ORIGINAL: coyotegod
I dont dought that a 17 will drop a coyote with the correct shot placement and maybe a few shots, but I do have a little doubts about a complete pass through. But with a cci that may be completly possible. And I have no reason to believe HDW is making this up. But if someone is looking for a coyote/crow gun, they should just go with something bigger, like a 223 or 22 hornet.
i will agree with ya, its better to be over gunned then under gunned, I dred the the day coyote huntng and I call in a mountian lion if thats happens I'll hope for the best but just incase I carry a 357 mag on my hip when out with my 17 HMR. The 17 hmr is quite the minimum in my opinion for a yote but it will do the job out to 100 yards with a well placed lung shot. I own both a 223 and a 22-250 I will admit they are much better song dog guns not to mention their effectiveness out to longer distances over a 17 HMR, like i said before the maximum effective range for a 17 HMR on a yote is 100 to 125 yards, But either my 223 or 22-250 I wont hesitate to drop a yote at ranges beyond 300 yards. The majorityof my yote kills were at ranges as close as 30 to 40 yards alot of them were killed with a shotgun loaded with BB lead shot or #4 buck, at 30 - 40 yards I have no doubt in my mind that the 17 HMR would be inadequate for a clean kill. At those close ranges even an average shot should beable to produce a head shot for a clean kill, even with a 22 long rifle.