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| I use 22 lr for everything from fox to wloves, never under estimate the killing power of a 22. Any smaller fur bearers are usually caught in a killing set. Doug McMann www.skinnercreekhunts.comph# 250-476-1288 Fax # 250-476-1288 PO Box 27 Tatlayoko Lake, BC Canada V0L 1W0 email skinnercreek@telus.net |
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| Yep- 22 lr is my old reliable
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| 22 lr subsonic works good and no belt damage |
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| Always 22lr |
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| 22lr.On the smaller stuff yotes and fox I used a 2 foot lenght of shovel handle.
Hit them between eye and ear knock them out the step on their chest and pull up on the hind legs
Less bloody the shooting.
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| I have killed trapped 160# hogs with a 22 short at a distance of six or eight feet. I always used a second shot for insurance, but there is nothing you are going to trap you can't kill with a short, assuming the animal gets still. And most do because they are exhausted from fighting the trap or snare... |
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| For foxes and raccoons, I used to just dispatch them with a good stout club. For coyotes and up, I'd use a .22 LR pistol. |
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| When Marten were found alive at the set I would smack 'em like p dog says, grab 'em behind the head/neck with one hand, reach up in the chest and grab the heart, squeeze and pull until it quits beating. Goes fast. |
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| I never had much luck hitting coon tough little critters I just shoot them with the 22. |
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| It takes a really hard whack to kill a raccoon. I'll admit that a lot of the time I shot the bigger ones. |
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| For wolf, wolverine, lynx etc., be aware that at 30 below and colder, 22 rimfires lose a lot of power. The famous video of an Alaska Fish&Game guy repeatedly shooting a snared wolf in the head with little effect demonstrated that fact--and he was using a 22 Magnum. |
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| Interesting. Have never had that problem myself at those temps, but then there are a lot of variables. I never shoot lynx. On the very, very rare occasion that one is not dead........ actually am trying to remember one..... years ago, a knock on the head is quick.
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| We can use nothing larger than a 22 short. It works well up to and including a coyote. Not sure if I would have the stones to use it on a wolf. |
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| A properly placed short should work fine.. |
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| At 10 feet .22 short will kill anything you can catch in a trap...as long as you hit the calvarium.
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| with a 22LR you can end up with two holes in a coon or fox. I used 22shorts and caps for everything from coons to cats to coyotes.
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| I have shot LARGE cattle and hogs with the 22LR out of a rifle at point blank range. Dropped them instantly. Have seen my brother shoot dozens of trapped coyotes with 22LR handgun. Works every time. Can't envision any better tool for your task.
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| Use a 22 long on bigger stuff and a short on smaller stuff...sub sonics also work great. I use a Ruger Mark III with lazer sight. Small stuff can also be dispatched with a quality pellet gun with head shots with a solid. |
| | | Posts: 259 | Location: Marietta, Georgia | Registered: 04 July 2012 |
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| Put two 22lr hp's through the lungs of a big male wolf last year, gone in 20 seconds. No head shots, we wanted the skull! P.S. BOTH EXITED!
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| I usually check my traps around daybreak and I live in pretty populated country. I always carried a 22, usually with shorts and later with the CCI CB's. But mostly I use a hoe handle. I tap the on the head and then stand on the rib cage until they stop breathing. My trapping has been limited to animals the size of raccoons and foxes and smaller. Between the holes in the pelt and the noise upsetting the nearby property owners, I just prefer this quieter method. Bfly
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| quote: Originally posted by Black Fly:
I usually check my traps around daybreak and I live in pretty populated country. I always carried a 22, usually with shorts and later with the CCI CB's. But mostly I use a hoe handle. I tap the on the head and then stand on the rib cage until they stop breathing. My trapping has been limited to animals the size of raccoons and foxes and smaller. Between the holes in the pelt and the noise upsetting the nearby property owners, I just prefer this quieter method.
Bfly
That would be a hoot to watch with a large wolf! 
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| That would be a rodeo, for sure. I would probably need to wear steel lined pants and boots and have a good surgeon standing by with a needle and thread, maybe a change of underwear, too!  Bfly
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