Coyote hunting with 17HMR

Highspeed · 04-05-2009, 03:32 AM

WOW This conversation has been going for two years. Do we think the guy who origanaly asked the question is even still reading?

tippmann7 · 04-05-2009, 01:28 PM

^^^ lol prolly not, with all the back and forth answers it wont matter if he is still reading.

Boulder319 · 04-10-2009, 03:32 PM

Can anybody out their explain how to post photos on this site. I got 2 hogs in the last 2 weeks with my 17 HMR. I would love to show you folks. They are in the 140 to 180 lbs range and both were taken over a 100 yards. I have had plenty of opportunities to shot deer with HMR but i wouldn't because in florida i would probably end up in jail. Fish and Game down here don't mess around. I have a howa 308 with a thumb-hole stock as my deer rifle, but my hog gun is a hmr with a 100 percent success rate. The bigest hog i got with it was about 280 lbs. Again they are strictly head shots. We will leave the heart shots to bwfarrier. Again if any body can assist me on the photo info it would be much appreciated.

big shrek · 04-10-2009, 10:34 PM

go to the Gallery section.

press the UPLOAD button.

Follow the directions.

Click on PROPERTIES of a particular picture

COPY the HTTP info with a right click.

Start a post or a reply.

write a buncha stuff and then at the bottom, hit the IMG button and PASTE the link from one of your pics in it. I also suggest putting the link info just above or below the pic, just in case it doesn't load properly for some folks.

Boulder319 · 04-22-2009, 02:19 PM

I'v got a question out there for you outdoors folks. I've got 2 thirty pound hogs that i want to keep the skin on for roasting. whats the best way to de-hair the hogs. A friend of mine suggested using hair trimmers and then using a real high temp butane torch and singeing the skin. Does anybody have a better idea that is not so time consuming.

WoodsNwater · 05-11-2009, 08:35 PM

Now if you Hunt in Michigan and you cant use anything higher then a 22 round (22 mag or 22-250) what would you use. I have been looking at this in my head and have leaned towards the 22WMR! What would you do? If you could not go over that round and had to get something?

Cross Hair · 05-12-2009, 01:09 AM

22-250 with a 357 in the holster.

WoodsNwater · 05-12-2009, 09:26 AM

That is what I was thinking, Im going to be buying a 22WMR and think that Ill just carry my Clock 27 40 caliber on my side! But there are alot of people in MI that like to hunt at night and cant use anything bigger then a 22 round! That is a weird rule! 223 or 270 would be a great round to hunt with but Michigan DNR will not let you use them at night only in light hours!

buscanth · 05-19-2009, 09:37 PM

I have to say, my hmr 17 is not my first choice for coyote's however; here in Idaho they share the same habitat as the jack rabbits I love to hunt. I carry one magazine loaded with tnt hollow points just in case I run into one of them lil rascals while I'm shooting jack rabbits. Around here they like to stay on the edges of farm fields along with the jack rabbits. I have kill a half dozen or so in the last year with my 17. I usually spot one trotting across a field and give a quick rabbit call to get em to stop, switch out mags, rack in a tnt hollow point and aim for the head or neck. Neck shots are great and I have always put them down with one shot to the head or neck. I’ve take them at 150 yards as well on a light wind day. If it is too windy I won’t take the shot. As I read earlier even though I hate em they do deserver a quick transfer to the next life. In closing, with the price of 223 going through the roof 17 hmr is still affordable and my Savage 17 hmr heavy barrel is the most accurate riffle I have ever shot! Minus the wind lol. So go out and with 17 hmr and know if you place your shot right you can take down just about anything.

Boulder319 · 06-21-2009, 01:56 AM

I tested bwfarrier concept with a heart shot on a boar at 117 yards. I had my friend on back up with two 90 lbs hog dogs and the HMR came out victorious. I was amazed the HMR did the job, the boar weighed in at 264 lbs. I will try to post the picture shortly. Again i'm not calling BS on bwfarrier but once again the HMR has amazed.

Boulder319 · 06-21-2009, 02:12 AM

Well I tried to post the pictures but it said that i don't have the starage space so if anybody want the see the boar email me at jeff-henkel@hotrmail.com and i will send you the photos. He had some big ass cutteres on him. I burried his head in a fire ant hill to clean him up. we'll see how he turns out.

George H · 06-22-2009, 05:04 PM

Finally there's someone here that has a clue about the 17. Post from mountain man. I have been a 17 fan for long before,in fact the only bullet was the 25 gr Hornady. whe i built my first 17.Now the bullistic tip 20 gr. I have tested both and like the 25 better. Only because it's more accurate. My 17 will turn a yote inside out. Well maybe because its a 17 rem custom. The only thing my 17 does over the 17hmr is out range it. and more than lilely more accurate too. There is one bad trate, They foul the bores quickly and than you are lucky to hit anything,or hit them badley. Dogs are more fun anyway and then you feed the yotes or bears on the carcuses.

fordguy123 · 11-06-2009, 03:58 PM

to all you guys that think a 17hmr is too small for coyotes, your wrong. i own a savage 17 hmr heavy barrel with a bi-pod i shoot coyotes at 150 yards (yes in the head) also i have taken a turkey's head half off at 100 + yards. so never doubt the power or take down of the 17

04-05-2009, 01:28 PM	#162
tippmann7 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Attica, Ohio Posts: 1,209	^^^ lol prolly not, with all the back and forth answers it wont matter if he is still reading. __________________ DEWmocracy, the few, the proud, the GREEN

04-10-2009, 10:34 PM	#164
big shrek Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Northwest, FL Posts: 3,128 Images: 56	go to the Gallery section. press the UPLOAD button. Follow the directions. Click on PROPERTIES of a particular picture COPY the HTTP info with a right click. Start a post or a reply. write a buncha stuff and then at the bottom, hit the IMG button and PASTE the link from one of your pics in it. I also suggest putting the link info just above or below the pic, just in case it doesn't load properly for some folks. __________________ In every Unit...there is a Scrounger...

05-11-2009, 08:35 PM	#166
WoodsNwater Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2	I agree Now if you Hunt in Michigan and you cant use anything higher then a 22 round (22 mag or 22-250) what would you use. I have been looking at this in my head and have leaned towards the 22WMR! What would you do? If you could not go over that round and had to get something?

05-12-2009, 01:09 AM	#167
Cross Hair Long Tail Squirrel Hunter Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Central Illinois... Middle of Nowhere Posts: 1,305	22-250 with a 357 in the holster. __________________ *Most of my life I've spent hunting,... the rest of it I've just wasted*

05-12-2009, 09:26 AM	#168
WoodsNwater Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2	yes That is what I was thinking, Im going to be buying a 22WMR and think that Ill just carry my Clock 27 40 caliber on my side! But there are alot of people in MI that like to hunt at night and cant use anything bigger then a 22 round! That is a weird rule! 223 or 270 would be a great round to hunt with but Michigan DNR will not let you use them at night only in light hours!

04-05-2009, 03:32 AM	#161
Highspeed Banned Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Mid South USA Posts: 32	WOW This conversation has been going for two years. Do we think the guy who origanaly asked the question is even still reading?

04-10-2009, 03:32 PM	#163
Boulder319 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 5 Images: 4	Can anybody out their explain how to post photos on this site. I got 2 hogs in the last 2 weeks with my 17 HMR. I would love to show you folks. They are in the 140 to 180 lbs range and both were taken over a 100 yards. I have had plenty of opportunities to shot deer with HMR but i wouldn't because in florida i would probably end up in jail. Fish and Game down here don't mess around. I have a howa 308 with a thumb-hole stock as my deer rifle, but my hog gun is a hmr with a 100 percent success rate. The bigest hog i got with it was about 280 lbs. Again they are strictly head shots. We will leave the heart shots to bwfarrier. Again if any body can assist me on the photo info it would be much appreciated.

04-22-2009, 02:19 PM	#165
Boulder319 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 5 Images: 4	I'v got a question out there for you outdoors folks. I've got 2 thirty pound hogs that i want to keep the skin on for roasting. whats the best way to de-hair the hogs. A friend of mine suggested using hair trimmers and then using a real high temp butane torch and singeing the skin. Does anybody have a better idea that is not so time consuming.

05-19-2009, 09:37 PM	#169
buscanth Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2	I have to say, my hmr 17 is not my first choice for coyote's however; here in Idaho they share the same habitat as the jack rabbits I love to hunt. I carry one magazine loaded with tnt hollow points just in case I run into one of them lil rascals while I'm shooting jack rabbits. Around here they like to stay on the edges of farm fields along with the jack rabbits. I have kill a half dozen or so in the last year with my 17. I usually spot one trotting across a field and give a quick rabbit call to get em to stop, switch out mags, rack in a tnt hollow point and aim for the head or neck. Neck shots are great and I have always put them down with one shot to the head or neck. I’ve take them at 150 yards as well on a light wind day. If it is too windy I won’t take the shot. As I read earlier even though I hate em they do deserver a quick transfer to the next life. In closing, with the price of 223 going through the roof 17 hmr is still affordable and my Savage 17 hmr heavy barrel is the most accurate riffle I have ever shot! Minus the wind lol. So go out and with 17 hmr and know if you place your shot right you can take down just about anything. Last edited by buscanth; 05-19-2009 at 09:40 PM.

06-21-2009, 01:56 AM	#170
Boulder319 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 5 Images: 4	I tested bwfarrier concept with a heart shot on a boar at 117 yards. I had my friend on back up with two 90 lbs hog dogs and the HMR came out victorious. I was amazed the HMR did the job, the boar weighed in at 264 lbs. I will try to post the picture shortly. Again i'm not calling BS on bwfarrier but once again the HMR has amazed.

06-21-2009, 02:12 AM	#171
Boulder319 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 5 Images: 4	Well I tried to post the pictures but it said that i don't have the starage space so if anybody want the see the boar email me at jeff-henkel@hotrmail.com and i will send you the photos. He had some big ass cutteres on him. I burried his head in a fire ant hill to clean him up. we'll see how he turns out.

06-22-2009, 05:04 PM	#172
George H Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 28	Finally there's someone here that has a clue about the 17. Post from mountain man. I have been a 17 fan for long before,in fact the only bullet was the 25 gr Hornady. whe i built my first 17.Now the bullistic tip 20 gr. I have tested both and like the 25 better. Only because it's more accurate. My 17 will turn a yote inside out. Well maybe because its a 17 rem custom. The only thing my 17 does over the 17hmr is out range it. and more than lilely more accurate too. There is one bad trate, They foul the bores quickly and than you are lucky to hit anything,or hit them badley. Dogs are more fun anyway and then you feed the yotes or bears on the carcuses.

11-06-2009, 03:58 PM	#173
fordguy123 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1	to all you guys that think a 17hmr is too small for coyotes, your wrong. i own a savage 17 hmr heavy barrel with a bi-pod i shoot coyotes at 150 yards (yes in the head) also i have taken a turkey's head half off at 100 + yards. so never doubt the power or take down of the 17