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North America's largest rodent, a 41 pound beaver. I can't seem to get the image small enough to post, so you will have to use your imagination. I usually use 350 legend because the big, flat bullet has lots of whomp at the short ranges we shoot them. Decided to use a 16 inch grendel with 120 grain barnes match burners over 27 grains of TAC. The first shot was long for this at over 40 yards and the critter was moving. The bullet grazed the skull but didn't hit squarely enough to penetrate. This stunned the beaver at the second shot hit the neck. The bullet must have clipped the base of the skull because the exit was enthusiastic and filled with soft and hard bits and pieces. Dead upon impact.
Short range like this definitely doesn't take advantage of what the cartridge offers, but a target load finished off a tough animal that my buddy frequently shoots with 223 2 or 3 times before they are done.
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Congrats and yea the Grendel works fine for beaver. Double Naught Spy has numerous videos of shooting Beaver with the Grendel. The ones I have killed with the Grendel have been with 123gr SST and A-Max.
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yup, head shots while swimming with the .17 hmr and cci tnt have worked excellent for me to about 100 yards
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Stinky Coyote Wrote:yup, head shots while swimming with the .17 hmr and cci tnt have worked excellent for me to about 100 yards
.22LR, not so much. On a full size beaver, they seem not to reliably penetrate the skull.
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trubulator Wrote:.22LR, not so much. On a full size beaver, they seem not to reliably penetrate the skull.
I did run around with a trapper when I was younger during spring bear hunts and his tin boat. I killed a whole bunch for him with my Dads old win model 63 and Remington Yellowjackets .22 and it was very effective to about 60 yards. But yes those or stingers would work well up to 60. I was so effective the trapper was asking to take me out every evening possible. We wore full rain gear, blood bath hauling them into boat and racing up to them after I shot em, before they sink. Anyway, not a common pursuit and the trapper had a 22 mag but he wasnt connecting the first time so finally said my turn, I never missed. I spent way too much time killing gophers with that gun and 40 yard head shots etc so the beavers were easy in comparison.
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Stinky Coyote Wrote:I did run around with a trapper when I was younger during spring bear hunts and his tin boat. I killed a whole bunch for him with my Dads old win model 63 and Remington Yellowjackets .22 and it was very effective to about 60 yards. But yes those or stingers would work well up to 60. I was so effective the trapper was asking to take me out every evening possible. We wore full rain gear, blood bath hauling them into boat and racing up to them after I shot em, before they sink. Anyway, not a common pursuit and the trapper had a 22 mag but he wasnt connecting the first time so finally said my turn, I never missed. I spent way too much time killing gophers with that gun and 40 yard head shots etc so the beavers were easy in comparison.
First one I ever bagged I made a square on hit with a .22LR in the noggin. Did not penetrate. I then proceeded to empty the mag into the critter as it rolled around and thrashed, ultimately hitting it 4 or 5 times. My buddies down the canal could only hear the shots and were wondering if WW3 was starting in the river bottom, heh. Since then, we use centerfire. I mostly use 350 Legend, but before the season is over I am going to try to bag one with an inline muzzleloader with a 370 grain maxi ball.
