20 Best 22 Pellets For Squirrel Hunting (2023 Updated)

I first learned of Recteq while listening to Glenn Beck and hope you are still a sponsor. We needed a grill for our home at the beach and I’ve wanted to try Recteq for awhile. I’d heard of them but never used or even seen and I was not aware there was such an affordable option available (RT-B380) and when compared to a base model gas grill at the same price point, it was a no-brainer.

I placed my order the weekend before Memorial Day weekend and inquired the following week for expedited shipping as I hoped to receive in time for already scheduled family event, however this option was not available.

I did mention this to Tony (the Recteq associated assisting me) and sure enough by coincidence or otherwise I received the order on Friday/Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. I included the Sear Kit and Pellets in my order and I’ve honestly never cooked a steak even approaching those I prepared on the Recteq using ‘Riot Mode’.

I also skewered fresh shrimp and vegetable kabobs at lower temperatures and they were equally amazing. I currently also own a higher end infrared grill at my main home after years of using charcoal and standard gas open flame style grills.

While the infrared grill is an improvement, the results are not close to what I’m able to produce on the Recteq. Ordering more pellets now and checking your site for other goodies! – Greg R. Charlotte, NC / Ocean Isle Beach, NC.

These pellets are fantastic! These are the best general-purpose cooking pellets I have found on the market. The blend makes everything from ribs to fillet tenderloin taste better and cook to true temperature.

Bought some other pellets online from Amazon and used them. Over time they started to absorb moisture from the atmosphere. swell up, and disintegrate. Had to evacuate all the pellets from my hopper to prevent them from clogging my feeder and helix.

Have never had such a problem with tREC TECECTEC pellets. Now only buy REC TEC pellets.

This is the second Bullseye I’ve purchased and it’s better than the first one! (The first was the beta version. I had an issue with the auger motor after several years and was amazed when I was at Recteq purchasing the new Bullseye and they handed me a new auger motor! Removal and installation took about 15 minutes and now I have 2 Bullseyes!) Recteq customer service continues to be nothing less than stellar! I use their Ultimate Blend pellets religiously in the Bull (RT-700) and both Bullseyes.

Each cook comes out with delicious flavor. The Bullseye is an excellent daily use grill for steaks, burgers, wings, and any other meat where higher heat is desired for cooking.

So far, these are my favorite pellets. I have started using them for everything even though I have 5-6 other types of pellets. I have defaulted to these because they impart the most smoke flavor and fantastic color on what I’ve been cooking.

Important to note, i have not yet done any large, low & slow cuts of meat, but for tri-tip, steaks, and pork tenderloin, this has been a huge winner for me.

I have found these pellets to be very well made and consistent used with my Kral jumbo hi cap. I only shoot up to 30 yards as I have found this is the maximum distance for humain pest control and at this distance I am getting 5 pence piece groups consistently with no flyers so far from 2 tins of these pellets.

My favorite pellets for grilling. It is difficult to find 100% cherry. Most brands create blends with filler woods being the primary wood sources and cherry being a lesser contributor. Although blends create less ash, the subtle, sweet flavor from 100% cherry pellets is absolutely unbeatable on ribs, pork loin, and chicken (in my opinion).

These create more smoke and better flavor than the Traeger brand Hickory that I’ve been using for years. Only downfall is that they seem to produce more ash than Traegers. Maybe because it’s real hickory? Great product will be ordering more.

Char hickory is becoming my favorite pellet. Seems like I goes a long time and the flavor is awesome. Ribs, burgers and ribeye steaks so far. I really like lumberjack pecan for meatloaf but think I’m going to try the char hickory on that as well.

I watched a video comparing different brands of cooking pellets. This guy compared the taste of porkchops grilled with 6 brands of pellets. Bear Mountain’s Hickory pellets ranked at the top in taste.

I thought I would give them a try since you can buy them at TSC. The guy in the video was right. As I was looking for the Hickory pellets, I found this gourmet blend and bought a bag of those too. I liked them so well that they are now my go to blend.

Bear Mountain pellets are way better quality and have a much better smoke taste than similar priced pellets you can get at other stores. My only gripe is my local TSC doesn’t carry them in the winter months.

So, I have to stock up.

I have tried several brands of pellets with good luck, good smoke and good flavor. I was not impressed with these pellets, they do not put out much smoke much at all, and added very little smoke flavor.

The smoke flavor it did add was not quite distinguished, definitely didn’t taste or smell any bourbon barrel, but couldn’t tell what wood it was like you can with say Cherry, oak, hickory, mesquite woods.

Only positive is the 5 hr smoke I did on Chicken, ribs and sausage used a bit less pellets than the other brands I tried and they maintained heat well. May be better for heating purposes rather than smoking/cooking.

The burrow is located under my neighbor’s shed right next to the property line. They told me that had exterminated them but as soon as the neighbors left for the summer, the littles buggers started up again.

I place the bait station up against the wrought iron fence on the property line. No bait was consumed. I moved the station a few inches from burrow entrance and I think some bait was consumed but very little.

Then I dipped the bait in Jif peanut butter and then I had to replenish the bait daily. All the bait disappeared, both the dipped and undipped pellets. It has been 3 or 4 days since PB was introduced so I do not have an absolute answer yet, but I am optimistic we are rid of the monsters.

It’s labeled “Ground Squirrel Bait. ” One would think it’d be the perfect product to get rid of these disease-infested vermin. The problem is, they won’t eat it. I even tried coating the bait with peanut butter, and even that hasn’t gotten them to consume the bait.

I’m not sure of the efficacy of the 1st-generation blood-thinner chemical used. I’ve heard squirrels have developed a tolerance to it, but there’s been no chance to validate that, as they won’t eat it.

I’ve had to resort to tedious mechanical methods of eradication.

I have raised 2 flocks of layers on this feed. They did wonderfully. Very productive hens, and the eggs were beyond amazing. Thick, dark orange yolks and SO tasty. Then, about the time the product packaging changed, the feed did, too.

It looked and smelled different, and my girls didn’t eat it as well as they had previously. I kept buying it, because it had been really good feed. Production dropped off, and the quality of our eggs did, too.

We went from thick, dark yolks and good whites, to thin everything. The yolks so thin you couldn’t break an egg into a skillet without the yolk breaking, too. Yolks were as pale as a store bought white egg.

The girls were healthy. No parasites, red, pretty combs and wattles. I changed feed brands. We’re back to having amazing eggs, with good production. I don’t know what happened to this feed, but I hope it wasn’t a case of using inferior quality ingredients to cover the cost of the pretty feed bag.

My chickens love it!! I believe the key to introducing something new and different to your flock is to SLOWLY add it into their feed over time and gradually increase the amount you are wanting to give them.

Some of my chickens tend to be very picky at times with new foods. They took right to this!! My babies get a variety of foods. Usually a little bit of black oil sunflower seeds, 2-3 day soaked organic grain { I drain off the water, allow the grain to get dryer and then add it their organic layer feed.

Trust me, they pick out what they want to eat first and then pick at the rest until it is all gone in no time. } When I first started added the black oil sunflower seeds they would actually toss it out on the ground.

They eventually took a liking to it and now they love it too!.

This Tractor Supply brand cost a little less than other brands and I believe it is just as good. Not sure how it tastes, haha, but chickens love it. Even my dogs eat it and I have to chase them away from it.

Been feeding my chickens for a couple years on it and they are very healthy and produce big, beautiful, delicious, healthy eggs.

These come with me into the backcountry on every jaunt. They burn longer than normal wood and allow for fantastic combustion within my BioLite Campstove II, especially when in damp conditions and dry biomass is difficult to obtain.

Far more earth-conscious than fuel canisters and much more convenient. These are also an excellent item for preppers and to keep in a bugout bag. Highly recommend!.

I’ve used 3-4 bags over the last few months. They are definitely convenient and burn hot and slow. A bag is equivalent to two bottles of propane in my experience. It comes with fire starter and the bag itself is waxed to keep out moisture.

Definitely worth it as burning just sticks can be inconvenient especially on camp sites that have a lot of snow and traffic.

This is a useful pack (1kg) of pellets to have on hand for your Campstove. The Campstove burns twigs you can easily pick up when camping. However, if you are car camping then taking one of these packs along will mean you can use your stove in damp conditions.

They don’t produce smoke. Heavy to take if hiking. Not too expensive. You should get two burnings from the one pack.

Lumber Jack pellets are simply the best in my opinion. They burn great and in my opinion provide a nice smoke profile. I have a hard time finding these locally, so having them delivered from Blain’s was perfect.

Quick shipping and were packed great. No regrets and will order Lumber Jack from Blain’s again for sure.

There are lots of squirrels and a number of chipmunks in the yard. My fur babies (both kitties and dogs) watch them bouncing around all the time. For some strange reason it never occurred to me that I could have helped them.

After all, bird food has been an item in my auto ship so it’s only fair to add one for squirrels too. This brand is a big hit in the squirrel society! They detected the goodie as soon as it’s placed outside and had been helping themselves since.

I am here to order the second bag by adding it to my auto ship and want to give credit where it’s due. Feels good to know that the squirrels can save some time searching for food to fend off the cold New York winter weather.

Thanks Chewy!!.

I live downtown & walk to work every day. I was surprised to find so many Squirrels along the way in such an urban area. They all seem to act & think I should be providing treats. They made me feel guilty that I didn’t.

So I saw the critters food while shopping on Chewy. Thought I’d give it a try & see if my furry friends would like it. Needless to say it was a huge hit. Being downtown I can’t imagine they have much of a food source.

Other than handouts from pedestrians. Will be able to continue feeding my little buddies since Chewy prices are so reasonable.

Well, I’m not a squirrel so I don’t know if I’m qualified to review this item, but being unqualified never stopped me from doing anything before so here goes. The squirrels fiend for this stuff. Every time I get a bag from UPS I see them, hiding in the trees, drooling and plotting how to wrest the bag from my hands.

I know they’re watching me because I can hear their hungry chatter, or are they trying to figure out how to get ahold of my credit card, amazon login and an internet capable squirrel phone? Guessing it’s just chatter, but who knows, these squirrels know what they want, and what they want is inside this bag of critter chow.

I have a couple of feeders that I try and keep full of this stuff, but it’s hard, they really love it and after a day or two they work through it all. They start with the peanuts, then move on to the corn kernels and finally I see them sifting through the sunflower seeds with their cute little hands.

These pellet produce the worst tasting smoke that I have ever experienced. I am a big whiskey fan but, the smoke flavor produced by these pellets left the food unpalatable. I ended up throwing away about 30 lbs of pulled pork and two side dishes.

These are great pellets. A friend recommended these & so glad that I tried them. Love the flavor these pellets instill in the briskets I’ve cooked.

We ordered 4 40 pound bags of Tennessee Whiskey Barrel pellets. When the order arrived one bag was the Tennessee Whiskey Barrel and the other three were the Wisconsin Hickory, a more expensive type of pellets We are fine with this.

I find Cabela’s BBQ pellets to be of good quality at a good price. They do produce more ash than other pellets I have tried but they are not primarily Oak or Alder with minimal flavor wood like a lot of other brands.

I have been using these for several years now and I find the smell and the smoke flavor to be good. As for the ash, I vacuum my pellet smoker out after each use so it is not an issue for me.

I literally thought, how bad could these pellets be? Surely it must be a problem with everyone else’s smoker, they’re not using it right, etc. Wrong! These are by far the worst pellets I’ve used, which was such a letdown because I am such a big fan of Cabela brand pellets.

I don’t know if it’s a low density pellet or impurities, but this pellet never stops smoking and it drops heat constantly. It seems like as soon as the auger is done cycling, the heat drops from 250 back down to 210-215.

Seemed to be getting a ton of flame outs. I decided to stop my pork shoulder and make sure the fire pot was completely cleaned out. Started the process again, and same thing. Had to eject everything out and switch to Apple, which fortunately worked amazing as always! I would not recommend purchasing.

I switched to these from the Cookin Pellets PerfectMix as I was having too many temperature swings with the Cookin Pellets, with temperatures well below my setpoint most of the time. I have been monitoring my smoker all day long with my Thermoworks thermometer and probe and the temperature has been very stable and accurate to setpoint.

I mixed the Cabelas Hickory, Apple, and Cherry in equal portions for smoking Pork Shoulders today. These also produce substantially more smoke than the CookinPellets Perfect Mix. As for the individuals complaining of too much ash, an all fruit wood pellet with bark included will produce more ash than a pellet using debarked Oak or Alder as a base.

I have used Oak and Alder based products and while they burn consistent and hot, I have never been too pleased with the smoke they produce. I am really hoping these pellets work out but so far all seems good.

It took a few days for the squirrels to discover the bait, but when they did, all went as expected. The most notable thing I experienced is that 99% of the squirrels appeared to die underground. I found only 2 on the property, which I promptly disposed of.

I was concerned that hawks in our area would find them, even though the manufacturer claims the bait will not second-hand kill. My squirrel problem has been 90% eradicated! Thank you!.

We live in an area where people are not as vigilante as we are. If only one of you in an area is ‘taking care of’ ground squirrels, this stays a never ending situation. You get rid of them with this bait for a summer, but they are back in full force the next summer.

We used this last summer and got rid of them. We also got rid of rats, which was a bonus. We lived rodent free for a year, then both the rats and the ground squirrels came back in full force this year.

I want to order another 25 pound bucket, but they are out and the 5 pounder is way too expensive. Will purchase again as soon as it comes back in stock.

I was inundated with ground squirrel rodents this spring/summer 2019 that were tearing up my house apart underneath the main floor. These rodents were digging tunnels under the cement foundation of my home.

This type of squirrel dug holes in most of my potted plants, dug up my newly planted flowers in my backyard to hide filbert shells that were used in potted plants and flowers I had purchased at the nursery.

I have never seen anything like it. They did a whole lot of damage. I now have to have a contractor do an inspection and repair work under my house because of the squirrel damage. In three weeks and following the directions of Kaput Squirrel Bait, I am now squirrel rodent free.

You need to follow the directions and make sure that you place the bait where no child or dog/cat can get to it. Also, make sure to read about California Ground Squirrels so you have a good idea of how they live.

These pellets worked will in our Pit Boss with no issues starting or burning. Having said this I also tried LumberJack pellets and they provided more flavor in our meats than the Pit Boss pellets. I will most likely buy the Pit Boss pellets again as they are readily available locally where as some other brands of pellets are not readily available locally.

I tried mesquite, and hard wood pellets from other brands and this competition from pit boss is by far better hands down. I didnt think my wife and i would notice the difference between other kinds of pellets but we diffinently could.

Best part its recommended with any kind of meat!.

The pellets burn great. Quality is there. But the flavour is not that distinctive. Just smoky. Was good for the salmon and sausage but the wings and ribs could have used a better flavour.

Great wood pellets. Much more affordable by almost 50% over Weber branded pellets. From the reviews i have read on other branded pellets these are one of the only aftermarket brands that works well on the Weber.

So far I have gone through almost 40lbs without an issue. I have smpked a pork shoulder for 21 hours at 225 and baked pizzas at 600 without a hitch. I will continue to buy. Competition pellets provide mild smoke flavor which is what i want for my family.

These pellets are the first time my wife has ever liked the flavor of a smoked food.

Intact bags gave EXCELLENT results, with consistently very low content of dust and fine material. I would have given Bear Mountain five stars except for the inconsistent condition of the bags. Unfortunately, pallets containing 50 bags of pellets were stored outside in an uncovered open area all winter.

Rodents got into storage area and chewed holes in covers and bags, allowing rain to get onto and into bags, causing a lot of pellets to be ruined. I returned five bags the same day for replacement (kudos to Coastal for cheerfully replacing them!), but additional bags that had small holes in them contained substantial amounts of ruined pellets.

I wouldn’t buy pellets in late winter/spring again unless I could be sure bags had been stored under cover.

While the Bear Mountain Pellets are satisfactory I have found they burn faster than the Coastal brand, they leave more ash debris, and tend to be dustier and dirtier in the bag. They are certainly better than the Golden Fire, I’ll never buy those again.

I prefer the Coastal brand wood pellets over them all. I was very disappointed when they were out and I had to buy the Bear Mountain.

Bear mountain is the best for Breckwell stoves! However on a recent visit the sales girl explained why bear mountain would no longer be carried a new brand would takes it place it also had mountain in the title! But I do not remember first name before the mountain! That day I pulled to the doc to pick up the other brand! Which low and behold it was a pallet of bear mountain and that is what I got! Her conversation was not correct!.

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