You didn't say deer hunting. My squirrel gun is a Winchester 74 bought by my granddaddy in 1956. He gave it to me when I was 9 so in 71. It was in such bad shape he didn't think it would ever shoot again. I cleaned it up and re-blued it and it is a squirrel killer. Several other critters too that needed killin. Did a good job on coons when I got the chance to go on those hunts. It will shoot .22 shorts or LR and feed both even mixed in the tube. Likely only thing I own that I consider not replaceable. If only for sentimental reasons.

"In time of war, send me all the Alabamians you can get, but in time of peace, for Lord's sake, send them to somebody else." General Edward H. Plummer

"Blessed are those who, in the face of death, think only about the front sight." Jeff Cooper