So even the stray body shot with all the above precautions still isn't entirely likely to do the job.
If you hit in the body you have to do enough internal damage to organs to cause death. Their skeletal structure is also very flexible. I have watched squirrels in my back yard fall from the tops of trees just to run right back up them. My draw is (I think)28 inches so I cut my 1632 to give me just under 6 inches of active length.Īll that being said, squirrels are still rodents. For instance 1 inch of my 1632 bands stretch to 4.75 inches.
I usually vice off a 1 inch section of my new bands and stretch it over a ruler to see what it's elongation is. Measure your draw length, then find the best elongation actor on your bands and set your band length so that at your max draw you are also getting maximum elongation. You also want to get maximum elongation on our bands. Looped 1745 should offer enough power, but for the TBG you might want to go to 1-3/4 taper or double bands. On top of that increasing the velocity of your bands would help as well. Since you are measuring in grains I think you are already using lead shot though. If you wanna limit the amount of suffering I'd suggest using lead shot as it's density will cause the most blunt force damage.
