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FrankenMauser · February 9, 2012, 03:14 PM

If you can get close enough for a shotgun to be useful, the #1 and #2 steel shot should be fine. I would probably save my money, though, and use lead.

It's very rare that I can get close enough for a shotgun kill on a Jack, anyway. We are in different parts of the country, though.

With plans to eat them, my preference would be somewhere between .22 LR and .22 WMR (including .223 Rem with FMJs), for rifles; and .22 LR to 9mm Luger, for handguns.

February 9, 2012, 03:14 PM	#2
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2008 Location: In the valley above the plain Posts: 13,424	If you can get close enough for a shotgun to be useful, the #1 and #2 steel shot should be fine. I would probably save my money, though, and use lead. It's very rare that I can get close enough for a shotgun kill on a Jack, anyway. We are in different parts of the country, though. With plans to eat them, my preference would be somewhere between .22 LR and .22 WMR (including .223 Rem with FMJs), for rifles; and .22 LR to 9mm Luger, for handguns. __________________ Don't even try it. It's even worse than the internet would lead you to believe.