Yeee-haw the gophers are out!!!!

Jseime · April 6, 2005, 06:38 PM

ive been seeing gophers (richardsons ground squirrels) again and ive already got the .22 sighted in. im pumped about it.

do we have any other gopher hunters around here?

Twycross · April 7, 2005, 12:44 AM

Gophers used to be pests in my backyard. Then, after I got a .22 airgun, they mysteriously dissappeared. Wonder how that happened

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I guess I will have to get out and look for some more. I have heard rumors of a family that wants some gophers removed. They might dissappear too...

Jseime · April 7, 2005, 10:19 PM

ive made em disappear for some other people too. ive been stopped on mainstreet in town and handed .22 shells to go clean up pastures before

Avid Concealer · April 7, 2005, 10:21 PM

Wow, I can't even say I've ever even seen a gopher. Here ya go. Check out the videos. Perhaps you all have seen this. www.dogbegone.com

Double Naught Spy · April 7, 2005, 10:31 PM

I hate to tell you this, Jseime, but ground squirrels are not the same thing as gophers. While both are rodents, they are in different families, Geomyidae for gophers and Sciuridae for squirrels. Each has a very different life style. Gophers usually remain underground most of the time and harvest plants from below. Ground squirrels are surface feeders.

Prairie dogs are also in the squirrel family.

Fat White Boy · April 8, 2005, 02:16 AM

Ahhhh- Ground squirrles. I like my .22-250 on them. At 200 yds, they flip, at 100 yards they go flying, under 100yds there's a pink mist....

Jseime · April 9, 2005, 02:40 PM

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I hate to tell you this, Jseime, but ground squirrels are not the same thing as gophers. While both are rodents, they are in different families, Geomyidae for gophers and Sciuridae for squirrels. Each has a very different life style. Gophers usually remain underground most of the time and harvest plants from below. Ground squirrels are surface feeders.

Prairie dogs are also in the squirrel family.

what we call gophers around here are what most people call prairie dogs. sorry about that. i had been told that the proper name for them was richardsons ground squirrel. its just a local lingo thing.

Jseime · April 14, 2005, 10:35 PM

i was out the other day with a couple friends and nailed 20 or so in about an hour. my friend with a 10/22 was amazed at my 597s accuracy and get this i didnt have a single jam- he had three!!! hahaha whos laughing now ruger guys (just jokes).

GUNSMOKE45441 · April 16, 2005, 08:35 AM

Mn. has Striped gophers, SD. has striped gophers,Also a variation that looks like cross between the prarie dog,and a gopher called flickertails + they have prairie dogs.
Out here in WA. we have ground squirrels, which are different than the others. They have bushy tails, and are sneaky lil buggers.

Jseime · May 23, 2005, 07:39 PM

now the babies are out man. i need more ammo!!! (you know just in case they arm themselves)

molonlabe · May 23, 2005, 08:09 PM

Took out 14 from my back yard one summer in Wisconsin a couple of years ago with my RWS model 52. .177 pellet at 1000FPS. Actually I used heavier pellets for stability so it was probably in the 900fps range. Silent kills.

April 6, 2005, 06:38 PM	#1
Jseime Senior Member Join Date: December 31, 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1,775	Yeee-haw the gophers are out!!!! ive been seeing gophers (richardsons ground squirrels) again and ive already got the .22 sighted in. im pumped about it. do we have any other gopher hunters around here? __________________ I love the smell of fresh shotgun in the morning.

April 7, 2005, 12:44 AM	#2
Twycross Senior Member Join Date: January 26, 2005 Location: Montana Posts: 1,187	Gophers used to be pests in my backyard. Then, after I got a .22 airgun, they mysteriously dissappeared. Wonder how that happened . I guess I will have to get out and look for some more. I have heard rumors of a family that wants some gophers removed. They might dissappear too... __________________ The test of character is not 'hanging in' when you expect light at the end of the tunnel, but performance of duty, and persistence of example when you know no light is coming. - Vice Admiral James Stockdale, USN (ret.)

April 7, 2005, 10:19 PM	#3
Jseime Senior Member Join Date: December 31, 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1,775	i hear ya ive made em disappear for some other people too. ive been stopped on mainstreet in town and handed .22 shells to go clean up pastures before __________________ I love the smell of fresh shotgun in the morning.

April 7, 2005, 10:21 PM	#4
Avid Concealer Senior Member Join Date: April 6, 2005 Posts: 166	Wow, I can't even say I've ever even seen a gopher. Here ya go. Check out the videos. Perhaps you all have seen this. www.dogbegone.com __________________ "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." ~Thomas Jefferson~

April 7, 2005, 10:31 PM	#5
Double Naught Spy Senior Member Join Date: January 8, 2001 Location: Forestburg, Montague Cnty, TX Posts: 12,717	I hate to tell you this, Jseime, but ground squirrels are not the same thing as gophers. While both are rodents, they are in different families, Geomyidae for gophers and Sciuridae for squirrels. Each has a very different life style. Gophers usually remain underground most of the time and harvest plants from below. Ground squirrels are surface feeders. Prairie dogs are also in the squirrel family. __________________ "If you look through your scope and see your shoe, aim higher." -- said to me by my 11 year old daughter before going out for hogs 8/13/2011 My Hunting Videos https://www.youtube.com/user/HornHillRange

April 8, 2005, 02:16 AM	#6
Fat White Boy Senior Member Join Date: March 18, 2005 Posts: 1,276	Ahhhh- Ground squirrles. I like my .22-250 on them. At 200 yds, they flip, at 100 yards they go flying, under 100yds there's a pink mist....

April 14, 2005, 10:35 PM	#8
Jseime Senior Member Join Date: December 31, 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1,775	got my first few i was out the other day with a couple friends and nailed 20 or so in about an hour. my friend with a 10/22 was amazed at my 597s accuracy and get this i didnt have a single jam- he had three!!! hahaha whos laughing now ruger guys (just jokes). __________________ I love the smell of fresh shotgun in the morning.

April 16, 2005, 08:35 AM	#9
GUNSMOKE45441 Senior Member Join Date: December 2, 2004 Posts: 129	Mn. has Striped gophers, SD. has striped gophers,Also a variation that looks like cross between the prarie dog,and a gopher called flickertails + they have prairie dogs. Out here in WA. we have ground squirrels, which are different than the others. They have bushy tails, and are sneaky lil buggers.

May 23, 2005, 07:39 PM	#10
Jseime Senior Member Join Date: December 31, 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1,775	ah now the babies are out man. i need more ammo!!! (you know just in case they arm themselves) __________________ I love the smell of fresh shotgun in the morning.

May 23, 2005, 08:09 PM	#11
molonlabe Senior Member Join Date: May 17, 2004 Location: MD Posts: 296	Took out 14 from my back yard one summer in Wisconsin a couple of years ago with my RWS model 52. .177 pellet at 1000FPS. Actually I used heavier pellets for stability so it was probably in the 900fps range. Silent kills. __________________ The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved. I Don't want you in here period...Patricia Konie NOLA 2005