Use heavy 6 shot with a full choke and I don't care if it's a fox squirrel or gray, I use a shotgun when the leaves are thick and there cutting in the hickories when the the season first opens, other than that I like the 22 rifle.
That's what I call a serious squirrel hunter! It's intuitive to edge shoot squirrels with a shotgun, but with an IC choke? Yeah, that's what he said he used.The Tree Squirrel Slam: How a Small-Game Biologist Tagged All 8 U.S. Bushytail Species
A small game biologist's quest to tag all 8 species of U.S. tree squirrels.www.fieldandstream.com
He missed the American Red Squirrel, but then again I never would shoot those because they are smallThe Tree Squirrel Slam: How a Small-Game Biologist Tagged All 8 U.S. Bushytail Species
A small game biologist's quest to tag all 8 species of U.S. tree squirrels.www.fieldandstream.com
Right-I prefer a .22 no matter what the season. Even in August limits can be had with a .22 if you are patient. I actually believe a .22 gives you advantages in several ways.
I agree and prefer using a 22 myself. But...the point of this thread was....is #7.5 effective on squirrels?I just like the challenge and the clean head shot with a .22. No mess, clean kill or clean miss usually. Although I did have a bad hit once. Shot the lower jaw. I made the kill, but it was not my best.
I'm old but never used paper shells. I had used 7.5 in 20ga. when I was a kid. I didn't like picking shot out of my mouth after chomping a few. Were the 7.5 effective. Yes the were.I agree and prefer using a 22 myself. But...the point of this thread was....is #7.5 effective on squirrels?
It's just a "reliving an old memory" thing. Hunting with paper shells....that smell. And all I could find was 7.5 shot.
I remember my Dad saying they couldn't afford much variety, and often had to just go with something that was multi-purpose. Also sounds like many the hardware & country stores may have mainly just stocked 6's & 7 1/2's.If my Dad was hunting with a shotgun he used 7.5's the majority of the time for everything from doves to rabbits. The only other shot he used for rabbits and squirrels was 6's.