What is the largest game that you have ever shot and killed with an air rifle?

Question

What type of air rifle was it and what type of pellet did you use?... Thanks for the extra details... Olivia

Answer 1

A rat. At 10 feet with a BB. With an air-gun that by all rights shouldn't have killed it. I'm firmly convinced the only reason it went down was because I literally hit it right next to the eye at such a ridiculously short range. Even then it was still twitching till I hit it with a shovel. (What I had to toss it into the creek with something, and I needed to make sure it was dead...)

Frankly I'd have been much better of shooting that rat with a .177 caliber 10-pump pneumatic like the Crosman 660 or 760 using pointed or domed lead pellets. However all I had on hand was a Daisy Grizzly, and the bugger would have been under the house before I could get and pump up something powerful enough.

Answer 2

I spent lots of time shooting bull frogs as a kid with an old Crossman pump up pellet gun, don't remember what model number, I do remember always using the pointed pellets though.  Also shot a rabbit once, but for anything other than frogs, rats, snakes, etc. you need to use at least a .22 lr, to ethically and humanely kill what your'e shooting.  But I did learn a lot about shooting starting off with that old pellet gun though, wish I still had it.

Answer 3

you don't hunt game with an air rifle, you shoot targets and maybe the odd grouse or rabbit if it's high powered ( 1000 fps and up )  

Answer 4

I'm hoping all the answers will be Rabbit.

This type of question infuriates me as a hunter. I firmly believe in a humane kill where ever possible and a pellet gun don't cut the mustard with anything above rabbits.

Looking forward to the marksmanship from fellow hunters.

Answer 5

I would not use an air gun on anything larger than a squirrel and even then I would still prefer a 22lr