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Look at what I found in my basement...

Costco?


Travis

What books?

I usually buy those same bullets in bulk, tho. I load a bunch at a time. The plural term for these tiny, little pills in a bulk box is v-MAX, 'cause there's more'n one. I like to fox hunt with the Hornet too. But I perfer to kill multiple fox, instead of a single ol' fock.

Presactly! Calls need to exhibit sufficient glitz and promise to gain the eye of them what's naturally attracted to shiny, trilly stuff. Then it's up to the shooter um, companions to convince them to use the call, while they kill whatever shows up.

Even better to repeatedly compliment the caller on their "gifts", lest they catch on, lose interest and demand an equal chance at shooting.

Years ago we convinced one of our woodchuck hunting buds that he had mastered the little nickel-plated "silent dog whistle" we'd given him. Worked for awhile, then he insisted on a shot now and then.

We probably failed to provide enough encouragement?

don't we all wish it could be that easy!!!

40 something boxes of V Max... a real varmint shooter would consider that as the stock getting low...

I could easily live in that life style...

Get a copy of the movie "Caddyshack". There are lots of good ideas in there about rousting up gophers.

Was this at some sort of "Most Interesting Men in the World" Convention or what?

Youse guys. The TRUCK is the problem! To call gophers, you need to don camo (now there's a nom de plume for a gunriter: Don Camo!) and then sit motionless - the lotus position is suggested but optional - in a large field while making the sound of a soybean.

On second thought, nobody calls gophers any more. They just text.

My friend and fellow gun writer John Haviland grew up shooting gophers (Columbian ground squirrels) in western Montana, but never went prairie dog shooting until he started gun writing in his 30's, when he was invited on an "industry" hunt by some company.

After the nearby prairie dogs had been shot at enough to duck down their holes, he whistled on an empty cartridge case to call them back up again, as he did with gophers.

With prairie dogs, unfortunately, the sound of a whistle is an alarm call, and John's trick sent even distant dogs scurrying underground. His hunting companions looked at him like he was the dumbest varmint shooter on planet earth, and told him to CUT THAT OUT!

Is there a prairie dog "all clear" call?

Figure Shrapnel would know it, if there is.

Are you having your trophy gopher taxidermied? LOL!

Any taxidermist can mount a sheep, deer etc, but there isn't a single one that can do a good prairie dog...

Actually, there's one in SD. A buddy's wife shot one over 500 yards out, and it wasn't torn up too badly, so they had it mounted for her. It came out pretty good.

I doubt he will be able to get a mount to look like this...

Nice pic! I have noticed a lot less violence against groundhogs using the green tipped bullets in the .222, but they're a lot more accurate. The red tips in the Swift and .250-3000 can generate some fine airtime on the pigs.

Veteran move in my book........

JGR...how can you post at a time like this?

SHUT UP AND GO TO AFRICA!


YOU SUCK!!!!!

Shovel up what ya can...

throw it in a jar and top off with formaldehyde and there ya go...

"Montana exploded gopher/prairie dog mount"....