Good shooting Drew. Squirrels are like most other animals if you heart/ lung shoot them they will run until the blood stops flowing. The ones that are heart/ lung shot and drop had the pellet disrupt the nervous system instead of just a heart/ lung bleed out shot. A little high heart / lung shot will have energy placed into the spinal area and shots angled into our out of the shoulders or base of the neck will usually cause spinal disruptions as well. I usually dont go for heart/ lung shots on squirrels unless its going to hit front shoulders cause I hate to try and track where they will go. They seem to find holes quickly also making it hard to get the body.
Quote from: LDP on November 26, 2017, 03:14:01 PMGood shooting Drew. Squirrels are like most other animals if you heart/ lung shoot them they will run until the blood stops flowing. The ones that are heart/ lung shot and drop had the pellet disrupt the nervous system instead of just a heart/ lung bleed out shot. A little high heart / lung shot will have energy placed into the spinal area and shots angled into our out of the shoulders or base of the neck will usually cause spinal disruptions as well. I usually dont go for heart/ lung shots on squirrels unless its going to hit front shoulders cause I hate to try and track where they will go. They seem to find holes quickly also making it hard to get the body.I think your on point with that. Most behind the leg heart ling shots really do not put them down. Shoulder hit tend to slow them down if you miss the spine. I think I'm going to try more head and neck shots when I get the opportunity.