I use a scoped .22 because it is great practice for deer season, and it kinda makes you feel like a sniper/assassin. I have never felt like shooting a squirrel off a branch with a shotgun is very sporting, besides .22 ammo is cheaper and you can take longer shots. Meat recovery is also better with the .22 because if you shoot for the head, there is no damage. 6 and 4 shot tends to ruin quite a lot of meat.

.22, either rifle with scope or pistol with open sights. It allows me to practice my woodsmanship for deer season, it ruins the meat if you shoot them with a shotgun, and it also is a lot less sporting.

I personally don't like the taste of lead so I take the .22 (instead of the shotgun) everytime. Clean head-shots put more meat on my plate. However, I do take a lot of rodents with my .20 cal pellet rifle too.

10/22 all the way

I have used shotguns but they just rip them up so I like to use my .17 HMR.

Open sight .22 with a head shot. Using a sight is to easy. I went bowhunting for them once, but that was too expensive. Lost 2 arrows, one broke when it hit a stump, and the other went up the tree with squirrel and never got it back. I figured it was a dumb idea afterwards.

A shotgun. It is quick and easier to hit the animal with

plus i dont have a shotgun!

I use both depending on my mood.

I use a Ruger Single Six in 22 Magnum, Iron sights.

Early season with heavy tree cover (season opens 8-15 in GA) I will use a muzzleloading shotgun. As the leaves thin and they move from cutting hickory nuts to acorns I will use a small bore muzzleloading rifle or .22 as the mood strikes me. In late season when they are cutting Poplar buds I typically use a scope sighted .22 as shots can be on the longish side and I'm affected more and more by over 40 vision!

It depends. I know that a .22 will travel upwards of two miles so I only use it if I'm in the mountains. Around an civilization I alway carry my benelli.

I always use both simultaniously. Of course I have a Savage combo gun in .22/.410 so I can choose a .22 on the ground or the .410 if the critter is in a tree.

You can also shoot them at longer ranges.

I went squerrel hunting with a .22, once I have a shotgun that I could use but I dont

I shot .22 LR. A shotgun is overkill and takes away the challenge in most shots.

I use a .22 bolt rifle with iron sights. It makes it more challenging than if you used a shotgun. Shotguns are nice if the squirrels in the tree or running a lot though.