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    feral cat thoughts

    If I had caught a feral cat in a leg hold trap by chance.
    Could a stoeger rx20 .22 with a heavy grain pellet and shoot in the back of the head/spine would that be humane?
    Or Bsa spitfire 10shot .177.both air rifles.as I do not have a FAL yet.
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    yes a shot in the back of the head with either will dispatch it humanely.
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    will be sweet used mine to dispatch 3 cats that way in the last 3 weeks
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    "Medula oblongata"

    Same place you might give it an estwing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JAFFA177 View Post
    If I had caught a feral cat in a leg hold trap by chance.
    Could a stoeger rx20 .22 with a heavy grain pellet and shoot in the back of the head/spine would that be humane?
    Or Bsa spitfire 10shot .177.both air rifles.as I do not have a FAL yet.
    Headshot only
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    Quote Originally Posted by JAFFA177 View Post
    If I had caught a feral cat in a leg hold trap by chance.
    Could a stoeger rx20 .22 with a heavy grain pellet and shoot in the back of the head/spine would that be humane?
    Or Bsa spitfire 10shot .177.both air rifles.as I do not have a FAL yet.
    Wot cat, I didn't see a cat.
    Overkill is still dead.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Billbob View Post
    Headshot only
    The "head" is pretty big at point blank. Shooting off it's nose and jaw ain't gonna get you any hippie chicks.

    Brain stem. Insta-death.
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    Yep that's what I meant, between the ears point blank. Not face or spine etc....
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    Even a hammer like the possuming boys will do

 

 

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