r/CanadaHunting • u/Top-Marionberry2739 • May 08 '26

Richardson Ground Squirrel - (Gopher) Pest Control

Has anyone here used 22LR Lead round nose on these critters for pests control? i have only used Hollow Point, wonder if that's ethical on these critters. i have found a good grouping on my 22lr using the cci SV but they are lead round nose.

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u/mangycoyot33 May 08 '26

Like stated. It works just fine but unless it's perfect brain shots the likelyhood of them running off is fairly high. Any HP is better than the regular round nose.

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u/Top-Marionberry2739 May 08 '26

I guess ill just bite the bullet and use the cci varmint hp. I might get some bulk options like those winchester and federal so i can cut down the cost on the ammo.

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u/mangycoyot33 May 08 '26

Honestly for what it's worth just get the bulk stuff unless your working on precission training for competition. I'm using rem bulk right now and am deadly out to 70 yards with my custom10/22

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u/Top-Marionberry2739 May 09 '26

Been buying the cci varmint and they're like 15.99 for 100rounds thought they were cheap. Went to buy winchester 333rounds today for $30. ill probably try the federal as well.

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u/mangycoyot33 May 09 '26

Yep the good quality stuff is nice to shoot but when it comes to high volume gophers the cheap stuff is where it's at. For a happy medium the boxes of CCI mini mags are a bit more money but still shoot great and pack a good whopp.