Hello, new guy from mass.
- Thread starter old goat
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A kill shot would be iffy in my opinion from the house 130 yards for a woodchuck . Personally i would not take a shot over 50 yards an a animal that size to easy to just wound and it would die later maybe .
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Welcome to the Rabbit Hole®, I've got some questions WHY 90 yards? Why .25 for rats? There are a ton of rat videos in the hunting forum, you might want to ask them what they use. A smaller bore is quieter with a good moderator and will take out a rat. Now ground squirrels, they require at least a 30 cal, at least in CA, darn things wear body armor.
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Hello Hogkiller
Thanks for the reply, 90 yard's is the distance from the back porch to the barn. the road to the barn is a right of way shared by other neighbors to the left
of my daughters place, just picture a horse shoe with the road running where you would put your hand and the barn and house at the ends and in the middle an old overgrown pond that's quite nasty to go through. too many trees and bushes to shoot from the road. the porch is perfect. there is an old stone wall that runs
below the barn' that's where they come out at dusk. perfect shooting. On advice from other members i will bait the stones so i can get a shot while their still.
I'm still open for cal. that will do the job. thanks for letting me know about the hunting section i did not see that.
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hello Dr. the crap is from the animal's that used to be on the farm my daughter bought. it must be good fertilizer even weeds are 6ft. tall
she wants to put in a garden but the place is a heaven for woodchucks. now i got to worry about how to get rid of them. Oh well she is my only Child.
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They're skiddish, so you gotta watch where they go and wait for them to pop back up. It's basically like any undergroud rodent. Gotta play whack a mole.
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defiantly wrong read , my bad , should have attached reply to org post not your reply
Stan in KY .
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Well, if you toss in woodchucks then .25. Just remember any breeze and those pellets move, I'd say slugs but that is a branch of the Rabbit Hole® that has been the ruin of many a poor boy. They got poor by trying to shoot slugs. Find out what they (rats) like to eat, there is a cool discussion of that on the Hunting forum. Looks like you'll be in for some expensive night vision gear, because you're at a pretty fixed distance a Arken Zulus might work for you, discussion on them around here too.
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Serious question, is it possible to use a PB? If so, I'd use a 17 HMR, way easier than messing with a zillion dollars worth of pellet gun.
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If a lousy .22 freaks them out then a .17 will definitely liven up the action. I LOVE the .17 HMR, it's a laser out to 125 yards and destroys what it hits. They can be toned down a touch with a can. Sadly I had to stop using it and switch to PCP's at my permission (50 - 125 yards), darn expensive ground squirrels...
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