What do you do when your first shot doesn't kill a squirrel (or other small game for that matter)? I have been hunting with a 22-magnum rifle. To kill a wounded squirrel I have clubbed them with a stick. I have shot another bullet, but my scope doesn't focus well at close range and sometimes it is hard to get a clear head shot the way the animal is positioned. I almost bought a bb pistol for the purpose. I have thought of using a knife or a big adjustable wrench, but I don't like getting that close to those sharp claws.
Specktur
I just step on there chest until they stop moving. If you can't get close enough for that then another shot is what I do. I use a 22lr exclusively. So there's not much damage. I tell you what though. They are some tough critters.
I just step on the head. Not stomp, just put my weight down. If I can’t get to them and do that it’s gonna take a scatter gun to stop them. I don’t like stepping on their chest because most of my squirrels go to the crock pot and I don’t want to deal with a bunch of broken rib bones. Rabbits I just grab and twist the head. Sounds kinda gruesome but takes barely a second.
I don't use a 22 Mag but a 22 LR. I just do the execution style head shot with a log as a backstop, never next to a rock or in a rocky area. It's an angled shot too, not straight up and down.
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