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by Darth Belal on January 18th, 2004

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Is a shotgun or rifle better for hunting squirrels?

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  • by Daniel on January 14th, 2006

    Daniel

    In addition to the very sound advice above i would like to put forward a safety consideration.
    A rifle can dispatch a squirrel instantly and with no damage to the edible parts but the implicaion of a missing bullet (rifle) rather than shot pellets (shot gun) is potentially far greater. A responsible rifle shooter would never fire on a target where the back drop is open sky. Since squirrels reside primarily in trees this is nearly always a risk. One person every year in the US is killed by a falling bullet.
    One of the features of a shot gun which make it such a versatile weapon is that you can fire in to the sky safely and it is for this reason that i recommend a small-bore shot gun as the best squirrel hunting gun. I personally use a 20 bore and it is quite adequate for an instant kill every time without damaging the meat and, to me, not finding the odd piece of lead shot in a perfectly barbecued leg of squirrel just wouldn't be right.

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    • do you really eat the squirrel? haha

      oregon

      by oregon on May 5th, 2006

    • Plus 6 Daniel.....I know all about find that lead shot when you don't want to. Thats why I just use the old 22 all the time. Plus its a bit cheaper to shoot, unless your re-loading.....Take care my FRIEND..........OH & to Oregon up here in this comment box. Yes some of us love eating them there tree rats.....LOL

      - M.C.S. - Dave

      by - M.C.S. - Dave on November 25th, 2008

    • You eat squirrel? Guess the recession must be hitting hard over your way.

      Theby

      by Theby on December 24th, 2008

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