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The idea is to get to EAT the squirrel. You might not be able to make a head shot. Don't take a .300 win mag to kill one of the things, ya kow. My old pump up Benjamin took a many of 'em when I was a kid before I got my first .22.

Let's give that poor old horse a rest, okay?

Quote: 5 years or so ago, I was encouraged by the landowner to take a 350 yd shot & gut-shot a young buck. He dropped at the shot. As I approached him, I was greeted with 18" or so of entrails hanging out of the animal; He was alert, sitting up, unable to stand. Had to finish him with a .38, he just sat there staring at me for that shot. Not a good afternoon. I limit myself to more manageable distances now. __________________...

Quote: Most people wouldn't know 200 yards in the woods if it bit them on the buttocks. I have paced off many a "500-yard" shot that turned out to be around 150 yards. LOL In country with a lot of canyons and ridges, it's really hard, too, even if you can see a long distance. I hike around with a rangefinder occasionally, for practice. Sometimes I can guess within 10 yards. Sometimes, I'm WAY off. The human...

Nice report; thanks and good shot; My hunting partner discovered this weekend that the following is ALSO effective at dropping a deer (in this case, not taking a step): .280 Remington, Hornady factory ammo with 139 gr SST, slight downward angle and almost broadside, with a very slight quartering toward, with head to the right: Bullet enters right cheek, above jaw line, below and in front of right ear (horribly bad shot; aiming for lungs );...

MCgunner the problem with your posts from my point of view isn't that you want to manage wildlife properly. It's that you sent the message to someone reading them that if you don't agree with the law, you don't follow it. You might be a great guy. I don't know. I do know there are a lot of hunters who aren't and they would take your posts where you said you think the law is stupid so SSS as re-enforcement for...

Well, I'd have to say, it seems as though all of the 'pro's and con's' of shooting a dog while hunting has been covered here....

Quote: I could only load one round at a time, but that's all I think I'd need given the opportunity. You no longer have this problem with the leverevolution bullets now available separately as components...however, technically, loaded with traditional spitzer bullets, a 30-30 lever is a 2 shots rifle (one in the chamber and one in the magazine), not single shot...

Quote: What I'm questioning is your allegation that the projectile did not penetrate further than the skin AND was going "~500 fps". John, I will finish this argument by saying that my dog was shot with a pellet gun going ~500fps ("~" means approximately btw), and very minimal damage was observed. I saw that the pellet was lodged just under the skin. If this doesn't coincide with what your experts...

Very nice, congrats to you both.