I got my first gopher of 2011 today. My weapon of choice???

Cummins4x4 said:
black powder thats is NOT a gopher, at least not like anything I have ever shot...:p Actually kinda looks like my siamese:eek:
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That's because out here, we have ground squirrels, NOT gophers. We just call them that generically.
Now, that being said ANYONE can hit a gopher at 150yds with a .22LR, but now try that out here with a ground squirrel! That takes a little more skill.
 
All this talk about gophers got my blood up so tonight I went out to the gravel pit and blew off half a box of 555's. Wanted to see where things were still sight-wise. Set up a dozen targets (pop and water bottles full of water) at 75yds, sat down with my bi-pod and made them dance. The first ones were quite impressive!! most of them exploded from the pressure. I was able to pick up a fair number of bullet pieces, but only the ones that actually hit the bottles the first time. Some were classic mushrooms, other tore up and fragmented pretty bad. I can see why they are messing up the gophers. pics of them tomorrow if I can make it work. The rest of the time I just chased the bottles around the gravel berm, making them dance around. guess I can still shoot well enough for this year's season...
Now, if this damn snow would ever go away....
 
pharaoh2 said:
I once knew this guy with a power wheelchair.....
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. You knew a guy who's brother-in-law's sister's husbands' cousin... Think I'm gonna believe that?

I bet Gecko45 could have done it with his tactical response radio flyer red wagon...blindfolded, while chasing Asian gang members
 
Blackpowder....the thing you are calling a gopher is in reality a Marmot/groundhog/ woodchuck...they can weigh up to 10 pounds when adult. The Western gopher (ground squirrel) may, in a large one, weigh in at 1 pound. Standing about 6 inches high and 2 inches wide.
 
rookie wildcat said:
Yeah, yeah, yeah. You knew a guy who's brother-in-law's sister's husbands' cousin... Think I'm gonna believe that?

I bet Gecko45 could have done it with his tactical response radio flyer red wagon...blindfolded, while chasing Asian gang members
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Pffft. A wagon? Really? Anyone can kill gophers with a wagon. This year I'm going to leave my guns at home and start using a bowling ball.
 
Ha Ha - Out my way, most of what people call gophers are actually columbia ground squirrels if we want to get picky!
I think the real challenge is to kill them with a remote controlled toy car, spiked tires so it's humane of course.
 
Actually, I was thinking about getting a ferret and going out with it. It'll chase them dang Richardson's ground squirrels right out of their holes. It'll be a shoot fest.
 
Hunt&Hook said:
Doncha think a bowling ball is overkill? Golf balls hit hard enough for gophers even when using a measly #5 iron.
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Sure, but what skill is there when your delivering such a high speed, flat flying ball? The real challenge is trying to hit a gopher with an oversized ball and a rainbow tradgectory. A true sportsman wouldn't use anything less then a bowling ball. Anything else is just a waste of energy.
 
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