I'm of the school that you don't kill an animal unless it's for self-defense or you plan on eating it. I just can't bring myself to kill anything other than for the reasons they were put here. To sustain us. If I kill it, I'm gonna eat it.
That is how I am.
I don't use a .17cal to go squirrel hunting mainly because I don't have the money to buy one.I just use my NEF .410 with a load of number .6 shot and it does the job quite well.Or if I am shooting squirrels on the ground I use my marlin 22lr with a 3x9 scope set at 50yds and aim for the head and it does good too.
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