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will dismiss an air rifle as a toy or marginal ble. This is when adding a dog to the hunt can
for squirrels at best, but a pellet gun can be up the action. If one wants to give city dwell-
highly effective. A squirrel dinner is almost ers a squirrel hunt to remember, find someone
guaranteed if one can get a .177 or .22-cal- with a good squirrel dog and let the amaze-
iber pellet at 700 to 1,100 feet-per-second ment begin. Most city people have never seen
velocity to connect on a head or shoulder a hunting dog in action.
Beagles may be the name of the game
COURTESY VOICE OF LEADERSHIP PANEL when it comes to rabbits, walkers or
blueticks may be the choice for raccoons,
but it is hard to beat a treeing fiest or cur
when it comes to squirrel hunting. Success
rates will go way up, as the dogs can track
the scent of squirrels.
Although urban dwellers live in cities, they
realize the importance of being self-suffi-
cient and being able to feed their families
if the need arises. Learning to squirrel hunt
can provide the skill set needed to do just
shot. More advanced air guns shoot pellets that. Squirrel hunting is an activity that can
up to .35-caliber or larger and can quickly be easily duplicated after one’s first experi-
drop squirrels. ence. And squirrels are delicious. It doesn’t
When introducing people to hunting, it’s matter if they are fried, baked, sautéed,
vital to make it as fun and productive as possi- grilled, or roasted over an open fire.

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