Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Predators and Varmints 2012 Gopher/Sage Rat/Prarie Dog/Rock Chuck Killin Thread

Just don't leave loose cash laying around. These two are a little feral...


Travis

lol, no worries, sure they will fit in fine.....

I thought that skull plate fixed that for you??

It was SUPPOSED to! The Mexican Surgeon that put that in after the taxi cab accident in Cabo warned me sternly "Be very careful, this plate is HOT!"

Travis

Mine has more color...


Travis

Its been pretty nasty around here. Cold, snowy, and windy so gophers havent been out much. Shot a few earlier in the week while out feedin animals at the ranch. Its supposed to be warmer this week but of course wind comes with it.

Been schitty here as well.

Bring on the spring...



Travis

Went out to the range today to shoot some test loads. I was in the middle of shootin a group when I caught something moving out of the corner of my eye. I looked over and two male gophers were rollin around fighting less than 10 feet from me. The loser gave up and ran right towards me and I couldnt see him anymore. I failed to notice the hole right under the bench. I looked under the bench and he was about a foot away from my foot.


Tried to stomp him and he ran off to a hole about 10 yards away. I loaded up a 95gr Btip in my 243 and waited. He came out and stood proud and then some how took flight.


I lost the other one but eventually he came back out also. I loaded up a 140gr Fusion in my 7mm-08 and from about 10 feet away, he grew wings and exploded also. He took a 140gr does of Extenze and grew a little. lol

This is how far he flew from the hole...he is straight back from the hole


Here they are after their little dispute was settled...I think its safe to say they are now BFF's lol

Nice pictorial DT...

Hope to have some pics next week...if I dont lose my friggin camera again!

I think he hit it.


Travis

Tough to tell if it was a direct hit, or a "flesh" wound...with a .243

Hard to tell which one was more effective.

Looks like the actual cause of death may have been severe trauma combined with fairly massive blood loss. Course you'd need a coroner to be more specific.

When I go I hope it is that quick.

nawwww.. that's what a psychiatrist calls a 'split personality'....

I killed a ground squirrel with my bow a few days back, does that count.

Someday I hope to do some varmint shooting like you guys are lucky to be able to do.

It only counts if there's massive carnage.

Three years ago I had found some local places to shoot squirrels on people's property. I had a .17hmr with an 8-32x scope on it. The ones we were shooting were between us and a little pond so our longest shots were 125 yards and shortest at about 60. With the big scope shooting off a rest I was making really neat head shots that were relatively clean compared to the body stomach shots my friend was making a mess with.

I was telling him I wasn't going to pick his up to put them in a bucket anymore, they were too messed up to pick up. He told me to stop being a puzzy and start seeing what massive carnage shots were all about. So okay, I started making stomach shots when I could have just as easily been making neat head shots.

When I hit Oregon sage rats that have been eating wet alfalfa with my cute little .243 WSSM loaded with Varmint Grenades, there wasn't anything to pick up! Never saw such carnage, they literally disappeared into specks of red goo. Rat parts, soil fragments and bullet shrapnel cut a neat tunnel into the standing alfalfa like a tunnel boring machine. Never saw anything like it. Never thought about picking up the dead that don't disappear, as the eagles and hawks do clean up duty.

40 grain ballistic tip via 204 at maybe 30 yards...