View Poll Results: Which?
Marlin 22LR Semi-Automatic
21
46.67%
Savage Long Rifle
11
24.44%
12 gauge shotgun
13
28.89%
Voters: 45. You may not vote on this poll
Shot gun, or .22 for small game.
09-27-2010, 07:28 PM
#23
Spike
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Westchester county, NY/Denver Valley, NY
Posts: 61
i've been hunting rabbits for YEARS and i suggest shotgun with field shot, or even dove shot.
small game moves quick, and since it seems that you're new to small game hunting you need to be super quick at times and your best bet then is a shotgun. you can find a used single shot 12ga for 75 bucks. my first shotgun was just that a savage single shot 12ga and it works like a charm for fast movers. i've killed squirrels, hundreds of birds/rabbits, you name it. definately one of the best buys.
but then again if you're lookin for more of a challenge i use my savage bolt action .22lr with a scope.
small game moves quick, and since it seems that you're new to small game hunting you need to be super quick at times and your best bet then is a shotgun. you can find a used single shot 12ga for 75 bucks. my first shotgun was just that a savage single shot 12ga and it works like a charm for fast movers. i've killed squirrels, hundreds of birds/rabbits, you name it. definately one of the best buys.
but then again if you're lookin for more of a challenge i use my savage bolt action .22lr with a scope.
10-02-2010, 03:19 PM
#24
Fork Horn
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Peoa, UT
Posts: 422
In my opinion both have pros and cons but in most scenerios a shotgun is worth a lot.
You open up your options with quick shots at fleeting game when otherwise you would have just stared and watched the rabbit or whatever you were hunting vanish.
You open up your options with quick shots at fleeting game when otherwise you would have just stared and watched the rabbit or whatever you were hunting vanish.
10-02-2010, 04:51 PM
#25
Spike
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: IL
Posts: 19
never buy a gun from gander mountain, or any chain stores like that, their guns are way over priced, especially there used ones.
08-30-2013, 07:12 PM
#27
Spike
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 11
im gonna put in my 2 cents.
I recenently bought a new mossberg 500 20 guage youth model and it came with 3 chokes and 2 barrel. one rifled one smooth. I got the youth model for the compactness. love this gun. paid 350 $.
now I am going to try dove hunting sunday with it but for rabbits and squirrels ill use my marlin model 60 .22. I feel I am a good enough shot to where the .22 is sufficiant.
what ever you choose just have fun and be safe.
I recenently bought a new mossberg 500 20 guage youth model and it came with 3 chokes and 2 barrel. one rifled one smooth. I got the youth model for the compactness. love this gun. paid 350 $.
now I am going to try dove hunting sunday with it but for rabbits and squirrels ill use my marlin model 60 .22. I feel I am a good enough shot to where the .22 is sufficiant.
what ever you choose just have fun and be safe.
08-30-2013, 07:14 PM
#28
Spike
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 11
