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That is my style as well. Benches and LR sniping. Although both are fun and I try to do some of each on each outing. My Avalanche interior is FULL of 22LR and 22WMR empties rollin and rattlin 'round 
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This is something my Dad has always wanted to do. Now that he's retired, I hope to put something together for him! Is there public land or landowners that would be receptive to hunters?
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I dont know about Washington but most farmers/ranchers will let guys shoot. Considering the person asking, ground conditions, etc. It sounds really bad but the way a person looks/acts says alot about how that person might treat another persons property.
Proverbs 12:27
The lazy do not roast any game, but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.
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This is something my Dad has always wanted to do. Now that he's retired, I hope to put something together for him! Is there public land or landowners that would be receptive to hunters? Down this way its not that hard to find places to shoot.. don't know how far you are up in Washington...but I am sure there are places to be lined up easily in NE Oregon also..
"Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC
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This is something my Dad has always wanted to do. Now that he's retired, I hope to put something together for him! Is there public land or landowners that would be receptive to hunters? over here its not hard to get permission for gophers(technically Richardson's ground squirrels).....prairie dogs can be hit or miss and at this point i dont have permission for any private land towns but their lil cousins are so common i dont spend any real time looking for prairie dog towns to shoot over..... gophers tear up gravel roads pretty good and most farmer/ranchers like them thinned out....in high school(late 90's) my buddies and i had access to a dozen ranches and it was preferred if we showed up as often as possible....
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We live about an hour and a half from Portland. My inlaws are in PDX, so we are in Oregon quite a bit. My Dad's retired now, so he can go whenever. Finding time to do a knock and talk would probably be the best thing. It would just suck to be unproductive because its a long trip otherwise.
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nothing ventured, nothing gained..
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Dan 360, PM sent, with my phone number. Call me after Church today and I will help you with some specifics. Plenty to go around! Several guys from here at 24hrcf have pm'ed me wanting help, there is NO shortage of good places to shoot or targets. I have been considering going into the guided varmint hunt business but for now I think I will just take guys from here for just some help with travel expenses to get to the killing fields and back because that is my limitation these days, lots of time but no gas money. Also need help lifting bags of ammo, shooting benches etc due to my health. I Especially want to take those from here who are taking a kid or a Dad. I have a soft spot for such things MARK
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BTW i got my first gopher of the season.......but i used the wifes GMC Yukon XL and smoked it on Highway 2 over by Browning MT this morning  hope to head out to my uncles after work tomorrow 22 in hand and see whats out....
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I got about 20 Richardson's in mid Feb -- males were just coming out. We've had plague so the populations are a fraction of what they once were. I have to hunt for them now.
My favorite 22 LR shell is the WW Power Point. A bit more accurate and it hits harder than most as it's a 40 grain with a huge hollow point.
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Sheridan: we just got about 350 of them west of your position by a tad... Shooting is slow so far...still a bit early.
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nothing ventured, nothing gained..
Big time, I learned long ago to get out and do my scouting and landowner relationship work and find my spots all on my own. I do not like to rely on others to do things for me. One of my best finds "field of dreams" is something like 36 sections of contigous pd's. I find it worth the time and effort to get out and never consider it a waste of time if it's a dry run. I have a fair number of chuck colony's that I found the hard way as well. My best summer was 431 chucks or something like that. It was a bit rough on the old 7 Mag tube....grin Just my way Dober
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Sheridan: we just got about 350 of them west of your position by a tad... Shooting is slow so far...still a bit early. drove almost the length of the Hiline yesterday as we went to Kalispel this weekend for the state Walleyes Unlimited banquet.....the drive home was rough, saw plenty of gophers and i hadnt thrown a gun in the Yukon before leaving cause we had a full load as friends went with us 
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No gun in the Truck? Must be a Pink Subaru....
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Sheridan: we just got about 350 of them west of your position by a tad... Shooting is slow so far...still a bit early. drove almost the length of the Hiline yesterday as we went to Kalispel this weekend for the state Walleyes Unlimited banquet.....the drive home was rough, saw plenty of gophers and i hadnt thrown a gun in the Yukon before leaving cause we had a full load as friends went with us Why did you not stop and buy me a beer? Travis
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cause we were in Havre for all of 5 minutes to gas up.....long [bleep] drive from here to Kalispel and we tend to haul arse there and back....
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Unacceptable.
And if Poo-Bah doesn't stop by here soon, I'm going to buy him another .204. That'll teach him some manners.
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lol...will work on getting up there for a day this summer.......course you could bring the kids down and meet the lot of us for a weekend on Fort Peck aswell...
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Hell yeah! You just let me know. I've never been down there and love fishing.
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will let yah know, usually start heading up there regularly mid May.....usuallly 3 families are camping together and though our kids are older than yours a couple more running around wont matter....
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