May 21, 2008, 11:20 PM | #1 |
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Who's Gopher Hunting?
I've been out three trips so far since the weather finally broke. Mostly shooting My Rem 700 SS .223 fluted varmint. Shooting a little .22lr also but most of the squirrels are very spooky for some reason and shots are long.(150-350 yards). My son went with me yesterday after work and brought his 22-250. Great fun even though it got windy. We just moved so we were shooting downwind. Mostly prone shots at about 200.
Good to be out Ken
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May 22, 2008, 12:02 AM | #2 |
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Our "pocket" gophers are a tuff bunch to hunt.... Bout the only time you can hit one is when it is working on a tunnel system and you see the dirt fly... than you set up a few/10 yards away and wait to time the peek-a-boo and whack them with a shot gun...
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May 22, 2008, 04:54 AM | #3 |
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I think he is referring to marmots/woodchucks or possibly praire dogs, not pockets gophers.
You are right, however, in that pocket gophers would be a rarity to shoot.
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May 22, 2008, 08:17 AM | #4 |
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These ones are Richardsons Ground Squirrels. About half the size of a prairie dog but they look the same. I don't think Montana has any "gophers" proper except maybe east around Sydney.
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