Great Easter Gopher hunt

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In spite of the crappiest spring in a long time I still got 11 gophers in the two warm hours on Sunday afternoon.
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** Edit: Thx for the pics!

A gopher safari on the prairies is definitely on my bucket list!!



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I can't wait until the snow is gone. We have properties lined up and there are a bunch of them out there. Best day last year was 243 in about 6 hours.:sniper:
 
Still quite a bit of snow around but on the warmer days I have been going out for about 3 hours in the early afternoon. Best day was 14 with most shots being fairly long with the .17.
 
My wife and I shoot our first gophers today. She's super excited lol. We still have about a foot of snow on the level in most places
 
Got Juice? said:
I have one for gopher stew... but it does taste a little musky
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I've often wondered what they taste like. Odd that they would be musky, given what they eat. Could they be heating up before you get a chance to clean them? I'm just asking, because I'm thinking of going out this Spring, but I won't shoot anything I won't eat (unless it's damaging stuff, which I don't think they do where I'd be hunting). Any techniques/recipes/hints on preparing them would be appreciated.
 
Papaclaude said:
I've often wondered what they taste like. Odd that they would be musky, given what they eat. Could they be heating up before you get a chance to clean them? I'm just asking, because I'm thinking of going out this Spring, but I won't shoot anything I won't eat (unless it's damaging stuff, which I don't think they do where I'd be hunting). Any techniques/recipes/hints on preparing them would be appreciated.
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I'll dig out the recipie and send it to you. Depends on the gophers themselves. A little stronger than rabbit. Like the difference between mutton, lamb,goat. Same flavours, but in different concentrations.

I doubled the bacon last time and it smoothed out considerably. Then again, 60-80 gophers in a stew pot do not have a chance against 2lbs of Mitchells Bacon!!!
 
Early spring gophers fresh out of hibernation would probably have a very strong taste, fat gopher in June ready for hibernation probably less so
 
Papaclaude said:
I've often wondered what they taste like. Odd that they would be musky, given what they eat. Could they be heating up before you get a chance to clean them? I'm just asking, because I'm thinking of going out this Spring, but I won't shoot anything I won't eat (unless it's damaging stuff, which I don't think they do where I'd be hunting). Any techniques/recipes/hints on preparing them would be appreciated.
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I'm no authority on these matters, but am heading out to AB a little over a month from now for my 3rd gopher-shooting-specific western trip. :) (awful sentence) I'd urge you to leave the "gopher cooking and eating" discussion for Ontario, or, for web forums. lol I mean, no harm in it I guess...but most land owners I've met out there already think I might have a screw loose simply because I "fly all that way JUST to shoot gophers?". lol That said, I've also been told I'm welcome back anytime.

I think once you crank a few of them and catch a whiff, the idea of eating one goes right out the window. Or should. To each, their own.

Thanks for posting OP~appreciate the photos too!
 
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