Gauges for SQUIRREL HUNTING

[DaMadman]

Originally posted by Mr. 16 gauge
Yup,.....and the less chance you have of killing them!

Well I dunno I must be a super shot with my .410 because I take it squirrel hunting and they fall out of the top of big oak trees just as dead as if they were hit with a 2 ounce 10 gauge loads

in fact Remington has a nice 2-1/2 inch high velocity load in 6 shot that I used last time I squirrel hunted and every squirrel I shot was dead before it fell out the tree and a couple were dead before they could take another leap on the ground. I personally like a high brass #4 shot, the Remington Express 4 are good. But 6 shot works pretty darn good too.

Been huntin treerats with the .410 or the .22 since I was old enough to pull the trigger and it has always served me well.
I just hate using the 12 or 20 gauge cause the put so many pellets in the meat and the meat always has a bunch of blood bruises in it and They are twice as loud as the .410 and it takes longer for the other tree rats to recover and go on about thier bussiness after you shoot.

We all have our preferences and non re right or wrong, I guess it is all in what you get used to and get good with