Rim fire or shot gun for squirrel?

[30-CAL]

Rim fire or shot gun for squirrel?

[30-CAL]

I will take my rimfire for sure.

[JM1993]

Yup, .22LR all the way. I've never bit down on a pellet of lead or wasted large parts of a small game animal with a .22

[Smitty18]

.22LR no doubt. Good practice for shooting the bigger game too.

[30-CAL]

Smitty good to hear from you, how was bear camp?

[huntfishtrap]

Yep, rimfire for sure, personally I've never understood why some people use a shotgun for squirrels, for me that would take most of the fun out of it!

[hawndog]

I like using the .22 a lot better than a shotgun, but I never did like shooting in the air with a rifle, you never know when that bullet is going to come down.

[Hunter Girl 1]

Yupp, .22. Wouldn't feel so great if you bit down on a lead pellet. Go with a .22 rimfire.

Hunter Girl 1

[Pathfinder1]

Hi...


To me, shotguns for squirrels is like cheating on a test...!!

Nobody needs that much firepower for a little squirrel.

A .22 will do just fine. Even a .17 air rifle is plenty big enough bag them.

Of course, if your eyesight isn't that good, then the shotgun...preferably a .410...would work well also.