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Must be the season. I spent the day yesterday cleaning house and thinning the dog herd.
My buddy and I are a little more . . . aggressive. There's nothing like watching a prairie dog explode from a .308 round at 400 yrds. Sometimes there would be 2 right next to each other and the one that wasn't shot didn't even flinch. Then a few seconds later it was his turn . . .
My buddy and I are a little more . . . aggressive. There's nothing like watching a prairie dog explode from a .308 round at 400 yrds. Sometimes there would be 2 right next to each other and the one that wasn't shot didn't even flinch. Then a few seconds later it was his turn . . .
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The ones we shoot down in central Utah don't stay put after they're shot. It's not life after death -- it's because their buddies drag them back down the hole and eat them! Makes them a little easier to kill, doesn't it? They're vicious little critters and if they were bigger and smarter they would be gunning for us!
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Be afraid, be very afraid!
Soulrack223
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My friend and I went out for a couple hours this afternoon:
30 more for him, and 41 more for me. I am not sure about him, but I fired 50 rounds.
Nice shooting! That's not a Busse though.
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Closes kill was 75 yards, longest kill was 350 yards. Several "doubles". Ken made several acrobatic shots....though I had the most spectacular. Ken spotted just a head poking out at 150 yards. I took the shot....separated the head from the body...while Ken watched the head fly 50 feet from the mound.
The first day I was shooting my Stag Model 6 Super Varminter. The 2nd day I switched to my Cooper MTV in .204 Ruger.
We whacked 71 in a little over 2 hours yesterday.
Ken and Vern....mass murderers.
Shooting from cover really helped with the major carnage.
I didn't want them to be able to pick me out of a line-up.
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Dang! That sure looks fun!! How much ammo did you bring?
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I once made a shot off the hood of my new chevy Z71.... it was about a month old only. 25-06 cracked, and so did the windshield!! Ouch!
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Another fine day so far.
1) Hit the range with Lunde for the final load prep for the Cooper One Shoot competition. I shot this sub 1/4" three shot group at 150 yards (the strange distance the One Shot is done at). I am as ready as I will ever be. Just need to dial in the scope for the elevation and the wind once we get to Montana.
2) Deep blue skies and white clouds over the dog towns.
3) Had an awesome beef brisket lunch in Pringle, SD at the Hitch Rail. You can gamble under the elk while waiting for your food.
4) On the way back thru Wind Cave. "Oh give me a home...where the buffalo roam...."
1) Hit the range with Lunde for the final load prep for the Cooper One Shoot competition. I shot this sub 1/4" three shot group at 150 yards (the strange distance the One Shot is done at). I am as ready as I will ever be. Just need to dial in the scope for the elevation and the wind once we get to Montana.
2) Deep blue skies and white clouds over the dog towns.
3) Had an awesome beef brisket lunch in Pringle, SD at the Hitch Rail. You can gamble under the elk while waiting for your food.
4) On the way back thru Wind Cave. "Oh give me a home...where the buffalo roam...."
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Not sure there is anything more aggressive than a 32 gr Sierra BlitzKing in .204 Ruger traveling at 4200 FPS. If 2 were next to each other......no need for a 2nd shot...you would have scored a "double".
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May I ask how you guys actually enjoy blowing apart living creatures like that, for no return? It seems a bit sadistic to me, I seem to remember hearing that most serial killers started with small animals....not saying that any of you are serial killers, I just don't get how on earth creating destruction and revelling in the massacre of pathetically inadequate targets is something to be proud of.
I get it if you'd popped a bear, or lion, or tiger (oh my) or something that presented some sort of physical threat to you. I'd even get it if you popped a good ten pointer or something that could provide sustenance and nourish you. But this..I just don't understand.
I get it if you'd popped a bear, or lion, or tiger (oh my) or something that presented some sort of physical threat to you. I'd even get it if you popped a good ten pointer or something that could provide sustenance and nourish you. But this..I just don't understand.
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md02geist, you wrote:
In this part of the country, prairie dogs are extraordinarily over-populated. I am sure that we (humans) are to blame, either because we killed off their natural predators, or poisoned the prairie dogs (which, of course, never kills them all) which subsequently poisoned their natural predators.
So, shooting them, to help bring their population under control, is a good solution. If they are not shot, the ranchers and farmers resort to poisoning them, which ends up making the problem worse for the long-term, but perhaps better for the short-term.
And, while hunting prairie dogs, I never shoot at their natural predators, because they're doing what we're doing. In fact, their natural predators benefit a bit from our hunting, because they end up policing up the bodies, or what's left of them, to use as food.
On the other side of the same coin, hunting prairie dogs is excellent practice for hunting larger game. Shooting a small target at somewhat long range helps to hone the skills, so when you have a larger target at the same or closer distance, your chance of hitting it in a vital area is greater.
In many ways, hunting has become a polarizing issue. Many people are for it, but there are an equal number of people against it.
There is one thing that I don't get, specifically people paying to hunt prairie dogs. Heck, you're doing the landowner a huge favor by hunting them. I have never paid to hunt prairie dogs, and never will. My only expenses are for travel, handloading my ammunition, and gear. My current rifle, a Cooper Arms M21 Phoenix chambered in .204 Ruger, has exactly 825 rounds through it, most of which have sent prairie dogs to Prairie Dog Heaven. All of these rounds were handloaded by yours truly, and most of them represent once- or subsequently-fired rounds.
Oh, and I hunt pronghorn antelope every year, and my family and I consume all of the meat that I get from the animal.
Lastly, the chance of me becoming a "serial killer" is somewhere between zero and none. I am one of the calmest people on the planet. Those who know me understand this.
I am glad that you asked.
In this part of the country, prairie dogs are extraordinarily over-populated. I am sure that we (humans) are to blame, either because we killed off their natural predators, or poisoned the prairie dogs (which, of course, never kills them all) which subsequently poisoned their natural predators.
So, shooting them, to help bring their population under control, is a good solution. If they are not shot, the ranchers and farmers resort to poisoning them, which ends up making the problem worse for the long-term, but perhaps better for the short-term.
And, while hunting prairie dogs, I never shoot at their natural predators, because they're doing what we're doing. In fact, their natural predators benefit a bit from our hunting, because they end up policing up the bodies, or what's left of them, to use as food.
On the other side of the same coin, hunting prairie dogs is excellent practice for hunting larger game. Shooting a small target at somewhat long range helps to hone the skills, so when you have a larger target at the same or closer distance, your chance of hitting it in a vital area is greater.
In many ways, hunting has become a polarizing issue. Many people are for it, but there are an equal number of people against it.
There is one thing that I don't get, specifically people paying to hunt prairie dogs. Heck, you're doing the landowner a huge favor by hunting them. I have never paid to hunt prairie dogs, and never will. My only expenses are for travel, handloading my ammunition, and gear. My current rifle, a Cooper Arms M21 Phoenix chambered in .204 Ruger, has exactly 825 rounds through it, most of which have sent prairie dogs to Prairie Dog Heaven. All of these rounds were handloaded by yours truly, and most of them represent once- or subsequently-fired rounds.
Oh, and I hunt pronghorn antelope every year, and my family and I consume all of the meat that I get from the animal.
Lastly, the chance of me becoming a "serial killer" is somewhere between zero and none. I am one of the calmest people on the planet. Those who know me understand this.
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oeser, you wrote:
I once tried .308 against prairie dogs, and while they certainly killed them, they weren't terribly effective, mainly because the bullet exits the body before its energy can be transferred, which is what makes a bullet effective. I have found the Sierra 32gr BlitzKing bullet to be highly effective against prairie dogs.
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Off topic posts are now verboten?