last thing I "hunted and killed" was a squirrel (16 gauge). didnt
want to eat the thing with all the shot in it, so I quit hunting. I
am in the city. cant shot anything that draws attention. up close I
have dispatched many, many chippies with a pellet gun (I trap em and
then kill em). I am going after the squirrels now with take em alive
cages. they been breaking into our roof, they been eating my pears
and will go after figs next I am sure. gotta kill the ones figured
out whats what. Ingrid

On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:17:19 CST, Galen Hekhuis
wrote:

On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:46:39 CST, wrote:

pellet gun. watch the angle so you miss the pond and etc. Ingrid
(who is fighting her own battle with the tree rats)

I tend to disagree with the use of a pellet gun. Many folks think
"pellet gun" is much the same as a "BB gun." I don't know of a BB gun
that has sufficient power or accuracy to dispatch a squirrel. A
pellet gun of the .177 caliber is probably not going to have the mass
to kill, and you wind up with an irritated (albeit wounded) squirrel.
Even if you do have sufficient power and a good shot, most .177 pellet
guns do not provide sufficient knock down force to put down the
squirrel right away, and you'll probably wind up with a bloody mess,
at best. In the .22 caliber pellet you have a better chance, although
results are hardly guaranteed. Then there are the legal implications.
In this state, and probably others, there are seasons and restrictions
regarding various squirrels. If you know all this already, you
probably aren't reaching for a pellet gun. If you are going for a
pellet gun, you probably haven't hunted many squirrels.