Registered: Mar 2005
Location: Coon Rapids, Iowa
Posts: 237

Has anybody ever used 17 cal for coonhunting and do they tear up the hides?

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Registered: Sep 2005
Location: N.W Ill
Posts: 149

I shot 1 out with mine, just because I had just bought it. Coon fell hard and minimal damage. But a buddy of mine said he saw a 17 tear one up pretty good. I just prefer the 22 long. The 17 makes a heck of a CRACK on a quiet night though. Almost too loud.

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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Batavia,Iowa
Posts: 2623

I use one all the time.. Better gun is the 22 mag.

People always want the loudest dog they can get but don't want a gun to make much noise. People you are trying to hide from know your there before you do any shooting..

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Registered: Sep 2013
Location: Baton Rouge
Posts: 112

I have a 17 Mach 2 that I use all the time during season. Not much damage but man them coons bleed like a stuck pig.

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Registered: Sep 2013
Location: Baton Rouge
Posts: 112

I don't understand why they haven't come out with a 22 ballistic tip.

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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Batavia,Iowa
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17 in action

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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: North GA
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Took mine one night. Sounded like a cannon going off in the woods. Its just a truck gun now. For coyotes and such.

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Registered: Sep 2012
Location: WV
Posts: 197

Have a fried that shot a coyote from his kitchen window last week and killed it stone dead with one shot. It was eating apples next to his garden. A few days before that his wife saw one trying to catch a fawn but it saw her and left. The 17 didn't tear it up to bad.

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Registered: Nov 2011
Location: Taylorsville, Ky
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Originally posted by Whitelightnin
I don't understand why they haven't come out with a 22 ballistic tip.

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