Thunderhog
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- East Kootneys
Where to hunt Gophers in AB?
- Thread starter Mysticprecision
- Start date
It is hard to tell. I think badger tho. I would love it if we have raccoons around. We basically have none.
Hmm? I don't know about wishing for racoons lol kinda like wishing for gophers
Yeah I know. But at least I could run hounds for racoonsHmm? I don't know about wishing for racoons lol kinda like wishing for gophers
Be thankful you don’t.
They are infinitely, incredibly destructive and a pain to rout out without traps. They moved into a family property a few years back and it was constant problems.
Side note: anyone have a source for eley subsonic HP? Shot up the rest of my stash on gophers over the weekend with my anschutz. It really likes them. Got a little over 100 in one field.
Farmer is trying not to poison. Between him, sons and I we’ve accounted for a rough count of 400 or so.
Firearm outlet had some last time I looked. And as a trapper also racoons are more fur to make money from, but I know they are big problems
My father returned a gun I let him borrow 15 years ago. It’s a handi rifle in 22 hornet and it has a matching 20 gauge barrel. I got the gun swapped the barrel to the 20 gauge walked in the house grabbed 2 shells and walked over by the barn and shot this guy. All that happened in about 5 minutes! 
a 13-Line Ground Squirrel, I haven't seen those for a while.
3ed one for me this year. Only killed one last year
Initially we started shooting on one ranch through friends. Eventually through word of mouth we picked up more places. I even posted in a couple groups on Facebook called "Alberta Ranchers" and "Alberta Farmers" and made some contacts.
I found as the owners got to know us they trusted us more and let us know about more areas to shoot. We treat their land with respect. We also brings gifts to show our thanks. One farmer wouldn't take anything from us. After shooting on his property for 2 years he mentioned his son shoots a lot of .223 and reloads. I have access to a lot of once fired brass and he was happy when I gave him a bunch. We have brought beer, chocolates, and even wine for the wives.
Our current group is pretty large and we have enough land to use to keep us occupied with lots of gophers for a solid week of shooting but we are still looking for more places to shoot.
Good luck! It's a lot of fun. I have learned a lot about shooting with wind, from a tripod, and moving targets in the past 4 years. Bring more ammunition than you think you will need. I bring about 2500 rounds of .223 and several thousand rounds of .22LR.
- Location
- AB foothills
Trust me, you don’t want coons in Alberta.
Too late for that we already have them. We just don’t have a big spread out population yet
Redneck Hippy
Regular
Yup. See them pretty often in the southwest corner of Alberta
I’m in east central, I’m a trapper there is a few of us around here. One of the old trapper about 20mins from me caught a few last season. I haven’t spoken to him to see how he did this past season
Weather is currently holding back the trip but hopefully, we can reschedule in May. Am interested in another location if possible.
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Thanks
Jerry
Early May is ideal. Once the grass gets longer they are a little tougher to see. Last year due to scheduling and weather we went in late May. Fortunately there are enough bare fields with gopher colonies to shoot.
