This subject has been argued on here for a while now. Most people do not dispute that with close range and good shot placement, a 17hmr will kill a coyote. However, there are better calibers out there that will do the jobs at much longer ranges and with more forgiving shot placement.

I can tear down a house with a claw hammer, too. But somebody blogging about doing it once doesn't mean I'm going to start recommending claw hammers as acceptable substitutes to bulldozers.