A 222 Remington

[Buckmastr]

 

[JIMMY 808]

Sorta the Alberta version of wood chucks.

Maybe time to get into LR badger?

 

[Buckmastr]

Yes. I don’t shoot them very far. Can’t remember one over 300. I kinda like it that way.

 

[buckbrush]

Sorta the Alberta version of wood chucks.

Maybe time to get into LR badger?

Woodchucks or Marmots do inhabit the Alberts prairies in rare spots, I have seen them on a few ranches along the old man river. They were designated no shoot animals, badgers and ground squirrels were a go.

 

[Buckmastr]

I see them in the mountains but have never seen one out east.

 

[JIMMY 808]

Woodchucks or Marmots do inhabit the Alberts prairies in rare spots, I have seen them on a few ranches along the old man river. They were designated no shoot animals, badgers and ground squirrels were a go.

Didn’t know they were the same critter. We have them around my place some.

They sure are smaller then the ones I have seen in the eastern US figured they where different.

 

[Brutus]

I see them in the mountains but have never seen one out east.

Seen one just once in Nova Scotia. Was driving north on the Trans Canada, towards Truro, early summer of 2009-10. He was walking due south along the fenceline as if just leaving the Millbrook reserve proper.

 

[buckbrush]

Didn’t know they were the same critter. We have them around my place some.

They sure are smaller then the ones I have seen in the eastern US figured they where different.

There are actually 2 different types in the Alberta Rockies , one is called the Hoary Marmot, not sure about the other. In Montana and Idaho they call them Rockchucks.

 

[Buckmastr]

 

[buckbrush]

That is a very heavy contour barrel for a .222.

 

[Buckmastr]

It’s the same or similar contour as a sako factory varmint rifle contour. It’s a nice weight for a pure varmint rifle.

 

[Buckmastr]

 

[Buckmastr]

 

[buckbrush]

Is that a gopher in the badgers mouth?

 

[Buckmastr]

Yes a young gopher

 

[MiG25]

Yes a young gopher

175 gophers eat as much as a cow.

 

[buckbrush]

I am amazed at the lack of damage on the badgers. I assume the bullet does not make an exit. What kind of bullets are you using?

 

[Brutus]

I am amazed at the lack of damage on the badgers. I assume the bullet does not make an exit. What kind of bullets are you using?

No different than an adult beaver IMO.
You kill it, but it's more akin to shooting a log of the same size. Underwhelming.

 

[Buckmastr]

There is no exit on a body shot with the 40vmax. Headshots can be gruesome popping eyes and blowing out teeth but you won’t see me taking close up pics of that. These vermin are incredible animals. Tough to spot, tough to stalk but their hole is their weakness. Often peering back thinking they’re safe. I’ve spent a half day in a quarter section full of badgers to not get a shot off. They’re low riders and the terrain is to their advantage.
Some of the best fun with a gun for me.

 

[Buckmastr]

This big female was spotted way out there. I closed to about 150 yards. She saw me and went down her hole. I waited, she popped up after about 10 minutes and I made a headshot. Posed without excessive gore and still made a nice picture. If you look closely the truck is behind her about 500 yards away I’d guess.