Clark
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I caught a 1 pound 5 ounce squirel with a 7.9 gr .177 cal pellet from a QB36 Chineese pellet gun.
Instant death.
Instant death.
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This gun only kills crows and squirels when they are hit in the head or neck.
41mag
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Hold it up a little higher.I can't see it.
Pretty good size!
Get a few more and you can make a pie.
Pretty good size!
Get a few more and you can make a pie.
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I am trying, but I can't get the upload to work.
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I uploaded it at another forum and used the html from there.
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I uploaded it at another forum and used the html from there.
smokemaker
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Nice chatterbox! I got a Winchester 1000X as an early father's day present, and was wondering if it was big enough for squirrels, and I got my answer from you. Accurate enough for headshots on bushytails too.
That's funny my dad was just telling me about a squirrel and his bird feeder. Apparently it chewed through the string it was hanging by, then went down and cleaned up. He shot his with a 20 dollar chineese pellet rifle. He says body shots will kill, but not quick, they make it back to there holes and die. and the others don't like the smell and have to find new holes.
WhiteKnight
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Ohhhh!
I guess since "the others don't like the smell and have to find new holes" that makes intentionally wounding the squirrel okay.
Hey Whiteknight,
Chill out. I wasn't saying it was ok to wound a squirrel, even if it is a pest and causing property damage. I was merely stating a fact about this particular pellet rifle. My Father isn't all that happy about them moving to new holes anyway cause they continue to dig up his yard.
Chill out. I wasn't saying it was ok to wound a squirrel, even if it is a pest and causing property damage. I was merely stating a fact about this particular pellet rifle. My Father isn't all that happy about them moving to new holes anyway cause they continue to dig up his yard.
A call to more expirienced air rifle hunters
In the interest of a more humane kills on squirrels. Which is the cause of the poor performance of the pellet rifle of my father on squirrels. Is the answer to get a faster .177 pellet rifle or to move up in caliber to a .22? thanks for the help.
In the interest of a more humane kills on squirrels. Which is the cause of the poor performance of the pellet rifle of my father on squirrels. Is the answer to get a faster .177 pellet rifle or to move up in caliber to a .22? thanks for the help.
None of the above.
If you want instant, DRT kills, head shots are the only solution. That pretty much applies to any kind of hunting, not just with airguns.
NOW, a little perspective adjustment.
When someone posts about a deer running 50 yards after being shot in the chest, no one complains about cruelty or talks about the deer getting the death penalty.
On the other hand, if a ground squirrel gets shot in the chest and manages to run 15 feet to its burrow before it bleeds out, that's called "intentionally wounding"--and is labeled inhumane.
Let's TRY to be consistent.
WhiteKnight
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Actually, all the deer I've taken have either been spine shots or double lung, and they were all DRTs. Thus don't give me any crap about a double standard or a "perspective adjustment." I, for one, don't anything else besides DRTs while I personally, or anyone else is hunting.
The original poster made no mention of trying to do anything differently than body shots and seemd to completely disregard the idea of a humane kill. What if I nonchalantly mentioned "oh yeah, i hunt deer with a 20 gauge and birdshoot. It may take them a couple weeks to die, but that's okay by me. "
Perhaps the above sarcasm flowed out of my growing irritation at hunters who qualify big game animals (elk, moose) as being "good" enough to deserve a quick kill, and then obsess over what caliber, what bullet, and behind how many grains of powder, etc. That is great! Try your hardest to give the animal the quickest, most humane death possible.
Yet I see many other hunters disqualify other smaller game (dove, squirrel) as being on some sort of lower level, and use subpar equipment to dispatch them without even so much as a thought to the animal's well being. Perhaps it has something to do with size, but it seems a lot of guys want to use a .338 for elk and cringe at the thought purchasing anything more than a POS airgun to remove unwanted critters from the homestead.
IMHO, if you can't make a headshot on a squirrel, you shouldn't be hunting. It's not as if you can't afford to sneak 10 or 20 feet closer to the animal because they aren't going to charge you (African dangerous game) or dissappear forever (flighty monster whitetail).
Cool.
But I was commenting on how people responded to posts about hunting various animals, not on your hunting technique.
It is rather well accepted that a chest shot on big game is humane (you use them yourself, I see), but I notice that when the quarry is little and cute, a different standard of humane seems to apply.
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Stand_Watie
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If you want a faster kill, those are definately viable options. I recently bought one of the Gamo Shadow 1000s and it's the best I've seen so far for an air rifle. Shoots a .177 caliber bullet at 1000fps (hence name) and although I don't like the sights, I can use them to put the pellets within a 1 1/2" circle at 25 yards. Pretty good imo. I also have a Daisy Powerline 22X in .22cal. It make a visible and audible difference when contacting game. You can hear the bullet make a smack sound when it hits a bird or what have you. Pellet style also makes a difference, try using round nose or match wadcutters. Just like rifle bullets, the blunter shapes cause more internal damage.
I've used my air rifles for years on anything from starlings to doves during hunting season to crows.
Actually, it probably has to do with overpenetration. Many of us live in the city, suburbs or small plots in the country. You can't shoot squirrels with a .22 or .410 there. The pellet gun is your only choice. Unfortunately, pellet guns don't always offer clean kills. Sure head shots are nice. But the reality is many pellet guns get 4" groups at 7 yards.
That's not really what I was trying to say. I was really trying to point out that there seems to be a different standard of humane applied to big game vs small cute game. A chest shot is considered humane on deer, but it seems that some consider that only a head shot is humane on a squirrel.
BTW, I have a few pellet guns and even my $25 Chinese POS will group better than an inch at 10 meters. My nicer airguns shoot way better than I can hold. I think that my HW "sport" rifles will do better than 0.2" at 10 meters. My FWB match airguns will shoot even better than that--the groups on the test targets are so small as to be unmeasurable--they just looked like a single shot.
Stand_Watie
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I have recently discovered something called cb caps that are a perfect way to convert your .22 to a high power pellet gun. These fire a .22 caliber projectile with just the primer in a .22 shell at about 1000 fps. I would consider them perfect for squirrel hunting (or just very quiet .22 target shooting) in an urban environment.
http://www.outdoorsuperstore.com/store/products/productDisplay.asp?productID=250590
Ever heard of the Aguila Colibri? It's a .22 ammo with a light 17gr (I believe) bullet propelled by nothing more than priming compound. Saying they are quiet is an understatement. Might want to check out the gun stores for some and see what you think. The 'Super' version adds a bit more velocity and ditches the stinky smell, I would also recommend it as the only one to use in a rifle (Aguila says to use all of them in pistols only). I've shot them from both my Rem 597 and 10/22.
I've heard of them, but I've only seen them at gunshows.
So between a bb gun and a standard .22, is it kind of in the middle?
Most BB guns have terrible accuracy and can't put down rabbits at all. And yup, tried birdshot. Pretty much sucks for everything.
So between a bb gun and a standard .22, is it kind of in the middle?
Most BB guns have terrible accuracy and can't put down rabbits at all. And yup, tried birdshot. Pretty much sucks for everything.
Stand_Watie
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I have also used the 'super-colibri' which fires a 20 grain bullet at (according to this website) 500 fps
http://www.impactguns.com/store/aguila_super_colibri.html
and a correction to my earlier, the CCI cb long is supposed to have 727 fps, and a 29 grain bullet.
I'd say they're closer to a high power pellet gun in terms of range - for example in my rifle the super colibri at 75 yards has about a 3 foot drop. The CCI at 75 yards has about a one foot drop.
http://www.impactguns.com/store/aguila_super_colibri.html
and a correction to my earlier, the CCI cb long is supposed to have 727 fps, and a 29 grain bullet.
I'd say they're closer to a high power pellet gun in terms of range - for example in my rifle the super colibri at 75 yards has about a 3 foot drop. The CCI at 75 yards has about a one foot drop.
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