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2A Bourbon Hound 2024
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I grew up on a farm in Alabama. My dad taught me to hunt squirrels with a shotgun, shooting bird shot, aiming center mass. That's how I did it for years, and we'd spit the birdshot bbs on the plate as we ate the squirrels. That can't be the best way...
While in the military I was trained to shoot properly, and I came out of their with expert rifle and pistol medals. I'm a damned good shot with anything I get in my hands.
So, with that said, I'm thinking that I'd like to kill a few squirrels, on my own land, for fun (to eat) .
What's the best squirrel hunting setup? Ruger 10/22? Ruger MK4 Hunter? I already own both...
Open sights? Red dot? Scope?
Head shot? Center mass?
I also have a new .177 pellet rifle, with scope, that I recently bought to teach my kids on. I'm sure that would do the job too... It's powerful, but I haven't sighted the scope in yet...
I have 30 acres, in the country, covered in fat, happy squirrels. They aren't even scared of me. They eat my deer corn, bird feeders, and goat feed. I can walk up within 15 feet of them before they run away.
How would you hunt them, in my situation?
Thanks guys!
While in the military I was trained to shoot properly, and I came out of their with expert rifle and pistol medals. I'm a damned good shot with anything I get in my hands.
So, with that said, I'm thinking that I'd like to kill a few squirrels, on my own land, for fun (to eat) .
What's the best squirrel hunting setup? Ruger 10/22? Ruger MK4 Hunter? I already own both...
Open sights? Red dot? Scope?
Head shot? Center mass?
I also have a new .177 pellet rifle, with scope, that I recently bought to teach my kids on. I'm sure that would do the job too... It's powerful, but I haven't sighted the scope in yet...
I have 30 acres, in the country, covered in fat, happy squirrels. They aren't even scared of me. They eat my deer corn, bird feeders, and goat feed. I can walk up within 15 feet of them before they run away.
How would you hunt them, in my situation?
Thanks guys!