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From: spickett@orion.oac.uci.edu (Steve Pickett)
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Subject: Re: Looking for Squirrel HUNTING info
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Date: 20 Mar 91 13:04:15 GMT
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From: spickett@orion.oac.uci.edu (Steve Pickett)
In article <398@erb1.engr.wisc.edu> diehlrh@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Robert Diehl) writes:
>
>Use the .22- it's a better way to teach marksmanship and it won't
>do as much damage to the meat.  Also, I would suggest using at least
>long rifle shells--I've never heard of them being a problem raining
>down on people when hunting, and even if they do, EVERYONE I know
>has used the .22 at least once for squirrel hunting.
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The way I was taught was to take the squirrel when hes against the trunk of
the tree if I was using a 22. Shots out on the limbs were for the guys using 
shotguns. That way you had a solid backstop for the bullet and didn't have to
worry where it might come down. 

--Steve