Thread: Shooting Possums in trees

Originally Posted by Dead is better

I shoot my flock of possums with my detuned target spring powered airgun. When the .177 pellet runs out of motor heading straight up - it reaches a very low return speed. Using a .22 pellet of say 21gn will bring out your neighbour when it hits His guttering!!! My mate found out the hard way

Besides - possums are assholes. They're only worth .5c to get rid of - and a well placed airgun slug can be more effective on a possum head than a through and through .22lr hit.
Seen it hundreds of times over

I've HS'ed a possum twice with a .177 1000+ fps pellet, and it was still floppin around. Ended up having to give it the old 1-2 with a rock to finish it off. Gimme a .22 anyday. Its not like you have to rush when taking the shot so just pick your angle right and you will be sweet