This thread has inspired me to start my quiet 22 experiments agin. I want to find an inexpensive rifle to set up for CCI CB longs (locally available) for the occaisional pest erradication.
On beavers, I have been getting rid of them on our farm for years and I shoot a 223 or a 300 savage (when deer hunting...), and only taken a few with a 22lr. What I have noticed with 22 lr is they need to be out of the water and closer. If you shoot them in the water, the water absorbs a lot of the shocking energy andf they are just tough critters with hard skulls and heavy muscle mass.
I open their dam to really lure them in. What brings them in is hearing water flow, sensing the flow, and sensing the water drop. Not sure how to do that on a lake situation.
