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

Soooooo, are the lake trout catch-n-kills like they are in Yellowstone? I believe if you dont kill them, you get in trouble....

No, they are managed as a trophy fish in the gorge. A limit of 8 and only 1 can be over 24 inches.

Burbot/ling on the other hand MUST be killed if caught. Signs posted at most access points make it very clear. I pulled 2 ling through the ice this year that were 32" plus. They are a realitively new exotic and are growing like shrooms in chit with all the food in that res.

Interesting...Lake trout are pretty good on the Grille....Ling are pretty common here, but nothing that size!

Lakers are quite good, at least the ones around here are. Some people say they are oily but I have not found that to be true.

Ling are equally as good. Strange considering the rotted crap they eat. Kind of like catfish.

Strange how in fish we people eat the predators/scavangers and turn our noses up at the plant eaters like carp (at least in civilized countries), but in terrestrial critters it is reversed. I'm throwing up just thinking about preferring coyote steak to elk steak.

I am jealous, don't mind me.

Holy Crap its dry over here. I have only seen a few babies out and that is only where the grass is relatively close to water and growing good. Everything else up here is crunchy. If we dont get rain we are screwed.

DT: We just made a big loop through Browning, then on to Chester, then back around to Augusta...the numbers are low, didnt see very many young ones, and it is dry....however the alfalfa is getting high enough to hide the gophs, and the wheat will be there in a couple weeks. The best part of the season is almost over and a quick count says I only shot about 1450 rounds of centerfire, and a couple hundred rimfires....thats a slow week, let alone most of a season....

ingwe,
I hope you bring along a medium bore for those close range "Death in the Tall Grass" shots!
whelennut

No doubt. I hardly shot any at all. There are a bunch of baby gophs in the school yard at the school I work at in Conrad. My finger gets itchy every time I see them. I guess its creek fishin time <grin>

Not a bad idea if I have to follow up by tracking a wounded goph to his lair...its a rare event, but it happens...

I shot a number of them with the .204 and 32 grainers that I thought I made good hits on...but they disappeared...don't know where they went.....

Killed about 200+ squeakers last few days with 2 other guys. Shooting in southern oregon. They were everywhere! My fiocchi 40gr .223 vmax is devastating on them lol

welcome to the Campfire Scroder!

what part of down here where you shooting?

Around Klamath Falls. We wanted to do a pay shoot up in Chiloquin but got a call last week there weren't enough squeakers to kill!

Dave

I can't imagine having to pay at all...

plenty of opportunity in Bonanza, Lakeview, Klamath, and pretty much all in between...

usually just for the asking...

Love this thread...

I'm glad Rick listened to me.




Travis

This is for all you old guys.





Travis

.223 meets prarie dog.

Had a good squeek season here in Northeastern Calif. Numbers were not as high as last year, but still damn good. Lol I would include pictures but everytime I get extra money for a camera I buy a rifle instead. Ed

That yote died from fear of plaid. WTF? Glad you were out of town, so you weren't seen by humans.....