Hello my name is Dan and I just joined. My little dog is a confirmed bird killer but the squirrel that she tangled with not so much. With a large population of squirrels and potential vet bills I'm looking to thin the population. Being in town I'm limited on range so about 50 ft would be a long shot. I'm currently using a Crosman 760 pump gun and only taking the shot if they are on the ground. The 760 hasn't had the power to take several squirrels with just one shot, requiring a follow up. What would you recommend for short shots with a one shot kill?
Squirrels in the yard
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If you're limited to 50ft you should check out some mid range break barrel/springer guns. Maybe post questions under Traditional category. Welcome aboard!
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Gosh....if you can afford it, an Umarex Notos (PCP) with a hand pump. With hand pump, scope, scope rings, pellets and pump....about 500 bucks invested... Notos is very quiet right out of the box. I use one to snipe rats......
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Welcome!
Where are you that the squirrels will fight the dog and win, Tasmania? Although I've seen some huge ones in the Shasta/Southern Oregon area...
In the rest of the world, even the littlest dog quickly learns to bite the buns off the squirrel and the squirrel learns to run like heck up high, and then bark insults back at the dog, its family, pedigree, devolution into servitude from the wolf, etc.
I hear the minimum energy needed to off a squirrel is 3 foot-pounds to the head, but that must be the world record; six foot pounds would be a lot more reliable, and if yours are huge dog killers perhaps even more power is needed. That pretty much rules out the 760, but other multi-pumps can do it at 50 feet no problem: Daisy 880 (barely), 901, Umarex NGX and that Winchester version, Crosman 1000, that other new Crosman vapor or whatever, and my favorite, the Dragonfly 1 or 2. Note that at their maximum power, they get kinda loud, so you'll want a moderator too (try Buckrail).
Springer guns sound loud to the ear that rests on the gun but quiet to everyone else. I bet you'll get a recommendation for a HW 30 or 50/R7, which I will second. Recommendations on how to skin and cook them would be a separate topic.
But note that if your dog learns how to tackle its old nemesis, it will probably enjoy chasing squirrels out of the yard all day everyday, for the praise and honor. In which case, it might take days, weeks even, for squirrels to return after you shoot them and then what will your poor dog do? What will _you_ do?
Keep the 760, it makes a nice squirrel harasser with one or two pumps and BBs; aim for the rear. Not lethal, and not damaging if the BB flies over the fence. Then the dog only has to tell you it is out there and you'll have your daily fun too.
Where are you that the squirrels will fight the dog and win, Tasmania? Although I've seen some huge ones in the Shasta/Southern Oregon area...
In the rest of the world, even the littlest dog quickly learns to bite the buns off the squirrel and the squirrel learns to run like heck up high, and then bark insults back at the dog, its family, pedigree, devolution into servitude from the wolf, etc.
I hear the minimum energy needed to off a squirrel is 3 foot-pounds to the head, but that must be the world record; six foot pounds would be a lot more reliable, and if yours are huge dog killers perhaps even more power is needed. That pretty much rules out the 760, but other multi-pumps can do it at 50 feet no problem: Daisy 880 (barely), 901, Umarex NGX and that Winchester version, Crosman 1000, that other new Crosman vapor or whatever, and my favorite, the Dragonfly 1 or 2. Note that at their maximum power, they get kinda loud, so you'll want a moderator too (try Buckrail).
Springer guns sound loud to the ear that rests on the gun but quiet to everyone else. I bet you'll get a recommendation for a HW 30 or 50/R7, which I will second. Recommendations on how to skin and cook them would be a separate topic.
But note that if your dog learns how to tackle its old nemesis, it will probably enjoy chasing squirrels out of the yard all day everyday, for the praise and honor. In which case, it might take days, weeks even, for squirrels to return after you shoot them and then what will your poor dog do? What will _you_ do?
Keep the 760, it makes a nice squirrel harasser with one or two pumps and BBs; aim for the rear. Not lethal, and not damaging if the BB flies over the fence. Then the dog only has to tell you it is out there and you'll have your daily fun too.
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