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Would a .177 air rifle that shoots 1000 fps be ok to kill a muskrat with at about 15 yards?
Question by rampageingapes. Uploaded on November 11, 2009
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Answers (16)
I would say yes
You got a YES from me too !
i shoot squirrels with one they are great...
Alright thanks, cause there are quite a few around the lake that i live near and i want to get rid of them
Aim for the head. If you knock his lungs out he'll sink then you'll be swimming.
I would think so. Just aim for the head like buckhunter said.
I have used one that goes only around 750 fps to kill rabbits and it drops them. I don't see why it wouldn't work since muskrat are smaller
As with most other things, shot placement is the key. A head or vital area shot should dispatch the animal very quickly.
Why not wait til freeze up and run a trapline for em, at least you'll make a few bucks off them.
I wouldn't shoot anything bigger than a sparrow with an air rifle. Just because it has been done doesn't mean that it is appropriate.
I think so. I've shot lots of squirrels with mine and I know it wasen't 1000 fps.
Give it a try, it's a muskrat. If it was a deer don't experiment, use muskrats, coyote, raccoon ect to learn with. But if an air rifle is inhumane rething it.
yep, just recently did that.
Absolutely
I thought my comment was good, although I did not agree with the others. I have taken many muskrats at a farm pond with submerged traps placed at the entry to their dens. But if you are going to go after them with a rifle, I think they are entitled to the same standards of sportsmanship as any game animal.
definately, Ive shot squirrels with mine at fifty yards.
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I would say yes
You got a YES from me too !
i shoot squirrels with one they are great...
Why not wait til freeze up and run a trapline for em, at least you'll make a few bucks off them.
I have used one that goes only around 750 fps to kill rabbits and it drops them. I don't see why it wouldn't work since muskrat are smaller
Alright thanks, cause there are quite a few around the lake that i live near and i want to get rid of them
Aim for the head. If you knock his lungs out he'll sink then you'll be swimming.
I would think so. Just aim for the head like buckhunter said.
As with most other things, shot placement is the key. A head or vital area shot should dispatch the animal very quickly.
I think so. I've shot lots of squirrels with mine and I know it wasen't 1000 fps.
Give it a try, it's a muskrat. If it was a deer don't experiment, use muskrats, coyote, raccoon ect to learn with. But if an air rifle is inhumane rething it.
yep, just recently did that.
Absolutely
I thought my comment was good, although I did not agree with the others. I have taken many muskrats at a farm pond with submerged traps placed at the entry to their dens. But if you are going to go after them with a rifle, I think they are entitled to the same standards of sportsmanship as any game animal.
definately, Ive shot squirrels with mine at fifty yards.
I wouldn't shoot anything bigger than a sparrow with an air rifle. Just because it has been done doesn't mean that it is appropriate.
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