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 09-02-2011, 11:49 AM | #1 | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Dardenne Prairie, Missouri Posts: 105 |  Killing nuisance squirrels in Missouri with handgun
Anyone know if there are any regulations in Missouri against nuisance squirrel abatement with a handgun?
As far as I can tell, you can kill 'em anytime and anyway you want on private property as long as it's legal to discharge a firearm.
I have a friend who's been taking them out with a .22 rifle, but I though it would be a good challenge to try with a pistol. | 
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| 09-02-2011, 12:23 PM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: St. Charles, Missouri Posts: 408 |
I live on private property in Missouri as well. I'm on 12 acres and it is legal to discharge a firearm where I am located. I too enjoy popping nuisance squirrels in the yard. There are no regulations regarding what you use to do this. I have hit them with my 20ga shotty, .22 rifle, .22 pistol, .177 airgun and my bow. It's a double win for me, I get to hone my shooting skills with various weapons and the squirrels get controlled. __________________
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| 09-02-2011, 01:19 PM | #3 | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Dardenne Prairie, Missouri Posts: 105 |
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Originally Posted by dks7895
I live on private property in Missouri as well. I'm on 12 acres and it is legal to discharge a firearm where I am located. I too enjoy popping nuisance squirrels in the yard. There are no regulations regarding what you use to do this. I have hit them with my 20ga shotty, .22 rifle, .22 pistol, .177 airgun and my bow. It's a double win for me, I get to hone my shooting skills with various weapons and the squirrels get controlled.
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St Charles?!! I live in Dardenne Prairie (between Lake St. Louis and O'Fallon). If you ever need help with the squirrels, give me a shout. Of course, I'd be shooting a 9mm or .40 Glock 
Thanks for the info ... by the way, do you know if you can also kill raccoon and possum at will? | |
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| 09-02-2011, 01:31 PM | #4 | Moderator Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Third bunker on the right, Central Virginia Posts: 8,376 Liked 5 Times on 5 Posts
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Well, I don't live in Missouri, but there ARE regulations that relate to this- called the state game laws (YOU call them nuisance squirrels- Game Warden calls it hunting)
Handguns are legal (Hell, you can use an atlatl in Missouri!) You need hunting license, 28 May to 15 Feb, 10 a day- and it should be somewhere it is legal to discharge a firearm.
See HERE: http://mdc.mo.gov/sites/default/files/resources/2011/01/2011hunttrapsummary.pdf__________________
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| 09-02-2011, 02:35 PM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Naples, FL Posts: 814 |
My Dad lives inside the city limits up in Kansas City, Mo. where discharging a firearm would get him in big trouble, so he got one of those 1,000 fps pellet guns with a scope on it to dispatch those fuzzy tailed rodents on his property. The last time I spoke to him he'd eliminated about 60+ of them so far.  __________________
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| 09-02-2011, 02:54 PM | #6 | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: St. Charles, Missouri Posts: 408 |
I always follow the rules and regs of the MDC __________________
Winchester 100 .243; Marlin XS7 .308; Stevens 200 .223; Rossi 92 .45LC; Marlin 1894C .357M; Marlin 30AS .30-30; NEF Pardner Pump 12ga; Mossberg 500 Turkey 20ga; Winchester 1200 20ga; Savage Mark II F .22LR; Henry H001 .22LR; Marlin 60SB .22LR; Ruger 10/22 DSP .22LR; Savage 93R17 GV .17HMR; Remington Genesis .50 cal ML; Ruger Vaquero .45LC; Ruger Blackhawk .357M; Ruger SR9c 9mm; Ruger Single-Six .22LR; Browning Buck Mark Camper .22LR; Crosman Powermaster 760 .177; Crosman Storm XT .177 | |
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| 09-02-2011, 10:10 PM | #7 | Supporting Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: , SW OK Posts: 1,746 Liked 2 Times on 2 Posts
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We have a perpetual squirrel problem. i live trap the suckers and release them down the road in a really ritzy housing area.  | |
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| 09-04-2011, 10:10 PM | #8 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Garden City, Missouri Posts: 116 |
I wished I had a squirrel problem, but my barn cats take care of them. I love skillet fried squirrel. Now with the possums and a couple raccoons and snapping turtles I've had, I just use my little Hi-Point 9mm carbine with red dot scope with tactical light to dispatch them with.
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