I wasn't even going to touch the 17 issue for I feel and have seen it fail. I shot a yote some time back trapped with a 17HRM in a Taurus Raging Bull a buddy had and wanted to try out on a yote. I took him along and I had one in a trap. I took the pistol and shot the yote broadside at about 25yds in the ribs to just see what it would do. Gun goes bang, yote drops, yote pops back up and REALLY has a case of WTF!!!! I put the next round between the eyes and its DRT. Upon skining we find out the round just blew through the hide to only explode on/in the ribs and only took out the near side rib and lung that was it. Next round created brain soup!! Do as the others have suggested and get a 223 or 250 and you won't look back.