Any one hunt squirrels with air rifles.
09-13-2010, 06:48 AM
#1
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Upstate, NY
Posts: 262
Any one hunt squirrels with air rifles.
I love it, i always seem to do better with the benjamin 392 than a .22 or shotgun. I also have benjamin discovery i use alot. They seem to recover from the sound of the shot sooner, therefore i get more of them.
09-13-2010, 07:57 AM
#2
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Central FL
Posts: 180
I don't think your allowed to use air rifles for hunting down here in FL though as a kid I took quite a few with my pellet gun.
Are the squirlls ok to eat this time of year??? We usualy wait till atleast november to eat em so their arn't any nastys still lingering from the summer.
Are the squirlls ok to eat this time of year??? We usualy wait till atleast november to eat em so their arn't any nastys still lingering from the summer.
09-14-2010, 11:38 AM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,320
My wife shoots them all the time off the bird feeders. Kitchen window sniper that she is. These are semi-city squirrels and feed the cats and foxes in the 'hood.
She uses a Gamo Hunter 220 and with a decent headshot she can take them right out to about 50 feet or more. The trick is in the headshot...........
She uses a Gamo Hunter 220 and with a decent headshot she can take them right out to about 50 feet or more. The trick is in the headshot...........
09-22-2010, 06:07 AM
#5
Spike
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: NW Ohio
Posts: 4
Air rifles are all I ever use for squirrels...for one thing, they're relatively quiet.
And secondly, they're reasonably priced. Hell, in high school I used to use a Crosman 760 pumpmaster...that thing's a $30 piece of plastic, more of a toy than a gun. But it killed squirrels and was broke-highschooler-friendly.
And secondly, they're reasonably priced. Hell, in high school I used to use a Crosman 760 pumpmaster...that thing's a $30 piece of plastic, more of a toy than a gun. But it killed squirrels and was broke-highschooler-friendly.
10-12-2010, 05:03 PM
#7
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Pikeville, Tennessee
Posts: 592
The sheridan is the way to go. Is it the 20 cal? I have killed an insane amount of squirrels with them and have went through two of the guns in my life. I prefer them to a 22 especially in areas where gunfire may be illegal or dangerous due to high population. BB
