Squirrel Hunting and you're favourite caliber?

[LoonLake96]

What is everyones favourite caliber to shoot these pesky little rodents?

[Rhyno]

45/70 or an ultra mag anything else will just piss them off.

[BearSupreme]

Depends on the level of noise. I prefer the .22 Remington Subsonics, but the CB Shorts (or Longs if they still make them) work fine too.

[LoonLake96]

This is what happens when the employees from the fishing department get your password to HBC.

[Mikey Rafiki]

.22 pellets. Least meat damage, good knockdown power at short range.

[REMINGTON JIM]

Yup 22 shot shells if close or a 410 2.5" with #9 shot ! :) RJ

[Wade]

A head shot with my .270 seems to work

[oscar30-06]

My gun of choice would have to be a 30-30

[darrin6109]

really, is this what Hunt BC has come to?

[LoonLake96]

like i said blame fishing asscociates for stealling my password.

[Drillbit]

22-250 for me. Unless there's lots, then the 1022. (ground squirrels).

Usually put 500 thru the 22-250 per year and 15000-20000 on gophers every year.

[Bear Chaser]

like i said blame fishing asscociates for stealling my password.

Wow you got off lucky.
My coworkers would have had you coming out of the closet and looking for a new hunting "companion".

As for the original question I would recommend 30.06 as a minimum for adequate penetration on squirrel sized game.

[Ltbullken]

260 rem works really well.

[itsy bitsy xj]

CZ 858
Take a look at my avitar

[longstonec]

45-70. or in a pinch 10-22 WMR

[Mr. Dean]

I used to own/run a ranch that catered to people that wanted an awarding experience hunting the black and grey squirrels. It wasn't far from ya, located in Willoughby.
We'd get some dandy's...


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[steel_ram]

338 Uber-Magnum at 1000 yards or more. Anything less is unsporting and ghey.

[guest]

300 Win Mag with 200 Gr. Partitions 72 Gr. IMR 4831.

Shuts em up big time !

CT

[goatdancer]

338 Uber-Magnum at 1000 yards or more. Anything less is unsporting and ghey.

Yep. Using the Texas heart shot saves the trouble of gutting and skinning.............

[kyleklassen]

22-250 for me. Unless there's lots, then the 1022. (ground squirrels).

Usually put 500 thru the 22-250 per year and 15000-20000 on gophers every year.so if you had a 50%kill ratio you would have killed around 10000 gophers a year. that's awesome...we need a pile pic.

[.300WSMImpact!]

varmint grenade there isnt much of a pile

[kyleklassen]

varmint grenades for the 10/22?

[Bistchen]

.22 WMR because I like to snipe 'em from distance.

[REMINGTON JIM]

300 Win Mag with 200 Gr. Partitions 72 Gr. IMR 4831.

Shuts em up big time !

CT

Thats not enough Cartridge for the BIG ones ! A 375 H&H with 300 gr Accubonds is needed for those tough old Tree GRIZZLYS ! LMAO ! :-D RJ

[mooze]

I only feel safe in the bush with a 8mm magnum, you never know when you come upon a bunch infiltrated by NINJA squirrels! I once hit a ninja squirrel boot camp in the boreal forest in SK, the only thing that saved me was the 3" heavy shot BB loads, spraying like Arnold. But they are infiltrating westward! And they are following me...

[Drillbit]

Tied 7mag with 110grn HP's one season thinking they be great, but nope.....best so far is 243 with 58gr vmax, 22-250 is very close though. (measured by Mist Radius)

[ruger#1]

Thats not enough Cartridge for the BIG ones ! A 375 H&H with 300 gr Accubonds is needed for those tough old Tree GRIZZLYS ! LMAO ! :-D RJ
Wow thats a small cal. I would use a 50cal BMG. Why not take the tree down a long with the flying rat.

[skibum]

Long Range Pursuit did a squirrel show - using my favorite caliber - 7mm

But the celebration after the shot and over the carcass made me sick

[Gumsehwah]

This is all academic, guys. . .

I would call in a napalm airstrike to take care of the squirrels.