golfballshootr
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They are not huge or heavy game and if a wounded one gets away he usually gets eaten by the others.
If he gets away, then you did not do your job of making a clean kill. Just my thoughts, but that is why I gave up the .17HMR. I had one that got away with good shot placement and I cannot continue to use what I think or had experience with being insufficient.
Now for the head shot with that little bullet, I could not and would not ever try it, because I know how little energy it has after 150 yards and how much the wind blows that little sucker around. I shoot it at 200 yards on our range, and from my own personal experience, it had better be a calm day to keep them with in a 4" box on paper, huge difference at the 100 yard berm. Some of them, in the moderate wind, do not even hit paper, just hit the berm. Now, I am not saying it can't be done or didn't happen, just that I know I couldn't do it and would not try it.