So I believe I've got the best hunting application for the hummer. Being really too expensive for gophers, too small for coyotes. I've found it works beautifully for the big sk jackrabbits. Anybody else find a perfect niche for the hummer?
best use for the 17hmr
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yup, about perfect for jacks
Wary, big, Ontario groundhogs. I call .17 grain V-Max "sleeping pills" for these big hogs. 
And average day has been about 2-3 in the cross hairs, so .17s are not too expensive. Then again, neither are .223s.... Dear Santa....
And average day has been about 2-3 in the cross hairs, so .17s are not too expensive. Then again, neither are .223s.... Dear Santa....
I ain't gonna take an opinion poll of the ground squirrels around here, they'd all vote against hmr being the perfect round for them.
Something like 500S&W factory ammo might be expensive in my eyes, 17hmr definitely not.
If it's small and you want it dead and want to have fun or not worry about noise and reloading or need to do it at a distance the cheap .22lr alternative can't complete at.... use the hmr and don't worry about the price.
Compared to #### most people waste money on everyday without thinking (taxes, insurance, gasoline, mortgages, 4$ coffees etc) 17hmr is cheap like borscht.
Something like 500S&W factory ammo might be expensive in my eyes, 17hmr definitely not.
If it's small and you want it dead and want to have fun or not worry about noise and reloading or need to do it at a distance the cheap .22lr alternative can't complete at.... use the hmr and don't worry about the price.
Compared to #### most people waste money on everyday without thinking (taxes, insurance, gasoline, mortgages, 4$ coffees etc) 17hmr is cheap like borscht.
I apologize, in our pastureland we have a hard time getting to within 200 yards, I realize it'd do the trick for closer range yotes.
Wary, big, Ontario groundhogs. I call .17 grain V-Max "sleeping pills" for these big hogs.
Every one of them I've ever shot with the 17 grain pills (out to ~200 yards) has done nothing more than roll over and kick for a few seconds. Lung shots stone them!
Yeah...pretty amazing. Tiny pin hole entry too, no other evidence. The first one I hit last year...head just dropped but otherwise, didn't move at all~instant kill. Hope it's an early spring this year, I hear they start popping up around March. 
Magpies
Agreed, agreed, they do work beautifully on the magpies, crows as well, as my wife showed me.
