First Day of Gopher season

[Hmatt]

Haha.. luv it!

I had to.

 

[.22LRGUY]

Come visit the kitty litter and you can shoot until you’re plum tired of it.

My trips to S. Alberta are usually 5 straight days of shooting...and long days too. We get tired...but don't get tired of shooting gophers. Hours seem to fly by as long as you're seeing targets.

 

[gunrunner100]

Interesting and interested.....plz tell me more

Living in NW ON, makes it easier (and shorter) to get to SK. Friends and I have a standing agreement with a local bison farmer that we can shoot on his 2200 acre farm. It is so much fun.

 

[waldo54]

Snow dogs are a hoot, but with a pile of fresh snow in the last 48 hrs and given it's -29 here this morning I think we'll be a little while yet, usually get the first ones out around middle of March give or take.

 

[Hmatt]

Snow dogs are a hoot, but with a pile of fresh snow in the last 48 hrs and given it's -29 here this morning I think we'll be a little while yet, usually get the first ones out around middle of March give or take.

I was really hoping maybe to go this weekend in WMU 210 on the sections I can hunt. But alas it is also -25 and snowing. Supposed to get a 39* chinook tonight though. So maybe?!

 

[Beater]

some out around here to but i tend to leave them. id rather shoot more in a couple months

 

[KLS]

some out around here to but i tend to leave them. id rather shoot more in a couple months

I poison them too. My livelihood is dependent on growing a crop. I usually welcome others to come help reduce the population. Might end up going home with some tasty sausage.

 

[Hoss]

Iam jealous lol. Haven't seen any around here yet. Dec.28th was when I shot my last gopher

 

[Beater]

I poison them too. My livelihood is dependent on growing a crop. I usually welcome others to come help reduce the population. Might end up going home with some tasty sausage.

yes so do i, but i like shooting them to. soon as the crop is a couple inches up we are on it

 

[waldo54]

Given that we just got another 15cm dump of snow for the 2nd time in a week and this morning it is -39 wind chill the snow dogs are safe for a while yet ........

 

[lookout]

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[lookout]

Living in NW ON, makes it easier (and shorter) to get to SK. Friends and I have a standing agreement with a local bison farmer that we can shoot on his 2200 acre farm. It is so much fun.

yes, that sounds like quite the place!

 

[mmcintyre1220]

That's not a serious question is it?

100% serious. I have never seen one in Ontario let alone shot one. I genuinely don't know much about them!

 

[deadman]

100% serious. I have never seen one in Ontario let alone shot one. I genuinely don't know much about them!

Sort of like coyotes, leave them where they lie. Bait for the other ones, they have no problem eating each other.

If you get a chance to catch one, give it a shot of spray paint on its hide and let it go. The others will kill it for you.

 

[trevj]

What do you do with them after?

You watch the dead, because the others will begin eating them, and that makes them "Bait"!

 

[gunrunner100]

You watch the dead, because the others will begin eating them, and that makes them "Bait"!

And then you make bait piles.

 

[Grain]

Saw my first of the season this past weekend, standing proud as punch on a snowdrift. Hopefully get out this Sat or Sun to put a dent in the males.