Which Shotgun for squirrel or chipmunk hunting?
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sillymike
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I think you're suppose to try to contribute something (amusing or not)
Anybody wanting to upgrade their percussion lock firearm to proper-squirrel-firearm.
- Track of the Wolf has these available
Falconflyer
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At least we can usually tell if his posts are jokes or not.
Male menopause or female?
sillymike
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Browning BPR is another option when it comes to squirrel gun
Another member pointed out to me that Parker Shotguns ought to be acceptable for squirrel, at least if we are to believe their advertising
Another member pointed out to me that Parker Shotguns ought to be acceptable for squirrel, at least if we are to believe their advertising
More expensive arms for zealous squirrel puritans, and here may be the finest example yet, a CSMC SidexSide 22LR ejector complete with both a squirrel and chipmunk engraved on the action!
Sold at auction earlier this year for 38K USD. Yikes.
Personally I’d have to cross a lot of guns off my list before arriving at something like this....
Sold at auction earlier this year for 38K USD. Yikes.
Personally I’d have to cross a lot of guns off my list before arriving at something like this....
Do they taste better when harvested with a really expensive firearm? Just curious and while visiting the realm of curiosity, do greys taste different than blacks. Yes Im referring to squirrels if theres any doubt!!
That's a different thing. OP talked of "hunting" chipmunks. I can see shooting them if they're attacking your garden. That's my only motivation for shooting grey squirrels. I tried relocating them in the 1990's, but after moving a few to Stanley Park, a kindly VPD officer explained that if he saw me doing it again he'd hit me with a $500 fine for illegally transporting and potentially harming wildlife. So I didn't do that any more. Gave away my Havahart trap. Bloody expensive lesson to move 3 or 4 squirrels, at $70 plus the risk of a fine. Hunting grey squirrels is something I would do if things go sideways in terms of food supply and I need to start cooking them. Pest control and hunting don't seem like quite the same thing to me. Similarly, farmers and orchardists here are permitted to shoot a deer out of season if they can demonstrate that they have built an adequate fence and otherwise tried to keep deer from damaging their crops. It's not called hunting then, it's called pest management.
Who needs a firearm to nock off a squirrel that is being a pest, just use a sling shot, nice and quite and it won't cause a ruckus with the neighbours. When your done with your deed toss the squirrel to the cat you'll have a friend for life.
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Our Boy Cat came into garage this AM with a pretty much defunct chipmunk, that he had caught - I had no involvement - so is one less in the neighbourhood, apparently. He ate it - now curled up on a chair - "sleeping that one off", I suspect ...
Over this past winter, I found 4 or 5 flying squirrel tails in garage - seems that Boy Cat is motivated to bring his "catch" in here before eating it, but for some reason does not do squirrel tails. We think the Momma Cat eats things where she catches them - have not seen anything from her since she had kittens. And our cats are well fed - food bowl full all day, every day and water bowl topped up when needed. As if cats just enjoy to hunt down and catch little things in the bushes or tall grass - or under decks or in wood piles - chipmunks, squirrels, mice, voles - while keeping eye out for coyote, fisher and bald eagle that will take them, if able to.
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As a teen I shot and ate lots of grey and black squirrels, mostly boiled then meat stripped off the bones to make sandwiches with mayo, salt and pepper. I had a reputation in the lunchroom of my high school....
The thing I recall most clearly was how tough the hide is on one of those squirrels: any shot size smaller than #5 lead would bare penetrate the hide at 30 yd and I used #4 duck loads with my full choke 12 ga Cooey. I am pretty sure smaller pellets like 7 1/2 would do in a chipmunk or red squirrel.
The thing I recall most clearly was how tough the hide is on one of those squirrels: any shot size smaller than #5 lead would bare penetrate the hide at 30 yd and I used #4 duck loads with my full choke 12 ga Cooey. I am pretty sure smaller pellets like 7 1/2 would do in a chipmunk or red squirrel.
I think you're suppose to try to contribute something (amusing or not)
Anybody wanting to upgrade their percussion lock firearm to proper-squirrel-firearm.
- Track of the Wolf has these available
Are these importable?
