RE: 17 HMR
I have owned a 17hmr for a few years now and found it is devestating to small varmits such as coons, beavers, squirrels, gophers etc but it is not an ideal yote round. It will takem out to a hundred yards or so but after that you will want a little more punch. I picked one up just for beavers and smaller stuff and haven't touched my .22lr since.