Posted: 9/11/2007 7:31:08 AM EDT
| Well, squirrel season opens soon here, and it looks like I might go hunt them for the first time. Planning to take the side by side 12 gauge and some 2 3/4" #6 1oz shot (gun can hold 3" shells). I was thinking of putting the improved cyl choke in one side for close shots, and full in the other for further away/treetops. Think this will work well on them? only other choke I have for the gun is a modified choke, but I don't think they are that expensive. |
12ga for squirrel?  Damn, you must have some big ass squirrels. I use a good Gamo air rifle or a .22 almost always or maybe a .410. The .410 is too much and too loud most of the time. The squirrels don't seem to get spooked by the sound of a .22, but anything louder shuts them down for a long time. 
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I could be using 3" shells with buckshot Guy I am going with is a pretty experienced squirrel hunter. He uses a 16 gauge with #4 until the leaves come off, then uses the .22 lr. I am going to see what he recommends for chokes when I see him later today, but I am interested in what the guys on here that hunt them with shotguns have to say as well. |
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I use either 1-1/8 #6 shot or 1-1/4 #5 shot. later in the fall after the leaves are gone I use a ruger 10/22 when I know it's a safe area for a rifle. There is nothing wrong with using a shotgun for squirels. It's a lot safer in heavily populated areas, something that is getting harder to avoid because of urban sprawl. 22 long rifle rounds can be leathal or cause serious injury up to 1.5 miles away. |