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Offline foxtrot

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22 ammunition
« on: July 28, 2009, 10:30:31 PM »
Just wondering what 22 ammunition is best suited for dispatching raccoons caught in traps?

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Re: 22 ammunition
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2009, 10:32:10 PM »
volocitors are good hollow point
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Re: 22 ammunition
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2009, 10:52:14 PM »
Not familar with that one,who makes it and is it a short or long rifle?

Offline buerysgrove

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Re: 22 ammunition
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2009, 11:05:24 PM »
I use shorts.

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Re: 22 ammunition
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2009, 11:14:25 PM »
I have used shorts with fairly good results but still get an exit hole if the shot isn't placed just right.Is there such a thing as a short hollow point or something low velocity with a lot of expansion?

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Re: 22 ammunition
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2009, 11:25:40 PM »
I dispatch them the same as I do a fox. Tap and stand. The biggest reason I do that is because most of my coon are caught in a fox or coyote set and I don't want the gun shot residue at the set. The only thing I shoot is a coyote.
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Re: 22 ammunition
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2009, 11:28:48 PM »
what do you use for yotes?

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Re: 22 ammunition
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2009, 11:34:18 PM »
22 long hollow points. I try to hit them right behind the front leg with the first shot. If that doesn't make it drop the next one is in the head.
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Re: 22 ammunition
« Reply #8 on: July 29, 2009, 10:10:26 PM »
If the coon isnt in a drowning set he gets a 22 Cb to the head.  Foxes and Coyotes get the womp and stomp and I kneel on em while I remake set. Coyote gets a lot harder womp than the foxes.  Skunks get a lethal injection because I save the essence and dont want em to spray.