Experienced Rimfire Hunters: complete the sentence

[AFDoc]

"In my experience most small game are taken at ____ yards with a rimfire cartridge."

List a discrete yardage or a yardage range if you like.

 

[AFDoc]

I suppose the first question will be, "with what rimfire cartridge?"

Let's assume 22LR

 

[Geno]

"In my experience most small game are taken at (or less than 50) yards with a (.22LR) rimfire cartridge."

Geno

 

[RustHunter87]

10- 35 yards

 

[The_Armed_Therapist]

I don't think I've ever taken a 50 yard shot before at critter. I like RustHunter's answer.

 

[AKElroy]

10-20 yards. Less for me, actually. Most of my rimfire Hunting is spotlighting coons, knocking them out of trees, so maybe 20 feet?

 

[jrdolall]

How tall is an oak tree? That's the answer for me.

 

[pyro073]

50-120

But that was P-Dogs and that was a stretch for the .22lr

 

[22-rimfire]

I think the correct answer is 50 yds or less, or up to 75 yds. But I am comfortable out to 100 yds.

 

[ColtPythonElite]

What he said...

 

[RBH44]

25-30 yrds with my 22lr

 

[firesky101]

You will get different answers depending on your area. Where I live, I use the .22LR most often between 75-120yds on ground squirrel (vermin eradication), if hunting tree squirrel the ranges would likely be much shorter.

 

[tahunua001]

most that I take are within 50 but I've gotten squirrels at 200 yards before.

 

[JERRY]

im guessing at 50 yards for the longest shot on average. most are 20-50 yards at most, I have shot a few ground hogs at a guestimated 100 yards with a .22mag rifle. that said .22lr 50 yards is about the farthest ive taken small game on a count of the target is very small at that distance and I usually don't have a bench rest of sorts.

 

[lastofthebreed]

Most small game is taken at less than 50 yards. The 22 LR shines in this arena.

 

[rcmodel]

In my ill-spent youth?

I killed enough cottontail rabbits in snow covered brush piles to feed our family a few times a week at 5' -10' feet.

The next spring, I killed enough jack rabbits eating our wheat fields to bare ground to feed our 15-20 hogs every evening at 75 to 150 yards.

So I would have to say with a .22LR, 5 feet, to 150+ yards has been my experience.

rc

 

[afponiky]

RC, I think your right on track with me!

AF

 

[HOOfan_1]

15-40 yards for me. I usually won't take a shot under 15 yards nor over 45 yards on squirrels. If they get within 15 yards I am more apt to have fun watching their antics.

.22 Magnum...150 yards easy for groundhogs

 

[Geno]

rcmodel:

You are absolutely correct. The .22LR will effectively harvest easily to 150+ yards. My longest 1-shot kills on woodchuck (with a .22LR), has been 175 yards, through the neck. The old Ruger 10/22 heavy barrel can really lay it down.

Geno

 

[loose noose]

Man, I can't hardly see much beyond 50 yards any more, so I'd have to say 25 yards with out a scope, 50-75 with a scope. After all the head of a grey squirrel aint all that big hiding in an old oak tree.

 

[gspn]

20 yards where i hunt

 

[Skylerbone]

For me, most often 20 yards or less squirrel hunting. I've taken shots much further, more for sport than an inability to close the distance.

 

[jrdolall]

I watched a video on Youtube where they shot a .22 at a piece of 1/2" plywood at distances up to 400 yards and got complete pass through.
Since it's on the internet it has to be true, right?
Bon Jour!

 

[22-rimfire]

There is a reason why many 22 rifles are sighted in at 50 yds. It is also the distance at which hitting a small target begins to get challenging with a 22.

 

[zdc1775]

Around here squirrel hunting the river bottoms most shots are 5-50 feet. Get away from the rivers and most would probably be around 25-50 yards. My personal longest was a beaver at just over 100 shooting along the stream that ran along the back of our property while squirrel hunting when I was about 11 or 12.