Squirrel Trouble

[MossRoad]

I won't dispute your experiences. However, your original post specifically implies that you shoot an animal in a way as to cause it to run away and die somewhere else. I think most folks here would find that an unethical practice.

 

[retiredmgn]

slow lingering death? ever shoot a deer? most travel several hundred yards before dieing, or do you explode them. squirrels will run maybe 50 yards at most before dieing. I said chest shot so for those of you that do not have any knowledge of squirrel anatomy that is a heart lung shot and with a projectile much larger percentage to body size then is used for deer.

Yes, I have shot deer. Never at a running deer, never without a clean broadside just behind the shoulder. If they did run it was on adrenalin and they never went far. I have also dropped squirrels in their tracks with a pellet gun. I know it can be done.
My comment to you was a reply to the callous tone of, "Just shoot em, let em crawl off and die".
And the ribcage on an animal covers more area than just the heart.

 

[lockhaven]

Dam* I feel like a politician i said "I use a pellet gun shoot them in the rib cage and they run off and die so no clean up necessary most of the time." rib cage contains the heart and lungs it is also the largest target area that is lethal try a head shot and hit one in the nose real bad death i have cut a track through the top of their heads with a 22 and they flop around until a second shot.

 

[Stimw]

A good squirrel is a DEAD squirrel!!!
I was leaving my property on a Sunday morning, I stopped to close my gate and smelled gas. I looked underneath and gas was spraying on the muffler!!!
I parked the PU and waited until Monday, pulled the bed and a squirrel had chewed through the gas line at the tank!
I had 20 rows of Silver Queen Corn a couple years ago. I got one pick and the squirrels wiped the rest out!!
They are so bold that they come through the pet door on my screen room and eat the cat food.
They are tree RATS nothing cute about that!
Doesn't anyone eat them anymore??? My open rural neighborhood is over run with them.

 

[cqaigy2]

I have blown the heat to bits and had deer run 50 yards or more had some drop in their tracks, your buddy is just lucky or not telling the complete truth. Most do not drop SCDNR - Wildlife Information

Every deer i've shot has dropped within a few feet of where i hit it. Not saying they've died instantly, though most appear to have bled out very fast. I wait about a minute before walking up to them and all of them are dead by that time.

 

[lockhaven]

I used to eat them but when I found out that they were chewing the lead that the phone company uses and any other lead they can find. And by the way lead will pass on to what ever eats the squirrel. I feel your pain the grey devils chewed the wiring on my truck chewed a hole into my house chewed the wiring on my tractor. So I will continue to be a monster and shoot them in the rib cage every chance I get year round 365 days a year.

 

[cqaigy2]

Yes, I have shot deer. Never at a running deer, never without a clean broadside just behind the shoulder. If they did run it was on adrenalin and they never went far. I have also dropped squirrels in their tracks with a pellet gun. I know it can be done.
My comment to you was a reply to the callous tone of, "Just shoot em, let em crawl off and die".
And the ribcage on an animal covers more area than just the heart.

He is using a 22cal on a squirrel, im not sure how big a projectile would be comparable to a deer maybe 30mm?

 

[Pilot]

I live trap them, then put the trap with squirrel under water. They last about 30 seconds. Drowning may not be a pleasant way to go, but it's fairly quick, clean and certain.

 

[Mighty Dodge]

I used to eat them but when I found out that they were chewing the lead that the phone company uses and any other lead they can find. And by the way lead will pass on to what ever eats the squirrel.

That's what must be chewing on my battery posts. Had a deep cycle battery sitting under the pavilion....something chewed the posts all the way down. Sold a John Deere A a few months ago....something chewed up the battery clamps...little buggers.

 

[DKCDKC]

Around here the squirrels seem to have an addiction for the glue in T-111 siding. They eat the wood all winter - eventually making holes for their close-kin the mice to get in. Tried putting pepper extract and such on the siding, but these squirrels seem to like the extra spice and increase their high carb dining. It's really hard to shoot them off the cabin without putting a hole in the siding. Traps can help, but the volume is too low to make much of a difference. We actually have a few squirrel hunters who like my woods, so I have a deal that they have to shoot at least two squirrels within 200 feet of my building before they can wander off in the woods. I've had almost 20 shot there this year, but it just lowered the population a mite. They'll breed and come back next year.

Ultimate solution... As they tear up the T-111 I pull off the sheet and replace with the new concrete T-111 they sell at Lowes. They can't touch that. Or it'll dull their little teeth.