I have a Bulldog. I'm not allowed to use it on game animals (stupid Washington DFW)...anyway, I can use it on coyotes, marmots, ground squirrels, eastern gray squirrels and a few other unclassified critters. It is definitely NOT a target gun, but it doesn't need to be. It's a hunting rifle. If you're shooting squirrels with it, it really isn't well suited for that because the kill zone is so small, but on the other hand, it's so powerful it doesn't matter so much where you hit it because it's gonna die. On a deer, the kill zone is about the size of a small football. The Bulldog will easily hit that out to 50-75m, more if you've practiced and sighted it in properly. It is loud and brash.