Gophers
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Funny you say that, how many people were born in Alberta?
Not very many compared to todays population.
LOL. I beg to differ.... farmers love me and my buddy's out your way as we come in and drive them out via the business ends of our armament. Changed the fluids in my truck yesterday for its yearly cross Canada adventure to head back out to beautiful Alberta to gopher hunt till our barrels glow red.. a few farmers stock up all winter on ammo for us and we spend weeks out in the fields managing their scurge... I'm all giddy to get moving and start gopher vaporizing.
grelmar~if you added up how much rimfire ammo I've shot in my whole life...it probably wouldn't amount to what I have in stock at the moment. Why? I'm leading a 2-man gopher-slaying expedition to AB this spring. 8 day trip with my nephew...I simply can't wait. Yes...I will post a detailed, photo-ridden report.
^Nice...another Ontarian heading west!
^lol...I'm sure most are. Still a HUGE novelty to this Ontario groundhog hunter though. In 2014 I spent 2-1/2 days shooting them....and I can honestly say I can't ever remember having so much fun. Allot more time, and allot more ammo this time.
Glock4ever
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Born in Alberta here as well. I don't mind letting them shoot "my" share. It isn't like gophers are the buffalo of yester-year. Besides the falcons, coyotes, wolves, etc need to eat too. Forgot to add that my daughter is born in Alberta and she is sweet as pie, my son is born in Ontario and he is a devil. Too bad the wife says I have to love them equally.
Born in Alberta here as well. I don't mind letting them shoot "my" share. It isn't like gophers are the buffalo of yester-year. Besides the falcons, coyotes, wolves, etc need to eat too. Forgot to add that my daughter is born in Alberta and she is sweet as pie, my son is born in Ontario and he is a devil. Too bad the wife says I have to love them equally.
Living in Ontario and having met some fine Albertans....I find that very easy to believe.
We're not all bad out here...granted, I grew-up in New Brunswick. Living in Ontario and having met some fine Albertans....I find that very easy to believe.
I find that as a general rule, the further north of Ottawa you get, the more connected to reality the people become. Have in-laws in Toronto and Deep River, guess who's more likely to offer (and have accepted), the use of a spare room for a visit, so the family can all keep in touch?
I will be contacting my landowners in the next few weeks, and when the ground squirrels are out in force, I will start shooting them on a regular basis. I should be able to get rid of a few thousand this year.
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Been busy as all get out at home but my phone has been ringing steady from some farmer friends wanting to know when the "salt water Hutterite" LoL was gonna start burning his wheels west to help curb the scurge... I'm thinking a week or two once i get work and projects completed; we'll load up the FX4 and giddy up! Oh yeah... i'm bringing some newbies to pop their gopher cherries... LoL
Good times! A few farmer friends of mine have been stock piling ammo for me and some friends to head out and cull the scurge for them. Who would of thought a public service could be so fun and rewarding?!
Yep, they are definitely out around us, I have been scoping out my go to pasture and liked what I saw. This weather tonight is the craps though. More snow than we've had all winter!!!
