I hate what a shotgun does to squirrels.
A .22 is the classic squirrel gun.
“I hate what a shotgun does to squirrels.”
Late in the season when the doves were skittish and wouldn’t come anywhere near a hunter, my dad would shoot a Remington 1100 with a 30” full choke barrel. One of his friends asked what he did to avoid mangling a dove that happened to fly close by. Without hesitating my dad said “I just shoot them in the head”. Hey, it might work for squirrels.