.17 HMR for tree rats?

[Chiflyguy]

Any thoughts?
You can never have too many guns.

 

[MUP]

Head shots only.

 

[cbhunter]

Head shots only.

What he said, anything else is mass destruction

 

[C1295]

It does some damage If you plan on eating them I wouldn't.

 

[Bull_TN]

I can confirm what MUP said, but they shoot so flat that with a decent scope head shots are easy. Plus, if a yote comes by, you can bust him a lot further out than a .22LR.

 

[RUGER]

75-100 yard headshots are easy.

Body shot, well, that little bullet is amazing.

 

[Billboy]

It's fun, but it's really not fair to the squirrels. As others have said, head shots only. I have a CZ455 with a vortex 6-18 on it. Late season is a blast where you can really stretch it out in the open woods.

 

[Tweeter]

Not a good option in my opinion

 

[JCDEERMAN]

What he said, anything else is mass destruction

yep

 

[mike243]

I learned to not shoot a limit without picking them up after each shot, lost a few in Il in the Shawnee forest river bottoms, 100y shots cost me a few hours of walking back to my base tree and trying to decide which tree I shot 2, you ever notice all the dam tree's look alike when you walk very far , 80y with the magnum seems like a long ways but the 17 really can reach out there, haven't shot the heavier bullets to see how well they stay together but may try some this season