Small Game, Predator and TrappingFrom shooting squirrels in your backyard to calling coyotes in Arizona. This forum now contains trapping information..
Congrats on the new rifle. What do you plan to hunt with it or is it just for target shooting? I' d love to have one, but can' t justify it. Here in Arkansas, we don' t have much to use it on. Anything stronger than a .22 long rifle is overkill for squirrel and rabbits.
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There a blast, a bit expensive to shoot but a blast. Ill use mine on any small game (head shots if u plan on eating it). i WONT use mine on coyotes i think its just to small and other cartridges are better for yotes. I want to take some crows with it in the fields this fall, Oklahoma has a ton of crows. Hope your enjoying the new rifle trail, nice talking to you in chatroom also.
I have considered getting one to hunt squirrels. Of course it would have to be head shots. It would also work great on the neighbors cat that keeps getting on the car. That wouldn' t be an overkill would it????
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Would the 17HMR be a decent gun for coon or would a 22Mag be the better choice? I may try calling coon this year and I' m looking at buying a new gun. Would the 17HMR have too much fur damage?
rivers edge, I' d say the 22 mag. would do real good on called in coons, would the .17hmr be too much, I' d guess so at close range, but I have never shot a coon with a .17, so I' m just guessing!
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Guys in my shop have been shooting .17HMR all summer. No pass throughs on ground hogs or coyotes from 50yds to 305yds(except head shots). That little bullet is excellent. Much better than 22 mag. Accuracy is incredible, most guns shoot under 1/2" at 100yds. It does need cleaned after about each box of ammo. We use boresnakes and it works great.
Ammo is a little high (about $10 here), but remember it is loaded to extreme tolerances. About like olympic grade rimfire.
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