Are the squirrels tougher in NY or is everyone's pants on fire?

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Brain shot placement drop's em every time. "Head" shot just anywhere, yes you can blow there nose off and have em run. And naturally a "brain" shotb does mean you will not get good shots on all squirrels so some get to stay for another day.
.177 longest shot that day 73 yards ( paced after shot)
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Many squirrels were spotted but no shot taken, all were instant kills.
Nope doesn't happen every time but as close as possible and I like .177. My ONLY instant kill on a opossum ( I normally shoot them as many rounds as I have in whatever) just because of time I grab an AA410 in .177 and got a chicken eatin varmint with a clean brain pass through at 36 yards, now ABSOLUTE luck involved there but a tine hole side to side with really no blood showing killed it NOW.

John
 
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"ajshoots"The actual lights out kill zone of a squirrels head is much smaller than the head itself. The reason a larger caliber works better (and yes it does!!) Is because of the increased surface area having a better chance of staying in the true kill zone of a head shot.

To answer your question, NO!! Squirrels are not tougher in NY. Honestly, a very inate knowledge of a squirrels head dramatically increases your instant kill ratio. I have had similar things happen with a .22 LR and airguns as well. In a situation when a great head shot is not a guarantee, I take a heart/lung shot as that is certain death and a much bigger target.
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Agreed. I have never used my air rifle for hunting, but have one of my .22LR chambered firearms, and most of the time I will just drill them through the heart and lungs. It usually blows them off the branch, and I only use their meat for stew anyways.
 
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"crosman2016"
"ajshoots"The actual lights out kill zone of a squirrels head is much smaller than the head itself. The reason a larger caliber works better (and yes it does!!) Is because of the increased surface area having a better chance of staying in the true kill zone of a head shot.

To answer your question, NO!! Squirrels are not tougher in NY. Honestly, a very inate knowledge of a squirrels head dramatically increases your instant kill ratio. I have had similar things happen with a .22 LR and airguns as well. In a situation when a great head shot is not a guarantee, I take a heart/lung shot as that is certain death and a much bigger target.
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Agreed. I have never used my air rifle for hunting, but have one of my .22LR chambered firearms, and most of the time I will just drill them through the heart and lungs. It usually blows them off the branch, and I only use their meat for stew anyways.
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I think you are putting out a good bit more energy with your 22 LR than most people are getting from a 15gr JSB pellet....
 
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