Saskatchewan Gophers
- Thread starter Jimmy17
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hometownhero
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- Toon Town, Sk
April 21st I was out at the farm shot about 70 of them. Havent been out since its rained A LOT since then
no fricken kidding! In SE Sask, the major(heavily travelled) grid roads are a mess, not to mention the smaller grids. After today, it is suppose to be nice up till Sunday. Thinking maybe is a good time to buy a fishin license and put the gun away.
Just came back from four days of a gopher safari in and around Gravelbourg. Numbers are low due to poisoning, predators and very wet and cold weather. Call around to find farmers with problem gophers otherwise you may find that your favorite spots are no longer your favorite spots.
Not seeing many gophers this year, spent the weekend moving cows around to various pastures and didn`t see many. Just a few in some fields along side the grass. Rain and snow as well as high wind yesterday made things difficult. Due to the alkali in the area i won`t be getting out to some pastures for a while, learned the hard way years ago stay the hell out of the pasture after more than 1/2" of rain. Maybe i`ll invite Sksavenger down for a gopher shoot and send him out ahead to check out the terrain.
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In south central sask, along border, ussually i rattle 3 or 4 ( or more) thousand shells through my ruger 10/22 shooting pasture rats per year, not much to shoot at anywhere i have looked this year. the local Old boys say the gophers get sick if it stays wet for too long, kills them all off, a few years ago i was at places where i would sit still in one 1/4 section all afternoon and shoot 750 rounds or more.......This year they are so sparse i can spend the money and use .17 hmr or .223 to flatten them, not shooting as much means i dont feel as bad using "funner" more expensive to shoot guns to dispatch the few i have been seeing. Kinda been making the long range gopher hunt the new normal, not about quantity anymore, so i try to make it about quality. smoking the 250 yard gopher with the .223 is fun, just wish there were more.
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Found lotsa gophers by talking to the right people. Bagged over 100 yesterday and more than 60 today in a couple of hours. Organic farmers are very receptive to proper inquiries. Was shooting 20 min from home. Quite liking the new Buckmark rifle.
i live in Sask and just about every cow pasture or unfarmed land has a vast amount of gophers. 
