I used CB "longs" on squirrels for a good many years when they were chewing up my bird-feeders to get at the bird-seed I feed the wild birds. Most of the time, the bullet exited the squirrels and I saw it kick up the dirt on the other side of the squirrel. The squirrels tended to die fairly quickly after being hit through the torso at 30 feet or so.
But lately, I've been having a lot of fun terrorizing the squirrels and the deer (which are eating up my landscaping) with a paint-ball gun. Now... if a squirrel sees me pass the kitchen window (on the way to the back door), they scatter like crazy... running wide open and dodging back and forth to get away. They've learned to do "broken-field-running" to escape direct hits with the paint balls which apparently "hurt" if they get hit by them (which is rare).
However, I've hit squirrels squarely with the paint-ball gun... and the paint-ball's weight and velocity (305 fps) knock the tough little "tree rats" sideways with any kind of solid hit. But the persistent little rodents always show up later or the next day for another "try" at the black oil sunflower seeds in the wild bird feeders.
And shooting them with the paint-ball gun is a LOT more fun than killing them with a .22 CB cap... so that's what I do now. But, in a way, I'm just "getting even" for all the
harassment and destroyed bird feeders they've caused me over the past 25 years I've been feeding wild birds.
Revenge IS "sweet" !~!~!
Strength & Honor...
Ron T.