What do you need for a lights out head shot at 30 - 40 yards.
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Big Iguanas
- Thread starter BillR
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Hey Bill!
With my .25 wildcat, I mainly use 25 grain JSB.. those are lights out 100% headshot, 900+ fps..
Ive also used my 22, slinging JSB 18grain, around 850+ fps.
It really doesn't matter what caliber you use, just make sure your gun is accurate + 850+ fps so you can hit the iguana right behind the ears. Then its lights out.
My buddy "slapahondn" uses an Fx streamline in .22.. knocks them out 1 shot. he's in the 900s+ fps.
With my .25 wildcat, I mainly use 25 grain JSB.. those are lights out 100% headshot, 900+ fps..
Ive also used my 22, slinging JSB 18grain, around 850+ fps.
It really doesn't matter what caliber you use, just make sure your gun is accurate + 850+ fps so you can hit the iguana right behind the ears. Then its lights out.
My buddy "slapahondn" uses an Fx streamline in .22.. knocks them out 1 shot. he's in the 900s+ fps.
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Am I the only one who years crocodile Dundee saying... "You call that an eye-guana? NOW THIS IS A EYE-GUANA!
It's funny in my head, anyway
It's funny in my head, anyway
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It's a Safari Sling. I have two. They work very well. You can walk and both hands are free for a range finder or tripod. Have fun, Scott
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If 90+fpe 25 caliber doesnt do it like THIS them time to pack up and go home!
https://youtu.be/76-KJojud4M
https://youtu.be/76-KJojud4M
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Largest I shot was 6 feet 3 inches with a 177. I now use 30 cal exclusively because of how hard they are to knock out of trees. I've shot around 3,000 of them down here. Placement is everything on them. If not hit correctly they dig their claws in the tree and they're not coming down. I would say 25 or 30 cal for anything over 40 yards
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If I were going after anything that big and ugly, I’m thinking 30 CAL for sure maybe even 357. I had a fox last year with my 357 model 70, and it picked him up and flung him 10 feet. I’m sure part of it was reaction, but he flew.
mike
mike
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Here is a little group we tried to keep cool for eating, dang it was hot that day. I felt like I did the best shooting with the JSB heavies .25 caliber behind eye ball. I only shoot .30 cal now. I think we took out 500 in two days on that trip. I forgot about that monster Scott is holding in above pic. (Limb cracker on way down). Never know what your grabbing when you reach into the tall grass here.
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Shot placement is 99%. I use to get them all the time with a .177 break barrel. My current gun is a .22 streamline shooting hades right at 900 fps. I shot a large iguana in the head at about 40 yards last week and the pellet went straight through its skull. Yes you can shoot bigger and faster slugs and pellets but I feel it's not really necessary.
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Why didn’t you tell me it was post iguana day! Yes I’m using a safari sling too. Very comfortable.
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I had a pet iguana for 17 years! Loved her. Hope you guys are eating them! I couldn’t hunt them as I would think of my pet, but glad you guys are having some fun! I hear they taste fantastic.
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Love this post, wow bunch of iguana hunters on this channel!!
My take:
Accuracy first! Try to find the best accurate pellet you can.
Try to use a pellet that will expand, it will be more forgiving if your shot move a bit
Aim behind the eye, in the eye will do too. Recently I've taken some with heart shots, for this, aim on top of the front leg but a bit towards the front, just a bit. The heart shot is tricky, some times the iguana won't even know it was shot and it can walk away, but will fall after a few meters.
If you hit the heart or the brain, caliber doesn't matter, but at distance a small caliber is more challenging for this, because power retention and accuracy.
.22 hades and Polymags were doing really well on Steve's gun. I've always used .25 but I'm thinking buying the .22 barrel kit any tune the gun down for close range. I'm trying to eliminate pass through. I'm rarely shooting pass 70 yards
Hope this helps
My take:
Accuracy first! Try to find the best accurate pellet you can.
Try to use a pellet that will expand, it will be more forgiving if your shot move a bit
Aim behind the eye, in the eye will do too. Recently I've taken some with heart shots, for this, aim on top of the front leg but a bit towards the front, just a bit. The heart shot is tricky, some times the iguana won't even know it was shot and it can walk away, but will fall after a few meters.
If you hit the heart or the brain, caliber doesn't matter, but at distance a small caliber is more challenging for this, because power retention and accuracy.
.22 hades and Polymags were doing really well on Steve's gun. I've always used .25 but I'm thinking buying the .22 barrel kit any tune the gun down for close range. I'm trying to eliminate pass through. I'm rarely shooting pass 70 yards
Hope this helps
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Columbo if everyone would have taken care of their pet iquana as you did instead of releasing them when they became to large to handle in Puerto Rico the millions in crop damage could have been averted.
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