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I thought we were all supposed to be friends here. Lol.

I've been taking people fishing to my spots for years. That's what you do as a sportsman, bringing people to a sport.

Surprised at this statement coming from you.

One big reason I do my varmint shooting solo....I've found some good spots and sure not going to let anyone else ruin them.....I have too much time and effort invested.

that's smart. Too many then bring friends and so on and ruin areas

Try Ft. Belknap reservation.

They used to sell a license and give you a map to the dog towns.

Anyway....if you get tired of all the pomp and circumstance of prairie dog hunting......shooting gophers is way more fun and people welcome your efforts.

I bird hunted and shot some dogs there a few years ago. And a chance to visit the lovely metropolis of Havre

I started shooting PDs in a big way in about 1990. Went to South Dakota couple times a year. It was free and often if we were shooting close to a road, a farmer would stop and “ask” us to come shoot at his place. Those days are long gone. I pay to shoot these days. And I go to a place where the shooting is very good I wish it was free but it’s not and I enjoy it enough to keep paying.
Oh, and it’s west of the Mississippi.

Yeah.

Everybody knows that if you want great p-dog shooting, you just call Bob.

I did a shoot around Chamberlain SD. If I remember right, it was on Native American land, so only needed their license and they provided a map of known dog towns. That was over 10 years ago.

I wish I did, looks like fun!

There are 574 registered members online right now and 2000 unregistered viewers. This thread will be on the internet forever. How many people do you think will find it in a google search of 'where to go prairie dog hunting for free'? This thread will be a hit on a search engine in 10 years and beyond. How many people are going to go to that exact area given above due to that one response? If you don't think it happens that way, you're mistaken.

Since my thread has been blown up with stuff not pertaining to my original post (along w some good advice that I'm looking into) I thought I'd take a moment to reiterate....I'm NOT looking for anyone's honey hole, and I'm NOT looking for a free ride. Im just looking for an option that's less expensive than the $300 per day per hunter guided shoots so I can take my Dad out. I'm willing to pay for access....

Fishin' Holes are exponentially different than public-land hunting spots.

I can't remember anymore, on the way to Bob's place there's a cow in the corner of the fence where you have to turn, but, is that before or after the burned down windmill?




Figure out how far you wanna drive, then hop on the horn with whatever state's Game and Fish applies to that locale. That's how people who aren't looking for honey-holes or free-rides would go about this.

About the only ground squirrels around here are in town. Still have some Rock Chucks though.

No.. they're not. And, in the case of the "fishing hole", which may be GPS numbers, you're actually putting food on someone's table. Not just killing some pesky rodent for the fun of it.

Not that it matters to this discussion. But, I've been giving away most of the fish I caught for years.

As a matter of fact, Thought it was pretty cool Roger was giving the snapper he caught the other day to his Dad to give to friends.

I can put my boat on any lake or river and catch some sort of fish without any prior knowledge of that body of water.

The likelyhood that I could drive to say UT where I've never been anywhere except SLC and up to Park City, and just drive around and find prairie-dogs to shoot is far lower than catching a fish on a new body of water.

I'll give complete strangers GPS coordinates for a fishing spot. I have friends, good friends, that I won't take hunting in certain spots and I'm sure as heck not putting any hunting spots on the 'net.

You western boys think dogs are gold. Guess that's how it is out there. Lol.

And your fishing holes are apparently just holes. Ain't like that here.

Yes

Well, things have changed.
Indian guides are required, and the they ain’t free, and the license cost is a lot higher.
Hunted the Rosebud reservation many times in the 90s. It was great shooting then, cheap license and no guides needed.