.17HMR Hunting

[Swat791]

I have killed 4 blackbuck antelope does with my Marlin .17HMR and a Hornady XTP 20 grain bullet.

The first one was at 100 yards, hit in the shoulder throught the lungs, heart and out the other shoulder. Ran less than 50 yards.

The second was at 154 yards, hit in the front of the neck and it exited the spine taking a piece out of it and reentered between her shoulder blades. Dropped in her tracks.

The third was with the second one at 154 yards, broadside high in the neck a few inches below the jaw. Dropped in her tracks.

The fourth one 125 yards walking and quartering away...throught the ribs behind the diaphram passing through the lungs but no exit wound found. She bucked and then ran 20 yards, stumbled and fell over dead.

I plan on killing a few pigs with this gun too...head shots only of course, but there is no doubt in my mind that it will work for hogs 150 lbs. or less.

I'm not a big coyote hunter, but I have full confidence in this gun being effective in killing yotes within 150 yards.