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One of three skunks last night
- Thread starter Bob_O
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Thanks for posting a video with the sight showing. Are you using the ir that came with it or did you get another one? Also someone asked the other day if skunks sprayed. I use to shoot skunks first shot in the spine second shot in the head and never had one spray. Excellent shooting on this one.
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I had one I needed to put 4 or 5 into once... nice shooting! I think they are coming out for one last munch before they go chill in a burrow/hole/etc
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That last shot was "lights out".
Caliber, rifle, range?
I would think with a skunk, you'd probably want at least .25 caliber, unless you could deliver a .25.39 gr .22, at HP, to the head?
Caliber, rifle, range?
I would think with a skunk, you'd probably want at least .25 caliber, unless you could deliver a .25.39 gr .22, at HP, to the head?
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Hart,
The rifle was my FX Streamline 22 with JSB 15.89gr pellet at about 50 yds. I've shot more than 10 skunks with this setup....most around 25 yds.
Also the biggest woodchuck I killed was with the 22.
The rifle was my FX Streamline 22 with JSB 15.89gr pellet at about 50 yds. I've shot more than 10 skunks with this setup....most around 25 yds.
Also the biggest woodchuck I killed was with the 22.
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Well done Bob!! Took multiples, but you finally got the right spot.. you have my respect sir!!
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Thank you mark!!
To address some other comments....when do pest control, the farmers don't care how I get them, they just expect them to be gotten. That's not to say I am going be irresponsible in my shooting. If that were the case, I'd launch pellets at these skunks at 50 yds all the time and hope for the best.
Instead I work my way in so my shots are 20 to 35 yds and get as stable as I can for the shot. I've said this is in a few of my videos, "if only every shot could be this good." Believe me, if I could make every shot perfect, I would.
Here's the reality.....I'm shooting at animals that don't sit still for long or at all. I'm shooting from a less than ideal position, ie: off the hood, trunk or door of my car, off a trigger stick while kneeling, etc. And that's just what I deal with before I pull the trigger.
So when I make a less than perfect shot, I don't get down on myself for it. All I do is finish the job as quickly as I can. If it takes multiple shots before I'm satisfied that the animal isn't suffering, I don't see that as a bad thing.
One-shot kills are great, I have numerous examples of that, but there will always be shots that are less than perfect. As far as caliber.....I shot 16 skunks in one hour with a 53 ft.lb. Wildcat 25. Half of those required more than one shot....one took 5 shots before he stopped screaming. Two to the vitals, two the neck and the last one in the head.
A larger caliber is nice but it doesn't come with a guarantee.
To address some other comments....when do pest control, the farmers don't care how I get them, they just expect them to be gotten. That's not to say I am going be irresponsible in my shooting. If that were the case, I'd launch pellets at these skunks at 50 yds all the time and hope for the best.
Instead I work my way in so my shots are 20 to 35 yds and get as stable as I can for the shot. I've said this is in a few of my videos, "if only every shot could be this good." Believe me, if I could make every shot perfect, I would.
Here's the reality.....I'm shooting at animals that don't sit still for long or at all. I'm shooting from a less than ideal position, ie: off the hood, trunk or door of my car, off a trigger stick while kneeling, etc. And that's just what I deal with before I pull the trigger.
So when I make a less than perfect shot, I don't get down on myself for it. All I do is finish the job as quickly as I can. If it takes multiple shots before I'm satisfied that the animal isn't suffering, I don't see that as a bad thing.
One-shot kills are great, I have numerous examples of that, but there will always be shots that are less than perfect. As far as caliber.....I shot 16 skunks in one hour with a 53 ft.lb. Wildcat 25. Half of those required more than one shot....one took 5 shots before he stopped screaming. Two to the vitals, two the neck and the last one in the head.
A larger caliber is nice but it doesn't come with a guarantee.
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Yeah... sometimes it is very difficult to make quick, clean kills - and a .25 or a .30 doesn't guarantee that - helps though.
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