the little hummer can do the job on a coyote, if the shots are well placed and short ranged. The primary reason that the .17 hummer isn't used much is that most guys don't want to be forced to short only the close coyotes and they want the coyotes to be DRT. Doa lot ofcoyote callingusing the .17 hummer, and you'll be passing a lot of opportunties and will be tracking wounded coyotes!