Gopher shoot on Sunday

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Deaner and I wandered off to the Ogema area to a good friend's farm, where he raises gophers on a contract basis for me. No money changes hands, as I let him have the crops and cattle that he grows. Good of me, eh? :p

Down to business. There aren't all that many gophers around there, but we toasted a fair few. We shot from about 10 am until 1:00, then from 4:30 until about 7:30. We used .22's, 17HMR's, 12 & 20 guage, and I used my 455 22 mag. Boy! Does that .22 mag round ever mess up gophers! G:

It was a good day, a bit windy, but the flies were no problem. Once the wind died down in the evening we were shooting some nice long shots with our .17's. Deaner has a 452 Varmint barrel. I missed a few intentionally so Dean didn't feel bad... :cool:

Sorry, no pics, so it didn't happen!
 
Mr.Rigpig said:
Figured you need at least 1 messy critter in a thread like this. Courtesy of the 204R.
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Oh dear! The poor cute little gopher! Better rush it to the nearest animal hospital. That pic is good for the people on here who ask if we eat gophers. :puke:
 
While mounting my high horse, I am wondering how to say, "I eat what I shoot - with the exception of gophers and skunks." :p

Seriously, I can't imagine the mess this part of the country would be if we didn't shoot gophers. Those who were around for the gopher infestations of 2005 and 2006 know what I am talking about. One poor farmer told me that all the shooting was finally starting to make a difference. One seeded field I shot in near Mankota actually stunk of rotten gophers! That was in 2006. It was a terrible mess around there.
 
Yes............those FFF's..................Fun...........Furry............Foes................ :wave:

Makes fer good pracktiz chewt'in awff tuh chewt'n sticks........................:sniper:
 
They are thick here !
Was out this weekend , killed lots and it didn't seem to make a dent in the population . Lots of gophers to shoot this summer .
 
Had to my first trip to the moosomin area with 2 of my friendly fellows. In about 12 hours of shooting we cooled about 1500 critters. I was introduced to the idea of shooting the .223 at longish range until you can't touch the barrel, then shoot the .22lr at closeish ranges until the barrel on the .223 cools. Repeat until dark. It was sick comedy that I will repeat in 2016.
 
lookout said:
Had to my first trip to the moosomin area with 2 of my friendly fellows. In about 12 hours of shooting we cooled about 1500 critters. I was introduced to the idea of shooting the .223 at longish range until you can't touch the barrel, then shoot the .22lr at closeish ranges until the barrel on the .223 cools. Repeat until dark. It was sick comedy that I will repeat in 2016.
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It would be nice to be able to perform that task with an AR
 
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