I like a .22 better after the leaves are gone, but I'll use a shotgun when necessary (early season, or when mandated by regs).

I grew up with one of the Marlin 60s firmly clenched in my squirrel-killin' fists, and probably shot more with it than I have with a shotgun.

You can roll a turd in peanuts, dip it in chocolate, and it still ain't no damn Baby Ruth.