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Post by smirker on Nov 7, 2011 19:53:37 GMT -5
Any one here hunt small game with their sixguns. Does not seem to be a common topic. I have found myself looking forward to squirrel season the past few years more than deer season. I love the time spent in the woods with my rimfire revolvers more than any other time. Could be a middle age issue, but I like it just the same.  |
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Post by Ken O'Neill on Nov 8, 2011 8:35:53 GMT -5
I've spent time every year hunting squirrels with handguns since the '60's. Revolvers, single shots, semi autos, scoped & iron sights. It's all been good, and to be honest, I enjoy it about as much as deer hunting.
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Post by dmize on Nov 8, 2011 10:48:55 GMT -5
I squirrel hunt with a Bisley Single Six and a Mark 2 Comepetetion Target with a Pro Point on it. And rabbit hunt with them too. If I ever get the chance to nab a Single Six Hunter im gonna be on it.
And yea I really enjoy squirrel hunting almost as much as deer hunting.
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Post by agrizz on Nov 8, 2011 18:43:04 GMT -5
I have enjoyed small game for the past 60 years a .22 rifle or a Ruger Super Single Six that I picked up about 1964 or an air gun in .22 caliber. It is never boring and unlike big game I am able to shoot a lot more that just one critter in a season. I have been also used a ruger semi auto pistol for years.
Another advange is I do not have to quarter, debone small game and carry the meat for miles. I do a shirt and pants on the critters and put them in a small cloth bag. A little water to clean my hands and I am good to go.
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Post by Robster on Nov 8, 2011 21:28:27 GMT -5
I've hunted rabbits with my .32 mag
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Post by 2 Dogs on Nov 8, 2011 21:35:36 GMT -5
Would "every chance I get" be an appropriate answer???
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Post by boxhead on Nov 8, 2011 22:27:00 GMT -5
Did a lot of squirrel hunting with my S&W M63 when I was in college. A bit of various critter hunting when I lived in Midland and had access to a huge ranch full of coyotes, javalina, j rabbits and the like. The 5" M29 worked fine there. Far more fun than Texas whitail hunting for sure. Hard to find the time now day's though a couple of coyotes have dropped to the 4 5/8" 32 Mag Ruger at my place in Idaho.
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Post by oldschool on Nov 15, 2011 10:04:15 GMT -5
As a teenager, I did a lot of squirrel hunting with my revolvers. All my buddies hunted with shotguns, but I was reading too much Elmer Keith & Maj. George C. Nonte at the time. I started with an old Colt Police Positive in 32 S&W L (32 New Police) that my grandfather gave me. After casting and loading thousands of bullets, I got fairly proficient with it. However, I later picked up one of those new-fangled New Model Single Sixes and the adjustable sights made all the difference! I started using it on squirrels & the occasional rabbit almost exclusively. Of course, a lot of those pesky armadillos fell to it as well, but I typically shot them using the magnum cylinder. I also used to take the occasional jackrabbit and tree squirrel with my centerfire handguns when I lived out west, but that was a long time ago.
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Post by quigleysharps4570 on Nov 17, 2011 13:37:12 GMT -5
My blackpowder cap and ball revolvers have sent many turtles, rabbits and dillo's to their maker.  |
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