Quote Originally Posted by Roy D. View Post
It happens.
I personally do not shoot Squirrels beyond 25/30 yards with my sub 12 .22 Rapid and will only shoot if a good head shot is highly likely and with no cross wind, because, Squirrels are very tough little critters and just off target is not near enough.
What ft/lb is the air rifle putting out can I ask?
It's producing 10.7 ft/lbs with express.

The third squirrel dropped stone dead with head shot from facing forward and had an exit wound at top of skull.

I've not been squirrel hunting for a while but have recently rejoined my local red squirrel group having stopped doing squirrel control in 2019 when i got cancer. Having just started again I've possibly been a bit keen to take my shot. Letting them feed for longer and become more relaxed would probably help. The critters did seem quite nervous today, quite twitchy and thinking about it not a single one approached from the ground, when the past three times I've been to the woods to I've seen some them of them at ground level.