activeviii Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 Nothing like dragging a 2011 post up from the depths. Still, base of skull with the 22rf still works just fine for me but hen I have knocked a few down now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted September 5, 2015 Report Share Posted September 5, 2015 It's been my experience over the last 6 years of controlling these birds that there really is'nt a rimfire out there that can humanely dispatch these birds with one shot. I started out trying to do the job with a .22lr with subsonics and many birds survived 2 or 3 shots into the chest cavity. I then went on to try .17hmr and although the results were better than with the 22 it still was not a one shot each time. I applied for and was granted a variation on my .223 rem and now the birds are dead instantly and my local feo agrees that the centre fire is the way to go to do the job without the birds suffering unnecessarily. You are very wrong and/or an appalling shot. The .22lr with subs is adequate, a HMR is very adequate if you put both in the right place, but a WMR with 30g V-Max delivered virtually anywhere stops them in their tracks. Your FEO is either an idiot or knows you are an appalling shot so advocates a cannon to make up for your shortcomings. But did you need to drag up a 2011 thread to pursue this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 It's been my experience over the last 6 years of controlling these birds that there really is'nt a rimfire out there that can humanely dispatch these birds with one shot. I started out trying to do the job with a .22lr with subsonics and many birds survived 2 or 3 shots into the chest cavity. I then went on to try .17hmr and although the results were better than with the 22 it still was not a one shot each time. I applied for and was granted a variation on my .223 rem and now the birds are dead instantly and my local feo agrees that the centre fire is the way to go to do the job without the birds suffering unnecessarily. I can see that with a frontal breast shot. Not that I have done it Seen it in crows etc so in s 14lb goose with a heck of a lump of meat and thick feather before its small inards I have shot enough geese to know they can carry some serious shot if you don't get it in the right place. More than a fox anyhow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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