ORIGINAL: ranger140892
Horse crap. I've shot squirrels with everything from a .177 pellet to a 308 Win. Never seen one blown in half, or "literally almost blown in half".
Well I shot a pigeon once with my 22-250 and the pigeon disappeared and all that was left was feathers. We had to look around for what was left. The impact of the bullet had pushed the snow away from the area that the pigeon had been hit so yeah it could happen...