2006-12-05 15:26:14 · 11 answers · asked by james_blonde87 1 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
Yes, and you don't need 1200 fps.
Air rifles that prduce 800 fps can kill a coon.
Ask the real air gun hunters:
http://www.network54.com/Forum/414006/
And yes, the guy holding the gun is holding
a air rifle, and yes, he did drop that animal
with that gun.
2006-12-05 16:15:12 · answer #1 · answered by hawaiianstyler 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, please note that you only get 1200 fps with PBA ammo. PBA ammo is much lighter, so it will travel faster. But it also decreases the power. Lead pellets are heavier, therefore they travel slower. Expect to get 900 to 1000 fps with lead pellets. Anyway, you can take pigeons, crows, mice, rats, squirrels, rabbits and chipmunks. That's about it. Oh, and just a warning, because a lot of people ask this kind of question. Don't try to shoot possum or raccoon. They're just too tough to be taken down. I say this because a lot of people don't know how tough these animals are.
2016-05-22 23:05:53 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, if the pellet is properly place in the head and your range does not exceed 10 yards. This is the only way to ensure a clean, humane kill.
2006-12-05 15:36:02 · answer #3 · answered by Dan K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As others said, with good shot placement. But it's not necessarily the right thing to do, you stand a reasonable chance of having a woonded animal crawling around the place.
2006-12-05 18:32:21 · answer #4 · answered by Chris H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably could but I know they are tough little boogers!
I use to trap them when I was 13 and I would shoot them with a .22 and sometimes they would go down on the 1st shot and sometimes they would go down on the 3rd. Its all where you hit them. If your plaining on saving or tanning the hide you would probably want to use a .22 and shoot them right in the ear. Or if you trap them in a live trap or something you can drowned them..
2006-12-05 16:23:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on how far away you are from the raccoon if you are like 15 or 20ft and you hit him in a good spot like the head than yeas is possible you will kill him
2006-12-05 15:35:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most certainly.When I was younger,I shot a rabbit with a bb gun and it killed it like it was a .22.
It's all about shot placement.
2006-12-05 20:07:39 · answer #7 · answered by Vtmtnman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depending on how far away you stand from. If your within 30 ft it should.
2006-12-05 15:34:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
most likely, if you use the butt of the gun and beat the raccoon to death.
2006-12-06 02:17:27 · answer #9 · answered by more than a hat rack 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-12-05 15:30:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋