LOL ill post on this again, just difrent forumn ( you aint suppose to spam post lol) For me im more than happy with the 17, for hoyt, he seems to love his 22 mag. It realy just depends on what you want. For coyotes the 22 mag would probly be better but neither are suited for it if you ask me. With either you have to shoot them in the head if you want to have anything left to eat. Otherwise you just killed and cleaned it with that one shot. The 17 does have longer range if you like to crow hunt (less ricochet also). The 17 also cost 9-10$ a box localy so that isnt nice. Im planing on getting another 17 myself. I hate carrying this bull barrel gun around in the woods.