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whittling Super Member
Joined: Apr 21, 2008 Posts: 586 Location: Texas (home state is Mass)
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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:39 am Post subject: Squirrel Hunting |
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whittling Super Member
Joined: Apr 21, 2008 Posts: 586 Location: Texas (home state is Mass)
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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:51 am Post subject: Re: Squirrel Hunting |
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Does anyone know if a air gun of about 500 f.p.s. will bring down a small squirrel ?
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roklok Super Member
Joined: Aug 11, 2005 Posts: 608 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 3:03 am Post subject: Re: Squirrel Hunting |
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Squirrels are usually more active early in the morning and late in the evening. I would not try to kill a squirrel with a air rifle of such low power, I am sure it can be done with a head shot, but 500 FPS will not deliver much energy or penetration to be reliable. Are air rifles legal in MA for small game?
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OntheLasGallinas Super Member
Joined: Aug 23, 2007 Posts: 1042 Location: South Texas
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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 4:12 am Post subject: Re: Squirrel Hunting |
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I think you'd be better off with an air rifle that will push your pellet up to about 700 feet per second. You can make kills with the 500 feet per second, its' just low power. When I was a kid, I used to hunt cotton tail rabbits and squirrels with a Daisy BB Gun, but you had to make a perfect head shot, although I wouldn't recommend it. I'm not sure about the legality of it. Most states have different laws.
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Pumpkinslinger Super Member
Joined: Sep 22, 2007 Posts: 5002 Location: NC foothills
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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:15 am Post subject: Re: Squirrel Hunting |
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I'd be checking the legality of air rifles on game too. Having shot a few grackles (black birds) at about 6 yards with a 500 ft/sec air rifle I sure couldn't recommend it for squirrels. The rifle was a match gun but accuracy couldn't make up for the lack of punch.
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ElyBoy Super Member
Joined: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 1541 Location: Forest Lake Minnesota
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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:29 am Post subject: Re: Squirrel Hunting |
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Grey squirrels get to be big pests around my house, so, at times we kill them with a pellet gun.
It is quiet, but if I were going for food, instead of pest control, I sure wouldn't use the air rifle. Too many cripples.
.22 shorts work just fine though.
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Dimitri Super Member
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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 2:49 pm Post subject: Re: Squirrel Hunting |
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Since airguns under 500fps (generally speaking) are not considered firearms most rifle airguns in Canada are limited to 495fps many use them as pest control for Squirrels.
Most people I spoke to who use a rifle air gun generally limiting to shots under 25 yards which seems to work most of the time. Still I'd consider a 22 before a airgun if I was hunting for food.
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Arizona Hunter Member
Joined: Jul 22, 2006 Posts: 275
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Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 11:20 am Post subject: Re: Squirrel Hunting |
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I love hunting grays and fox squirels. Sure big game hunting can be exciting, but usually you only get one animal on atag-then your done. But squirrels and rabbits, are just plane fun to hunt and you can take many home.
I usually use a scoped .22 bolt action, but sometimes if there are lots of leaves I'll use a shotgun with some 7 1/2 shot. Its enought to kill them but not shred them.
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Crackshot Super Member
Joined: Oct 23, 2005 Posts: 1693 Location: Mich
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Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 3:12 pm Post subject: Re: Squirrel Hunting |
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You must live in Northern Arizona. I didnt see to many tree's around were my father lived near Coolidge and Eloy Az.
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atrox Member
Joined: Jun 05, 2008 Posts: 46 Location: Tucson, AZ
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:54 pm Post subject: Re: Squirrel Hunting |
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i have taken out a few squirrels with my gamo. It shoots 500 fps and i have even got them with body shots. Most were in the 15-25 yd range though.
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Arizona Hunter Member
Joined: Jul 22, 2006 Posts: 275
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Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:22 am Post subject: Re: Squirrel Hunting |
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Crackshot,
Although I live in Phoenix I have to hunt the squirrels in northern AZ, like you said. Most likely the most comon critter near Coolidge is Quail and coyotes.
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Grant Super Member
Joined: Aug 28, 2006 Posts: 325 Location: Grande Prairie, Alberta
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Crackshot Super Member
Joined: Oct 23, 2005 Posts: 1693 Location: Mich
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Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:31 pm Post subject: Re: Squirrel Hunting |
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Yea. Not so much quail when I was there, But alot of jack rabbits in the cotton fields, rattle snakes, & tarantulas around the house.
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