On prairie dogs and crows, I'd prefer the .17HMR, it's just easier to hit with. On coons, groundhogs and such things, I'd rather have the .22WMR. I've killed coons and groundhogs with the HMR, but they don't kill as cleanly as I'd like them to kill things that size.

You can roll a turd in peanuts, dip it in chocolate, and it still ain't no damn Baby Ruth.