Your regular varminting spot, how scenic?

SLOMountaineer · May 25, 2007, 12:07 AM

Here is the view from my ground squirrel area...

boltgun71 · May 25, 2007, 01:28 AM

Beautiful view! Bet the wind can get a little tricky coming off the water. My typical view is of hay fields and cow pastures.

bcarver · May 25, 2007, 03:25 AM

We shoot rats and hogs every saturday night at the city dump.
You gotta use night vision but it sure is fun.
Not much of a view but it changes every week.
It can smell a little bad in the summer too.

FirstFreedom · May 25, 2007, 10:17 AM

Not even 1/1,000ths as pretty at THAT - very nice.

SLOMountaineer · May 25, 2007, 01:37 PM

bcarver...you crack me up! That DOES sound like fun.

Remember the show "Wings"? The comedy show based at the airport on Nantucket Island? The two pilots come into the hangar with three very good looking women and invite the redneck mechanic to go on a date with them. He says, "I can't". The pilots ask him why and he replies, "Me and the boys are having a rat shoot at the dump tonight." LOL!

SLOMountaineer · May 25, 2007, 01:38 PM

boltgun...what is nice is that if the wind is too stiff, about 1/4 mile inland is a valley that is completely sheltered from the wind.

fisherman66 · May 25, 2007, 01:41 PM

My regular vomiting scene is not near as pretty, but I rarely care at that point.

Jseime · May 25, 2007, 09:45 PM

Mine isnt maybe that nice but its pretty spectacular this time of year ill try to get a shot of it tomorrow and put it up here.

Fat White Boy · May 26, 2007, 12:02 AM

SLO- I haven't shot em along the coast up by you but I have shot tons of ground squirrels further inland off of HWY 58. Great shooting. I use a Browning Model 1885 in .22-250. I also hunt pigs up in Paso Robles/King City area. Great country.

BTW- You have one of the great rifle ranges up there off 101. Firing lanes out to 700 Yards. It was the place where I first saw a K-31 being used. A guy was hitting a 4' square target using open sights at 700 yards. I bought one a couple of weeks later...FWB

Scorch · May 26, 2007, 06:50 PM

SLO-
Mendocino? Bodega Bay? I used to hunt squirrels from King City to Alturas during the 70s and 80s. Nothing like it anywhere else in the country!

SLOMountaineer · May 26, 2007, 07:13 PM

FWB and Scorch...private property on the Central CA Coast.

I also do a lot of shooting off of Hwy. 58. Some of the best bird hunting out there too.

popndrop · June 1, 2007, 01:11 AM

It's not anywhere near as beautiful as that, but I like to get out and shoot the Ground Squirrels at Hunter-Leggitt. I think it's a pretty nice setting, but now I have to reconsider.
A few years back when I lived in Nor Cal, I had access to a ranch just south of Half Moon Bay that looked a lot like that. They didn't have varmints, but the quail hunting was nice.
If you ever need a spotter, drop a line...
PND

Fat White Boy · June 1, 2007, 01:59 AM

SLO- Yeah- I have shot a few quail off Hwy 58, also. One time, I even found some Chukars. How's the Carrizo Plain doing now that they have limited hunts?

May 25, 2007, 12:07 AM	#1
SLOMountaineer Senior Member Join Date: July 23, 2006 Posts: 238	Your regular varminting spot, how scenic? Here is the view from my ground squirrel area... Last edited by SLOMountaineer; May 25, 2007 at 12:18 AM. Reason: Re-link of photo without real name in image properties.

May 25, 2007, 03:25 AM	#3
bcarver Senior Member Join Date: February 22, 2007 Location: Jackson,Mississippi Posts: 838	view? We shoot rats and hogs every saturday night at the city dump. You gotta use night vision but it sure is fun. Not much of a view but it changes every week. It can smell a little bad in the summer too.

May 25, 2007, 01:41 PM	#7
fisherman66 Senior Member Join Date: August 22, 2005 Location: The Woodlands TX Posts: 4,679	My regular vomiting scene is not near as pretty, but I rarely care at that point. __________________ la plus belle des ruses du diable est de vous persuader qu'il n'existe pas!

May 25, 2007, 09:45 PM	#8
Jseime Senior Member Join Date: December 31, 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1,775	Mine isnt maybe that nice but its pretty spectacular this time of year ill try to get a shot of it tomorrow and put it up here. __________________ I love the smell of fresh shotgun in the morning.

May 26, 2007, 06:50 PM	#10
Scorch Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2006 Location: Washington state Posts: 15,248	SLO- Mendocino? Bodega Bay? I used to hunt squirrels from King City to Alturas during the 70s and 80s. Nothing like it anywhere else in the country! __________________ Never try to educate someone who resists knowledge at all costs. But what do I know? Summit Arms Services

May 25, 2007, 01:28 AM	#2
boltgun71 Senior Member Join Date: January 4, 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 547	Beautiful view! Bet the wind can get a little tricky coming off the water. My typical view is of hay fields and cow pastures.

May 25, 2007, 10:17 AM	#4
FirstFreedom Junior member Join Date: May 31, 2004 Location: The Toll Road State, U.S.A. Posts: 12,451	Not even 1/1,000ths as pretty at THAT - very nice.

May 25, 2007, 01:37 PM	#5
SLOMountaineer Senior Member Join Date: July 23, 2006 Posts: 238	bcarver...you crack me up! That DOES sound like fun. Remember the show "Wings"? The comedy show based at the airport on Nantucket Island? The two pilots come into the hangar with three very good looking women and invite the redneck mechanic to go on a date with them. He says, "I can't". The pilots ask him why and he replies, "Me and the boys are having a rat shoot at the dump tonight." LOL!

May 25, 2007, 01:38 PM	#6
SLOMountaineer Senior Member Join Date: July 23, 2006 Posts: 238	boltgun...what is nice is that if the wind is too stiff, about 1/4 mile inland is a valley that is completely sheltered from the wind.

May 26, 2007, 12:02 AM	#9
Fat White Boy Senior Member Join Date: March 18, 2005 Posts: 1,276	SLO- I haven't shot em along the coast up by you but I have shot tons of ground squirrels further inland off of HWY 58. Great shooting. I use a Browning Model 1885 in .22-250. I also hunt pigs up in Paso Robles/King City area. Great country. BTW- You have one of the great rifle ranges up there off 101. Firing lanes out to 700 Yards. It was the place where I first saw a K-31 being used. A guy was hitting a 4' square target using open sights at 700 yards. I bought one a couple of weeks later...FWB

May 26, 2007, 07:13 PM	#11
SLOMountaineer Senior Member Join Date: July 23, 2006 Posts: 238	FWB and Scorch...private property on the Central CA Coast. I also do a lot of shooting off of Hwy. 58. Some of the best bird hunting out there too.

June 1, 2007, 01:11 AM	#12
popndrop Junior Member Join Date: April 23, 2007 Posts: 12	Ft Hunter Leggitt It's not anywhere near as beautiful as that, but I like to get out and shoot the Ground Squirrels at Hunter-Leggitt. I think it's a pretty nice setting, but now I have to reconsider. A few years back when I lived in Nor Cal, I had access to a ranch just south of Half Moon Bay that looked a lot like that. They didn't have varmints, but the quail hunting was nice. If you ever need a spotter, drop a line... PND

June 1, 2007, 01:59 AM	#13
Fat White Boy Senior Member Join Date: March 18, 2005 Posts: 1,276	SLO- Yeah- I have shot a few quail off Hwy 58, also. One time, I even found some Chukars. How's the Carrizo Plain doing now that they have limited hunts?