.17rem and coyotes

[Catfish]

Cooper,
There is alot of truth in what you say. I have had to put a second shot into a coyote that I had downed with an 87 gn. .257 bullet at 3,500 fps. She wasn`t going any where, but she wasn`t dead eather. When shooting at them running away you don`t have the best angle so you have to drive the bullet in along way to get to the vitles. I know the 32 gn. Serrias in .204 won`t do it, I`m hopeing the Hornadys will. Serria jackets are .009 and Hornady`s are .014. For right now I`m carring a CZ 527 in .204 for a walk around gun and will use a .257 AI. with 87 gn. bullets for long range sniping. In the very near future I will build eather a .22-284 set up for 80 gn. bullets or a 6mm on a large case set up for 117 gn. bullet for long range coyte snipeing. The hides here in Oh. aren`t worth enough to pay for the gas to take them to a fur buyer, so I really don`t care if I blow big holes in them.