I use my Ruger 77-22lr most all of the time. With ammo in short supply I threatened to use my Ruger 77-220 swift but haven't yet.
Just bought a Savage 93F 22 mag I will use also.

I like to just go into the hard woods and sit on a bucket I painted flat black and wait for them to get active again. Normally I can shoot a limit in about a half hour.

In this area they start feeding heavy about 8:00 AM and go till about 11:00 AM then they seem to go sleep till about 3:00 PM and go till dark.

I use the mid day time to scout for them.


Al