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Post by schoolmaster on Dec 26, 2005 23:07:54 GMT -5
You need two guns. One should be a 3.5 inch 10 or 12 guage shotgun with #4 buck loads and the other should be a "walking around" rifle. Mine is a Savage weather warrior with a 4X16 weaver scope in 243 cal. I am shooting reloads using Imr-4350 and the 70 grain ballistic tip. When calling by day or night when they come in fast and close the shotgun get the nod. If they hang up during day time calling then dial long distance with the rifle. Two man teams work better than one man working alone. Using a decoy during the day is also helpful. Watch your down wind side as they tend to circle.
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Post by schoolmaster on Aug 22, 2005 19:19:50 GMT -5
When the HMR came out a friend of mine had one and shot a coyote at about 200 yards through the ribs. It ran off unrecovered until he caught it in a trap some time later the wound channel was small and healed up. He said the bullet didn't expand. Another friend also had a 17 HMR in a very accurate CZ and had trouble on groundhogs with it. He said the 22 mag was a better killer. He favors the 243 on coyotes specially at ranges longer than 250 yards. I pick the 221 fireball as the lightest you could use in In. But an old farmer down in southern In. would argue that the 222R is the best coyote killer and has shot over 40 straight with his.
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Post by schoolmaster on Jul 25, 2006 17:02:13 GMT -5
For geese steel Ts and #2 Hevishot in 3.5 in Browning gold 12 ga. For ducks steel 2s and #4 hevishot in a 3" 20 ga. Browning Gold.
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Post by schoolmaster on Feb 17, 2008 7:32:35 GMT -5
Its just not squirrel hunting if you're not tent camping and cooking on the fire.
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Post by schoolmaster on Aug 24, 2007 21:20:17 GMT -5
trad2927 I use the same method as you. only takes about 2 minutes to do a squirrel. I learned from my grandfather. He used to shoot squirrels and sell to the meat market. He told me that a box of 22 cartridges sold for a quarter and he got a dime apiece for the squirrels. This was when a man could work all day chopping corn for fifty cents. He said he only cut corn for one day.
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Post by schoolmaster on Oct 13, 2007 22:15:56 GMT -5
Score 2 more for man mountain. Thanks, schoolmaster.
SCORED..
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Post by schoolmaster on Sept 23, 2007 19:47:42 GMT -5
Score one for Man Mountain and one for Sure Shot. Thanks Schoolmaster
SCORED
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Post by schoolmaster on Aug 18, 2007 8:52:57 GMT -5
Sure Shot called me this morning he got one yesterday and 5 this morning.
SCORED.......
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Post by schoolmaster on Aug 15, 2007 9:07:29 GMT -5
one fox squirrel for the schoolmaster thils morning
SCORED
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Post by schoolmaster on Aug 10, 2007 21:02:28 GMT -5
I have a Ruger 77/22 that I shoot Remington subsonics with. It just doesn't like the higher velocity ammo. I have had very good results shooting fox squirrels with this load. On the other hand I have shot fox squirrels with the CCI CBs with a 30 grain bullet at about the 800 f/s velocity and had mixed results. Some squirrels were killed very efficiently and two were not. One of these was in a tall tree on a high river bank and the bullet hit a little off center on the rib cage. The squirrel fell and when I went to retrieve it on the bank. It started to run. When finally dispatched and later skinned, two ribs were discovered broken but the bullet then glanced under the hide and out the back. The other one was hit on the lower jawbone and the bullet glanced around under the hide and out the top. When picked up it started to regain its senses and was promptly thrown to the ground and finished off. I decided to use a little more powerful load after these two incidents.
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Post by schoolmaster on Aug 10, 2007 21:17:07 GMT -5
Walmart has 2 1/2 inch winchester #6 half oz. loads for the .410. This load will kill them as well as any 3 inch shell at the range you should shoot squirrels with a .410 I know someone has killed squirrels at long range with the .410 and may take exception to this but get them as close as possible and then get 5 yards closer. My boys used to argue over who got to shoot the .410 on squirrels and they killed a lot of them with it. But the range was very close. Pattern the gun with the loads you are going to use and draw a circle about the size of a squirrels head on the paper and shoot it to see what the effective range is.
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Post by schoolmaster on Aug 13, 2007 21:20:35 GMT -5
Hey Woody, Sign me up with my sons, Man Mountain, Long Shot, and Sure Shot
Gotcha in..
Hopefully we can get you another team member.
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Post by schoolmaster on Aug 28, 2005 20:13:04 GMT -5
danb, nice shooting. If you can hit the squirrel the deer don't have much chance.
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Post by schoolmaster on Aug 28, 2005 20:16:37 GMT -5
I shoot a Ruger 77/22 all weather synthetic and stainless. It likes Rem subsonics. My used to be favorite was a .32 Tenn mountain rifle caplock. But old eyes don't let me use it any more.
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Post by schoolmaster on Aug 21, 2005 20:19:59 GMT -5
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Post by schoolmaster on Aug 1, 2005 20:51:27 GMT -5
Sure do like to squirrel hunt. They can be right tasty if fixed right.
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Post by schoolmaster on Mar 14, 2007 16:29:45 GMT -5
Woody please enter Andrew Smith.
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Post by schoolmaster on Mar 24, 2008 11:24:26 GMT -5
I saw 1 buck during the season and I don't believe he would go 125. I never see "100s" of deer. I saw 7 total during the season.
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Post by schoolmaster on Dec 9, 2007 0:24:13 GMT -5
I believe that I killed a buck 3 years ago not sure. I still have mine.
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Post by schoolmaster on Dec 5, 2007 7:21:55 GMT -5
My Savage Ml10-II with Barnes bullets. Same as modern gun season.
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