[Tomcat088]

I have killed ALL kinds of animals with the .17 HMR, and it is devastating. I will say that around here in west Texas when the wind blows, I'd rather just have a heavier .22 lr. When it's a bit more still or the wind is steady instead of gusting, man I love the .17 HMR. A guy asked a buddy and I to do some rabbit population control on some fields, we went out and in one night killed 60 something rabbits with the .17 HMR. We were making headshots no problem at 100 yards. We were hitting them running at 150 yards, and body shots while they were still at 200 yards. That same night, we shot a fox trying to run off with one of the bodies. It entered right behind the shoulder, never exited and he didn't take 1 step. I've hit coyotes in the head and body at 85-100 yards, and had them drop where they were or run off maybe 50 yards and die. I've made a few crows blow up pretty good for that small of a bullet, and made those feathers fly. It's a damn good round and it'll do more than you think if you are careful with your distances. I've even shot a few prairie dogs with it, they flip or fall where they are; good clean kills. It doesn't have the explosive effect that the .204 or the .22-250 (which I prefer), but it's a heck of a nice small round that isn't too loud.