A pretty traditional past time is squirrel hunting with a .22 rifle. Yet I wonder if it doesn't violate Cooper's 4th rule. So I'd like to hear your opinion on .22LR and .17HMR and .17HM2 (is that still available?) and even air rifle pellets or shotgun with bird shot for this, and for other such factors as the angle from the vertical (is vertical shooting safer than a lower angle or horizontal shooting?). How close do neighbors' homes have to be before you decide not to shoot - assuming you decide based on safety rather than noise?
One day I walked into my barn (up in a little valley of the Coast range) and found a spent .30 caliber bullet lying on the floor...
One day I walked into my barn (up in a little valley of the Coast range) and found a spent .30 caliber bullet lying on the floor...