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my squirrel slayer :)
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my squirrel slayer :)
i use my .17 HMR for squirrels. my setup is the Savage .17 HMR 93R17GLV with the Leupold STD mounts holding a Weaver 44/40 3x9x40 scope an a 6"-9" Harris bi-pod. i shoot the Hornaday 17 grain V-Max rounds. just do head shots, it will make you a better shot ![smile :)](./images/smilies/smile.gif)
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Re: my squirrel slayer :)
One of my customers has a pear tree in his yard and he hates tree rats messing with it. He has become deadly with a pellet pistol shot from the back window of his home. He gives the tree rats to the guy next door who eats them and nails their tails to the fence.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
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Re: my squirrel slayer :)
around here there really skiddish the last part of the season so ima be using my .17 this year. but when the season starts there so worried bout cuttin nuts i use a 12 gauge with either 7 1/2 shot or 8 shot ;)
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AKaholic #158907, 1970 H&R single shot 12 gauge, 12 gauge 500 Mossberg Shotgun, 1989 AK-47, 1940 Russian Mosin Nagant, 1942 Russian Mosin Nagant, .17 HMR Savage 93R17GLV, Smith and Wesson .40 cal, 1966 Colt .38 Special Detective.
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Re: my squirrel slayer :)
12 gauge must ruin the meat ![smile :)](./images/smilies/smile.gif)
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Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Re: my squirrel slayer :)
nope since the 7 1/2 an 8 is such a small shot it seems like the squirrel goes into like shock or something cause i hardly ever have pellets go past the hide into the meat. try it this comming season to shoot one with the small shot
it does work
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AKaholic #158907, 1970 H&R single shot 12 gauge, 12 gauge 500 Mossberg Shotgun, 1989 AK-47, 1940 Russian Mosin Nagant, 1942 Russian Mosin Nagant, .17 HMR Savage 93R17GLV, Smith and Wesson .40 cal, 1966 Colt .38 Special Detective.
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Re: my squirrel slayer :)
Yep, I can attest to that. The squirrel's hide is so tough rarely does a pellet make it through. 7-1/2 shot is perfect. You don't need to change out the shells in your hunting vest from dove season ![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif)
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Re: my squirrel slayer :)
I agree. 7&1/2 is perfect. I once shot three in a row with a semiauto 12 gauge. They were chasing each other around the truck of the tree.pacanis wrote:Yep, I can attest to that. The squirrel's hide is so tough rarely does a pellet make it through. 7-1/2 shot is perfect. You don't need to change out the shells in your hunting vest from dove season
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Use a 300 Winchester magnum, better safe than sorry ![smile :)](./images/smilies/smile.gif)
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Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
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I actually shot an armadillo with one of those once. I had hunted hard for two days without a bit of success and was on my way out of the woods, and there it was, standing right in my way. One shot and it blew up, literally blew up. It looked like a pile of raw hamburger.Junk Yard Dog wrote:Use a 300 Winchester magnum, better safe than sorry
That's what you get for standing in my way.
Some people are like slinkies....
They are not really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when pushed down a flight of stairs.
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They are not really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when pushed down a flight of stairs.
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Re: my squirrel slayer :)
but my collection of fine firearms just isn't right for some reason. i think it is cause i don't have a .22 LR yet :( i have 8 all together but no .22 so that is on my list ![smile :)](./images/smilies/smile.gif)
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AKaholic #158907, 1970 H&R single shot 12 gauge, 12 gauge 500 Mossberg Shotgun, 1989 AK-47, 1940 Russian Mosin Nagant, 1942 Russian Mosin Nagant, .17 HMR Savage 93R17GLV, Smith and Wesson .40 cal, 1966 Colt .38 Special Detective.
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Re: my squirrel slayer :)
.22 Colibri works well for squirrels. I have an over-the-hill single shot bolt rifle that seeks 'em out like radar. No noise, and without an expensive suppressor.
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Re: my squirrel slayer :)
Alden wrote:I actually shot an armadillo with one of those once. I had hunted hard for two days without a bit of success and was on my way out of the woods, and there it was, standing right in my way. One shot and it blew up, literally blew up. It looked like a pile of raw hamburger.Junk Yard Dog wrote:Use a 300 Winchester magnum, better safe than sorry
That's what you get for standing in my way.
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Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt