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About 75 yards with a 20 grain CCI Gamepoint out of a 17 HMR from my front door and DRT. My wife didn't even wake up. LOL.
There are plenty of coyotes in Ohio but I don’t consider them a problem around here; maybe because I kill them.
The shot was a head shot. A lung shot or heart shot would have killed it but it wouldn't have been DRT with nary a twitch. The gun is very accurate and I take crows, ground hogs and raccoons with it frequently. A head shot at 75 yards on a coyote using a good rest wasn't much of a challenge.
Last summer I took a raccoon with it with a lung shot and that animal was DRT.
A few years ago I took a coyote with what I believe, considering entry and exit wounds, was a heart shot using a 22-250. It ran fast about 200 yards one way and then about 100 yards back the way it had come before it realized it was dead. I believe bullet placement on coyotes is more important than the size of the bullet.
And here is today's 17 HMR victim! Another head shot.
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There's still one more under my back porch. Its time is coming.
I’ll tell you this, I’ve seen deer shot in the head with a 17 HMR and you can make the racks as wide or as narrow as you want to afterwards. I wouldn’t ever recommend a 17 HMR for game bigger than coyotes, but don’t underestimate what that little round is capable of.Thanks, I will keep that in mind. My rifle is accurate enough to make good head shots at up to 100 yds.
I wonder if a shot at the base of the skull (occipital joint) where it joins the neck would get sufficient penetration. IF so....seems like it would provide a little room for error. As long as it isn't windy....my rifle will print 5/8" to 3/4" five shot groups easily, with some better than that. Well under 1 MOA with almost all cartridges.
I'd like to use it more than I do....but had/have my reservations about Coyotes.
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