What can i hunt w/a .177 pellet rifle that shoots 680 fps?

Question

what can i hunt w/a .177 pellet rifle that shoots 680 fps?

do i need a specific hunting license ?

Answer 1

You can not hunt anything well. It's not shooting hard enough unless you are right on top of it. You loose too much velocity with 680 fps to reach out to your target. If you tried to hunt squirrel or rabbit with this light a rifle, with any distance at all you would most likely wound the animal or miss all together. Squirrel and rabbit are prey animals and with the exception of a mistake on their part, you are not going to be able to get close enough for a humane kill with your slower velocity pellet rifle.

  May I suggest that you invest in a 1000 - 1200 fps rifle? And the hunting license, in Missouri, rabbits, crow and squirrel require a hunting license (purchased once a year and covers most small game and coyote, fox etc..) and a hunter safety course if you are a younger hunter.

Answer 2

You are allowed to use them  ( with hunting pellets) on squirrels and things like that you just need a small game license.

Answer 3

With a gun that powerful, you could hunt boar, bear, elk, moose, just about anything in N. America, although you might want to have a REAL gun as a backup in case your bb gun jams,lol.

Answer 4

I have a gun that shoots 500. fps and i can kill squirels and lots of rabbits

Answer 5

You can hunt anything from birds to predators with an air gun that strong. you do need a regular hunting license combined with a tag for the animal you are hunting.

Answer 6

Its not going to kill anything that you would need a license to hunt. You can shoot birds and chipmunks, things like that.