Well here I go again talking about hunting squirrels. This question goes out to all those guys who hunt squirrels with a shotgun. What gauge do you use? Shot size? Why not a rifle? A nostalgic urge grabbed me this morning so to scratch that itch I took my Winchester Model 20 (a vintage single shot 410) to the squirrel woods. Had to relearn a few things along the way. First, ya gotta be close. Second, take #6s not #8s. (Actually I intended to take 6s, but picked up the wrong box.) Third, forget about head shots. The first shot knocked the squirrel off the limb, but he hit the ground running and I never saw him again. It was fun shooting him running, but would rather have one in the pot. Next shot was too far and the squirrel sort of shook it off and ran away. I finally waited to get closer and managed to bag 2. Had I used my 17Mach2 or .22LR, I had good shots at 5 squirrels. When I skinned them the closest one had lots of shot in him. Oh well, back to rifles for me. By the way, I had one shot with my Rem 541S when we drove up next to the woods. Stuck my rifle out the window and made a perfect head shot. Doubt I'll be taking the shotgun any time soon..