SE Sask gopher sighting

[surfclod]

Well I am having a hard time falling asleep tonight.

Saw my first gopher of the season today.

Realize that some fellas further west have been out a few times this season already but for we folks near the MB border mid March gopher sightings are exciting indeed

Sadly the rest of the week looks a fair bit cooler but I am looking forward to a fruitful season.

 

[Drillbit]

Dang!! Lucky guy!

Drove through my "patches" last weekend and didn't see one. Soon tho!

 

[TheTooner]

I saw a few near Kyle last week.

 

[Gunneegoogoo]

I saw a mosquito today.....

I shot at him with my .17HMR

 

[tigger]

My son and I were gopher hunting on the 13th near Assiniboia. Wind was a big issue but they were active!

 

[dead meat]

Haven't seen a gopher yet in my pastures. Ticks are out though, two friends pulled ticks off the dog already.

 

[IvoB]

Gopher plinking is on my bucket list

 

[DT741]

Damn I miss the Prairies !

 

[Grizzly Adams]

Saw my first on the highway yesterday, Damn, he was in the other lane.

Grizz

 

[Yotarunner]

In east central AB. I have been shooting a few early ones already. Last saturday i managed about 30 of em.

 

[titch--]

Havent seen one yet myself.

Just a question. Do you guys start shooting now, or do you wait till they have babies and then start shooting them? I know one field the farmer wanted them gone so I would blast them now, but other places I think I would wait till they gained in numbers since they a so few lately.

 

[bbobie]

They have been out around my place for 2 weeks lol

 

[woodchopper]

saw my first one last weekend walking the dogs, 12 Mar.

 

[remyltr]

Haven't seen a gopher yet in my pastures. Ticks are out though, two friends pulled ticks off the dog already.

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

damn things

 

[saskcop]

I saw a mosquito today.....

I shot at him with my .17HMR

I am not sure that is big enough for Saskatchewan mosquitoes! They are the provincial bird after all. We need a mosquito defense thread started on here.

 

[scruffee]

I've seen a buttload of them for the passed week south of Saskatoon, too bad that snow came down...

 

[surfclod]

Havent seen one yet myself.

Just a question. Do you guys start shooting now, or do you wait till they have babies and then start shooting them? I know one field the farmer wanted them gone so I would blast them now, but other places I think I would wait till they gained in numbers since they a so few lately.

Though we always joke about "leaving a few for seed" I doubt that a weekend shooter could seriously effect a gopher population.

A farmer/rancher who was able to shoot daily can keep the numbers in check but even that would cost a lot in time.



Here in the south east the gopher numbers are just beginning to rebound, about 3-4 years ago there was abnormal rainfall and flooding that drowned them in their burrows. Water killed more in a few days than I will likely get in a lifetime but they come back.


I would go ahead and shoot them now, if you were to wipe them out the farmer would be so impressed I am sure he would pass along your name to others. As well as give you opportunities for game hunting on his land in the fall.

 

[sodburner]

man kill every mother lovin one you can now!! Last year the were sparse in the spring but by mid/late summer I had lost $$$$ on my crop.

 

[conrad01]

seen a few south of macklin sk. but then it snowed.