ToastedRavioli comments on Iowa teen dies after being mistaken for squirrel during hunting trip, officials say

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 23 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

The real question is why the fuck anyone would go hunting for squirrels with a large enough caliber weapon that it could kill a person.

You can drop a squirrel with a pellet air rifle im sure. Anything larger than that and youre not hunting a squirrel, youre just blowing it away.

Hunting squirrels is stupid enough on its own without doing it solely for the sake of shooting something thats alive. Thats not conservation, its blood sport

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[–] tinyvoltron@discuss.online 36 points 1 year ago

Squirrel is commonly hunted with a .22 rifle. It's a very small bullet that could easily kill a person, especially with a round to the back of the head.

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[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Squirrels are very frequently hunted with a .22. It works great for squirrels, but (like a pellet rifle) can be lethal to a human - especially if you shoot them in the head.

And there's legitimate reasons to shoot squirrels. I used to do it for an exotic animal preserve because their population would explode and they'd eat everything in site.

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago