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The main place I hunt them, a 200 yard shot is a gimme. If you don't want to shoot at 300 yards, you will haul a lot of your ammo back home with you.
There is a FM road adjacent to the town and all the locals keep 'em stirred up.
Never holler whoa or look back in a tight place
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Top shot yesterday was 471 yards with a 243 and 75 grain hollow point bullet...
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I need a little bad luck on the part of the dog to hit one at that range.
For those long shots I switch to my 244AI w/ 70 gr. b t.
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Scott F,
Prairie dogs are indeed quite a bit bigger than ground squirrels, exactly how much bigger depending on the species of ground squirrel. But PD's are also a lot spookier, and the shooting ranges increase quickly after they've been shot at some. Wind is often harder in PD country as well, which increases the difficulty with range.
Have shot considerable numbers of both over the decades, in several states, and PD shooting is normally tougher, especially after they've been shot at for a day or two. Having never shot them I would not know which is harder so I will take your word for it. The Belding,s Ground Squirrel is what I have shot the most and I have taken several past 400 yards but there was not a lot of wind. Since my long range squirrel rifle, a Number 1 V in 22 BR, is long gone and my current sage rat rifle is a K hornet I probably will never know. Still a lot of fun to see what others are doing and thinks for the opinion.
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I have a carload of varmint rifles in all calibers, but it seems like this 22-250 is the closest thing I have to a lazer... ![[Linked Image]](http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee202/bridgershooters/rifles/image_19.jpg)
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Hard to tell which one is the fencepost.
I replace valve cover gaskets every 50K, if they don't need them sooner...
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There are 2 rifles there and no fence post. Yours is the one in the back. Don't you recognize it?
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