What 12g carts for squirrels?

[*NickH*]

All

 

Is recently read in a magazine - Sporting Shooter I think that a fella in there was using 4's on squirrel's? I normally use no bigger than 6's and dont seem to have any problems giving them a flying lesson :blink:

 

Was wondering what you guys use/recommend?

[ROBLATCH]

i only use eley super game no 6 32g and find these an all round good cartridge,at least they do the job for me

[pin]

4's a bit big for squirrel

 

Anything you'd normally use on piggies / rabbits is fine.

 

I can vouch for the fact that they don't like 32g of No6.5 up'em :blink:

[charlie 1]

I tend to use 32g 5's i find that i don't get very many wounded squirrels as that is the last thing you want to deal with.

even though that is mainly down to shot placement i still find that 32 5's just tend to knock them over with more force.

 

cheers

charlie

[stevethevanman]

How does shot placement come into it as at say 20yds wouldnt the pattern be as big as a squirrel, if not bigger, so the pellets would cover all the body :blink:

[charlie 1]

wot i meant was is where the pellets are hitting. as holes in your pattern could prevent you from hitting the target in the vital organs or full stop.

sorry i didn't mean it quite like that . i am aware that it is difficult to get shot placement with a shotgun.

[jonevo]

wot i meant was is where the pellets are hitting. as holes in your pattern could prevent you from hitting the target in the vital organs or full stop.

sorry i didn't mean it quite like that . i am aware that it is difficult to get shot placement with a shotgun.

 

 

gordon bennet .......... 4s or 5s for squirrels you will blow em to bits :blink: at the end of the day they are only tree rats...

 

6s 32g are a good all rounder..use these all the time with great effect

[CharlieT]

Very difficult to kill are squirrels.................You need good shot placement and no less than BB's.

[dodeer]

1oz 7.5

[luckytrigger]

I used 32g 6 1/2 on the last ones i shot. Shook the drey up with a couple of shots and they came tumbling out :blink:

[honda chris]

9mm garden gun is more than enough to blow them out of the trees or even .410.

12g would just blow them to pieces, do you ever find a whole tree rat?

most enjoyable shot is .22 air rifle all you hear is them hit the dirt! :blink:

[EvoCars]

28g 7.5s, no need for anything bigger(and their cheap), usualy realy close anyway when shooting dreys ect

[death from below]

I use eley pigeon......always get em with the first shot.......which is a damn sight more than i can say for the piggies.....many a time has my trusty third shot in my semi saved the day(although not proud to say so)

[leeboy]

I think that squirrels are proper tough little **** and can take a huge amount of damage sometimes and keep running. #6s sort them out though but in my experience more choke is better than less choke. The Americans seem to like shooting #4 or bigger for squirrel but I think thats completely unnecessary.

 

As to the comment about a 12 bore blowing squirrels to bits, dont know where that idea came from. yes if they are 6 feet away it will make a mess, at normal shooting ranges of course it wont.

 

A 12 bore will blow anything to bits if its at the end of the barrel !

 

Dont waste your time chasing them with a .410 unless the shots are close and in little cover. It will just lead to frustration. As strange as it may seem, I'd take the air rifle over a .410 for squirrels, it will put more in the bag.

[starlight32]

If I am using the Auto on a vermin shoot, I tend to have a 50g No 1 to knock out the drey followed by a couple of 32g 6's- All on Full choke.

 

starlight32

[al4x]

I'm with that man, something heavy to give the drey some stick then 6's to sort them out once you've evicted them.

[pin]

Couple of posts on here about shooting out dreys, well I can't comment on your shoots and what observations you make first but given the number of non-target species who will use an abandoned drey, I personally wouldn't do that.

[dunganick]

32grams of 5's for the dreys and 32grams of 6's for getting the little critters. Used to be part of a very large syndicate that shot out all the dreys on a 400 acres woodland. We shot 150ish in one outing between 6 of us and this was the favoured recipe.

[leeboy]

If I am using the Auto on a vermin shoot, I tend to have a 50g No 1 to knock out the drey followed by a couple of 32g 6's- All on Full choke.

 

starlight32

 

Good call ! that'l fix 'em :blink:

[scaffman73]

How does shot placement come into it as at say 20yds wouldnt the pattern be as big as a squirrel, if not bigger, so the pellets would cover all the body :unsure:

 

 

Steve the van man . How f *** ing big are the squirrels down your way .

[caplock]

I tend to use the blue or black ones, sometimes the red but very rarely the yellow ones. Never used the clear ones so can't comment on them :unsure:

[al4x]

Couple of posts on here about shooting out dreys, well I can't comment on your shoots and what observations you make first but given the number of non-target species who will use an abandoned drey, I personally wouldn't do that.

 

 

never shot a non target out of one yet or seen it done, don't know if it makes a difference as to time of year but we always do it at the end of the game season on vermin days. Highly productive and stops a lot of tree damage as some of our woods are over run with them.

[pin]

I'm no expert but I have seen birds nesting in abandoned dreys.

 

I agree with the clearing of them though, a good poke and a rake with a couple of guns to mop up any customers!

[al4x]

Thats why we've not had issues February is a bit early for nesting, have shot a rat out of one though believe it or not. Rake would be fine but on 200 acres of oak and beech woodland you'd be there a while and would need a very long tool

[pin]

Does the noise the littleuns make not get to you? :unsure: