On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 01:03:25 GMT, Crashj
wrote:

If you are giong to pop them with the .22, there are fine shot shells
available in rimfire.
"How do I know ? I just do."

The pellets are tiny and are only effective for killing small
varmints, like rats at close range. I wouldn't even shoot a snake
with one that would be cruel. (I'd kill the snake with a stick.) I
feel the same about the heron. If I were to shoot one it would be
with something that would kill it, not wound it to fly away and die
somewhere someone else could watch it die. That someone else might
be more sensitive than I, plus he might call the Wildlife people.

Regards,

Hal