Got back Sat. from the PD hunt/shoot. A brief summary of the week went like this...
Left Sun. was a week ago about 2 pm and drove to Vernon, Tx. Spent the night in a RV park (we were pulling my friends 5th wheel RV). Vernon is about 1/2 way to Clayton, NM.
Monday morning we pulled into Clayton, set up the RV, bought my license, and went by the Grasslands office. We also stopped by a sporting goods store, there in Clayton, and the fellows there were really helpful. The owner of the RV park also told us where we could find PD's. Late Monday afternoon, we found a small PD town and just used the .22lr.
Tuesday, we did more scouting and again shot the PD town we shot the day before, but this time, we set up the tables and brought out more fire power. Stayed there until mid afternoon. Plenty of shooting, but the wind was really bad, gusting to 30 mph.
Wed, morning we shot another small PD town with .22 lr. Had to move a time or two, but kept busy till mid afternoon. Then we went to another small place and was shooting it when the owner of the land across the road came by. Told us to shoot all we wanted on his place and he had a lot of PD's. Wind was bad this day, too.
We spent all day Thurs on the private property. Shoot a while, then move up and shoot some more. Plenty of PD's and we really went thru some ammo that day. Wind wasn't quite as bad and we were able to shoot into the wind or with the wind.
Had to start home Friday and drove to Vernon, Tx to spend the night. Got up Sat. morning and started home, but the truck broke down near Meunster, Tx. and we had to get it towed. Wife came and picked us up in Gainsville, Tx, so we didnt get home until around 10 pm. Holiday weekend, so it will be Tuesday or Wed before the truck can be repaired.
Except for the truck breakdown, it was a really good trip. We did the DIY thing and it really turned out well. We found 2 more really good places to shoot on the Grasslands and never got around to them. The biologist at the Grasslands office said the PD numbers were way down from 3-4 years ago because of the plague, but they were beginning to rebound. We saw quite a few PD's on private land, but didn't attempt to contact the owners to see if we might shoot.
All-in-all, it was a great time.
