Best 12 guage shot # for tree rats

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Best 12 guage shot # for tree rats #1193971 12/20/14 12:25 PM 12/20/14 12:25 PM
Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,595 Oxford Alabama Megatrondiablo OP 10 point
Megatrondiablo OP 10 point Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,595 Oxford Alabama	I've always used # 8 but too many pellets.

Re: Best 12 guage shot # for tree rats [Re: Megatrondiablo] #1193978 12/20/14 12:28 PM 12/20/14 12:28 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 42,103 UR 6 top cat Freak of Nature
top cat Freak of Nature Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 42,103 UR 6	6 LUCK:::; When presistence, dedication, perspiration and preparation meet up with opportunity!!! - - - - - - - -A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have. Thomas Jeferson - - - - - - - -

Re: Best 12 guage shot # for tree rats [Re: Megatrondiablo] #1193983 12/20/14 12:32 PM 12/20/14 12:32 PM
Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 1,636 Florida Panhandle J JTapia 8 point
JTapia 8 point J Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 1,636 Florida Panhandle	6 Hi Brass 5 if really leafy still Hunt'em hard when they are hard to hunt but never, ever hardly hunt!

Re: Best 12 guage shot # for tree rats [Re: Megatrondiablo] #1193987 12/20/14 12:35 PM 12/20/14 12:35 PM
Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,595 Oxford Alabama Megatrondiablo OP 10 point
Megatrondiablo OP 10 point Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,595 Oxford Alabama	Do the pellets pas thru or is it just easier to pick them out. I want to make squirrel dumplings for a party but with no chipped teeth.

Re: Best 12 guage shot # for tree rats [Re: Megatrondiablo] #1193991 12/20/14 12:44 PM 12/20/14 12:44 PM
Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 694 Guntersville,Al Oatsj 4 point
Oatsj 4 point Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 694 Guntersville,Al	Always used 4# or 5# retired 6 Saturdays and one Sunday I am lucky, I don't have as far to go as I have been!

Re: Best 12 guage shot # for tree rats [Re: Megatrondiablo] #1194017 12/20/14 01:23 PM 12/20/14 01:23 PM
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 9,794 The Boonies a.k.a. Pickens cou... 300gr 8 point
300gr 8 point Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 9,794 The Boonies a.k.a. Pickens cou...	7 1/2 is great for all critters and birds. Two roads diverged in the woods and I took the one with deep ruts,hills and mud.It may be bumpy but WHAT A RIDE!

Re: Best 12 guage shot # for tree rats [Re: Megatrondiablo] #1194022 12/20/14 01:27 PM 12/20/14 01:27 PM
Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 9,643 Pisgah Al Bigbamaboy 14 point
Bigbamaboy 14 point Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 9,643 Pisgah Al	I only use #4 on rabbits and squirrel. Most, if not all shot passes through, and it retains more energy at distance. Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?

Re: Best 12 guage shot # for tree rats [Re: Megatrondiablo] #1194030 12/20/14 01:37 PM 12/20/14 01:37 PM
Joined: May 2012 Posts: 8,670 NW Alabama R R_H_Clark Leupold Pro Staff
R_H_Clark Leupold Pro Staff R Joined: May 2012 Posts: 8,670 NW Alabama	I want 5's or 4's just so I'll have fewer and larger pellets to pick out.

Re: Best 12 guage shot # for tree rats [Re: Megatrondiablo] #1194045 12/20/14 02:04 PM 12/20/14 02:04 PM
Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 63,803 Luverne, AL Skinny GUVNER
Skinny GUVNER Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 63,803 Luverne, AL	#6 always. Never Trust Government "You can be broke but you cant be poor." Ruthie-May Webster

Re: Best 12 guage shot # for tree rats [Re: Megatrondiablo] #1194156 12/20/14 04:17 PM 12/20/14 04:17 PM
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2Dogs Freak of Nature Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 34,437 Boxes Cove	#6 hi-brass "Why do you ask"? Always vote the slowest path to socialism.

Re: Best 12 guage shot # for tree rats [Re: Megatrondiablo] #1194187 12/20/14 04:39 PM 12/20/14 04:39 PM
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 14,831 If you only knew..... Tru-Talker Booner
Tru-Talker Booner Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 14,831 If you only knew.....	#6's.... Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves... Confucius

Re: Best 12 guage shot # for tree rats [Re: Megatrondiablo] #1194221 12/20/14 04:57 PM 12/20/14 04:57 PM
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timbercruiser Freak of Nature T Joined: May 2011 Posts: 20,017 PDL, Fl	000 for real big squirrels.

Re: Best 12 guage shot # for tree rats [Re: Megatrondiablo] #1194279 12/20/14 05:40 PM 12/20/14 05:40 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 16,660 lat 34.09 long -86.13 metalmuncher Old Mossy Horns
metalmuncher Old Mossy Horns Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 16,660 lat 34.09 long -86.13	I have always used 6's for tree rats, 4 or 5 for rarebits, and 7 1/2 or 8's for dove and quail. The 6's will reach into the tops of the tallest bottomland trees, yet still have a close enough group to get a few pellets in, thats considering it has a modified choke.

Re: Best 12 guage shot # for tree rats [Re: Megatrondiablo] #1194293 12/20/14 06:00 PM 12/20/14 06:00 PM
Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,595 Oxford Alabama Megatrondiablo OP 10 point
Megatrondiablo OP 10 point Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,595 Oxford Alabama	Bought #5.. Them thing are high.