As mentioned above.... mirage can be a problem as the sun gets high in the sky over a prairie dog town. There are days on the Eastern plains here in CO when my 12x binocular is absolutely worthless... it’s like looking through a swimming pool. So, there are many times shooting PDs, when your 6-20x is set at about 8-10x.
Also.... I like to see the dogs I hit... in the glass.... full-frontal nudity style. This also necessitates lower powered glass, even with lighter recoiling rounds like the .22-250.
I’ve put an awful big hurting on the PDs in my life, running 3-9’s and fixed 10x/12x. But... I have good eyes, I enjoy watching the stuff I shoot get nuked, and I’m not a body-count PD shooter.
I tend to sneak into known PD towns, shoot 5-10 rounds, then move on to the next town. It ain’t the Rosebud out here anymore, the days of setting up a table and shooting one town all day are looooong gone. Now a days... I practice Quality Prairie Dog Management.
