, coons, and Rabbits out to 150yds though and none of them have taken another step! And shooting cans and bottles filled with water is a blast too like grey said!

I've seen a hog shot right between the eyes with one and it took off screaming bloody murder.

I love mine, I only shot sguirrels with it but the bullets explode. Some of the squirrels are missing heads when they fall, others have a tiny hole in their ear and the other side ot their head missing. It does ALOT of damage. My model is a Marlin 17 HMR model 917 V. with a bull bbl. I shot a squirrel @ 100 yards.

20-30 days? Miles?

True...good cheap fun! Love that gun!

Why is it that I bet if we are married that tack-driver will no longer be "my gun"? Then for maybe 6 months it will be "our gun" and after a year "your gun"????

I love mine. Never shot a coyote, but I wouldn't hesitate to. Dropped a hog that topped 300 at 100 yards. Dropped chin first, right in the earhole. Shot placement is key though.

Love my "high speed BB gun"!
Every thing I've ever shot with I shot in the head, hog, turkeys, and coons, so I don't know about a shoulder shot on a yote... I would think if it hit bone the bullet would desinigrate. I'd try right behind the shoulder. first choice would be head or neck shot.

Thanks guys and yea Grey it is bull barrel.

And yes I can shoot one in the head I have hole in hole shots at about 100 yards. I just said that because I hunt at night and some coyotes take off when I light hits them so I was wanting to know how far it would run off if I hit it in the shoulder.

Have shot a few small hogs, maybe 30 pounds or so, in the shoulder and they dropped. I don't know how confident I would be at a moving target in the shoulder. If you hit it right, it will kill it, but doesn't leave much room for error. I'd probably take something bigger.

Well, what can I say. It's a great gun! I love my gun--I mean your gun....

I've dropped 3 hogs with mine. The farthest shot being 60 yards. All three dropped in their tracks after head shots. The largest one was about a 150lb boar. I got a Marlin 917V as well. I LOVE THIS GUN!!!

I've heard they take coyotes consistently with good shot placement as others have said. I've got a cheapo Mossberg 817 and it'll do half an inch at 100 yards so I have no doubt that it'll bring one down :P

I reallllllly love my .17!

I killed a coyote this afternoon with mine. I had it to get rid of some coons that were hitting the feeder and a couple coyotes came out. The only shot I could get was facing away. I shot it in the back leg and it started trying to bite the wound, and I put another round into the back of its head. It dropped in it's tracks. This was at about 80 yds with 17 grain V-Max.

I am also a very good shot with this rifle, it is a Ruger M77-17 with a Bushnell 3200 10x Mil Dot scope on it. It is a great rifle, and I really wouldn't have used it on coyotes before tonight, but now that I have I know it will work just fine. Under a light I could put a round right between the eyes, and I'm pretty sure that would kill the dog.

Oh, I have a pic too if yall want to see it.

Dropped first yote yesterday with my new 17, 130 yards 17 grain V MAX D.O.A.!

That's awesome. Although that is definitely pushing the limitations of the round.

Nice man! You got any pics? And did you range that 130 yds? That's a pretty far shot for the .17. Did it kill it with one shot? Where did you hit it?

Still wanna get a yote with mine! Then it will have fulfilled its name as the Varmint Whacker! lol

100 + yards is a loooooooooooooong way to predictably shoot a tiny little 17 grain bullet. I know it can be done.. But conditions had better be ideal. Otherwise, the effect of wind alone will throw the projectile waaaaay off course.
17s are a blast to shoot.. I love mine. But you should know and heed its limitations.

best thing about my 17hmr was the day i got rid off the piece of junk and got a 22 mag. Will it kill yes with a perfect shot. Would I shoot one behind the shoulder? he!! no Stick to head shots, hunt on days when you have no wind

Here is another story,I saw a fox on the back of my proptery last week,I have neighbors so I took my 17hmr and an old weems hand call,went back and sat down under a tree about 300 yards from my house,blew about 10 minutes,called up a big coyote,he came to about 30 yards out stoped when I moved to line him up in the scope.I had about 2 seconds at that point so I put the 20 gr hp about 2 inches behind his right ear,bang flop.Do I recomend, hunting coyotes with a hmr,NO.Do I take it when I hunt coyotes No but it was all I had at the time.But he would not have been any deader any quicker reguardless of calaber,I guess I was luckly

I love my .17. Still waiting to get a yote and hog with it.

I've taken probably well over 200 raccoons with my Savage 17HMR in the last year and it stops them in their tracks everytime just about. Those that do move don't go very far, maybe 10 yards. I did get to line up on a small fox one night but the little beggar wouldn't hold still long enough for me to get a shot. He was sneaking up on a rabbit and I was trying to work my spotlight and aim at the same time and it just didn't work out.

I do love to hunt small game with that thing though. Very accurate and fun to shoot.

YES DID RANGE THE YOTE SHOT HIM IN THE NECK

use hornady 20 grn XTP bullets. You shouldnt have a problem.

ijust bought a savage 17 and i love it. i use the hollow points i like them. i checked some stuff on the internet and it showed some shots fired with the 17 hollow point. one was in a can with a half roll of paper towels that had water in it, man it made a big hole on the other side. i was impressssssed.

hollow points are good on small game such as rabbits or other rodents but when you are trying to kill a larger animal like a coyote you need a bullet that is going to penitrait deep prior to expansion. I shot a squirl with a 17 grain bullit and it did about as much damage as a 22 LR. Granted it was not a hollow point witch I am sure if it was it would have done much more damage. A qouple of days later I shot a rabit in the head with a 20 grn XTP bullet and it almost blew the entire side of its head off. Either way a 17 HMR is a great all around gun. If it was legal to deer hunt with then I would use it instead of the gun I use now.