Prarie Dog Shooting

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What I ment was you'd have a lot more fun, plenty of bolt holes for the little critters too escape from survival of the fittest instead of blowing them to bits with high calibre rounds bit too much over kill for me.

Not keen on using live critters as long range targets, but,.. 'each to their own'...

 

Ferreted Prairie Dawgs,...it was, emotional...

Do they bolt from ferrets readily Phil.

[mackem 26,316]

[low plains drifter 10,458]

Bloody hell what calibre they using ?

Lardhead and his missiles

[Accip74 7,112]

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[beast 1,884]

I did some prairie dog control a few years ago the had colonised some land adjoining a well known zoo by burrowing beneath a fence and crossing a busy road. Ferreting was as Phil said emotional ? and ended up with some badly bitten ferrets. Shot some but they are tough little b@stards like big squirrels and as I could only use air rifles on that land I was undergunned and had a few get away injured. So I caught them in cage traps in the end which was quite straightforward and I should have done it in the first place. B@stards to get out of the trap so had to tip them into a paper sack. You can hold them by the tail but it is very short and after a couple of times they learn to tuck it underneath so you can't grip it. Only a small colony but i certainly earned money clearing them.

[Wolfdog91 7,003]

Y'all do realize this is pest ( or vermin as y'all say ) control right ? Its kinda hard to get with 100yd sometimes so long range is best. Not to mention their a carrier of many things. Aaaannnd who considers a .223 a big game caliber? I mean most hunters will chastise someone for bringing a .223 for any thing larger than a coyote.

[jiggy 3,209]

I remember talking to a gundealer who had a shooting range about 18 year ago and him and his mates used to go on trips to USA to shoot prairie dogs. .220 swift was the calibre they used and some of the better shots were shooting them at 600 yards. Easier said than done but the swift and 22.250 would be nice flat trajectory for the job.

[forest of dean redneck 11,589]

Y'all do realize this is pest ( or vermin as y'all say ) control right ? Its kinda hard to get with 100yd sometimes so long range is best. Not to mention their a carrier of many things. Aaaannnd who considers a .223 a big game caliber? I mean most hunters will chastise someone for bringing a .223 for any thing larger than a coyote.

I did as over here it's a calibre for the larger uk mammals dont forget we haven't got the open spaces or larger mammals you have in USA .

Over here it's smaller calibre and fieldcraft to get closer to the quarry.

[dytkos 17,784]

How much do each of those rounds cost? For a rodent?

 

Cheers, D.

[Wolfdog91 7,003]

Alot cheaper than a steer with a broke leg

[ginger beard 4,652]

First vid one was a 223 and the other a 22.250

got a 30-06 is that big.?

[Guest Navek]

Y'all do realize this is pest ( or vermin as y'all say ) control right ? Its kinda hard to get with 100yd sometimes so long range is best. Not to mention their a carrier of many things. Aaaannnd who considers a .223 a big game caliber? I mean most hunters will chastise someone for bringing a .223 for any thing larger than a coyote.

 

22.250 and 223 in England aren't used for shooting rabbit sized squirrel like prairie dogs....but then we English don't really have that American attitude of yeeeee haaaaaa let's go shot me a ground squirrel with an anti tank gun !!

[mackem 26,316]

[Lenmcharristar 9,751]

id loveto go do this for a weeks hol. the good old usa. got the right to use what yas want. good on yas for sticking together to keep things on your side.

[mackem 26,316]

id loveto go do this for a weeks hol.

300-500 rounds a day.....

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