What are you guys shooting from? I normally use this bench with roller bearings on it. Then I used a Harris bipod to walk around and be mobile. For this year I got a Desmond carbon fiber tripod, Desmond ballhead, Kopfjager vise, and then a picatinny to swiss arca rail mount. I'm headed up to SD in a few weeks.

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Nice sidekick!

I used to use Harris bipods and they worked great. But age caused my to go another direction. The past 4-5 years I’ve used a Coyote Jakes shooting bench. I believe they were sold to another company.
This is a bench with attached seat. The seat and bench top swivel independent of each other, 360 degrees. It’s the cats ass, in my view.
I use a Caldwell adjustable front rest and rabbit ear rear bag.
My brother has same set up. We set up 3-500 yards apart and shoot 360 degrees except toward each other.
I shoot for an hour or two at a spot and then move several hundred yards and do it again.
Usually I’ll try to park my truck over a hill out of sight.
When I move locations, I’ll toss the bench in my truck, move to a fresh spot and grab a couple rifles and fire away.
Going in ten days and can’t wait!

I’m envious! Haven’t been in 7 years. Have always used a Harris bipod, but getting up off the ground has definitely gotten harder with age. I’d probably have to find a different method too.

Everyone needs a spotter!

What a rig! So jealous.

elevation is a must.....goose neck hay trailer here......

20 Vartarg........

I like 20 cals......this is 20-222 & 9 twist...........fuggin' laser.........

just pulled my high mileage 20 Practical barrel......

screwed my 28" 223 AI 9 twist on it......

Elevation is good when you can use the landscape as well. It is also handy to have the shooting bench that swivels 360 degrees, so you can shoot in all directions. It also helps to have plenty rifles, to keep a cool barrel...

Cool rifles like those Sakos stay "hot" all day long....

I bet you get good traction. How many rounds per rifle?

Last outing I used a plastic "Lifetime" folding table and my regular benchrest front and rear rest. The plastic is slippery enough that I could slide it with the forend and move from target to target. Arizona PDs are in country with LOTS of brush. You need a spotter on 15s to clue you in. I rarely shoot beyond 350 yards. My favorite shooting was at 75-125 with my CZ 22 and Aguila Super Maximum ammo. My typical longer range rig is a heavy barrel Savage 22-250 using the old style blue meanies. I had to switch to 40 grain Vmax and Blitzkings when Barnes quit making them.

Bill here, Wow Shrapnel your loaded for bear, I mean prairie dogs!!! We don't have them in ont.🇨🇦 Out west there's some. We have ground hogs, whistle dogs. Had a couple of good spots but there getting scarce. Not many wabbits any more either. Crows are my varmint now. You guys get all the cool stuff!!!!!! I'm out 🐾👣🐾👣🇨🇦🐕

I like either a shooting mat from high power rifle competition or a scrap of carpeting. I usually tie a piece of twine for a handle.

screw that..... too much cactus hereabouts......

exactly........not just cactus......but spiders......snakes....ants...etc.....

or one of these guys.......crawl up your pant leg & bite you in the nuts....

It is more like pounds per rifle. I fill Dillon Border Shift bags with ammo for each gun...

I live in the middle of Wyoming and prairie dogs are all around, but I don't go prairie dog shooting like those guys in the posts with the pics. I do like to practice, and prairie dogs give me that opportunity all through the spring and summer most years (As I write this however, it's SNOWING again ---------- and so no P doggie shooting for a while here)

When I shoot them I use my rifles and a small day pack, just like when I am hunting anything from coyotes to moose.
I use a 222 or a 223 at times, but about half the time I use big game rifles and loads. That's what I mean by "practice". I don't use anything for prairie dog shooting that I would not have with me deer, antelope or elk hunting.

So as you may guess, I don't kill as many as the dedicated prairie dog shooters. The farmers love those guys, and some of the ranchers do too. They put a hurt on them. I kill a few every week, but I don't go out to shoot them for the sake of shooting them. Thank god some other men do, or we'd have far too many around.

In the last 10 years or so I bet I have killed as many and maybe more with 25-06s through 375H&Hs and I have with my 222 and 223. When I do go out to shoot them, I am usually only out for 1-2 hours and them I go back to work.

You guys that shoot them by the hundreds--------------Keep it up.

Are you concerned about richochet with the big stuff? I would be with anything over 100 grs.

Mr Shrapnel,
Do you load with a Dillion for prairie dogs?
I just finished up 1,700 rounds with my single stage.
whelennut

I have a couple 650's and a 550 too...

Wow! I need to quit slacking.

When I first started shooting them I used my deer rifle which was my only rifle. I had some richochet
problems with 120 gr 25-06 loads. I tried the 90 gr. And finally 75 gr. HP @ 3,400 fps. No more richochet. Now I like a heavy barrel .223,
40 gr Ballistic Tip or Hornady V Max.
Whichever I can find.
I have a 220 Swift for special occassions.
I am getting all prepared to go now.

Wow! My reloading setup is inadequate!

Holy [bleep] that is impressive. How did you sneak that in past the wife?

neat set up in the first picture, I shot pd's in S.W. Ks. when I was growing up using a 22lr, one of my favorite a few years ago Savage heavy barrel 1-9 twist, it would put 3 in the same hole using berger 70gr's. stay safe, thanks for sharing

To Answer Whelennut and his question:
Are you concerned about richochet with the big stuff?

Yes, which is why I still use the 222 and 223 at times. If I am on Farm land or around ranch land I use the 222 and 223

But I know of several P-Dog town that are about 25 miles out and away from any pavement, and it's common to spend the whole day out there and never see another truck, even on the other mountains. that are miles away.
So out there shooting them with anything from my 25-06 to my 404 Jeffery is just fine.

Thanks I think you clarify things very well.
whelennut

Shooting in Utah and Wyoming I just set up on the hood of the truck. But the absolute best pd setup I've seen is what Keith used to have. A longbed 4wd pickup with a camper, one of those square things about 6" higher than the cab, with aluminum siding. There was a gun box inside with drawers, and cabinets along the side for food and ammunition. The top had a carpeted shooting rack all around the edge and a 40" square hatch. Two people could shoot 360" up there, muzzles were about 7' off the ground. A folding canopy kept things shady, made a big difference - it could often be 110deg by 9am out there.. With a big cooler and food you could spend a whole day comfortably on the prairie. It was just perfect for pds and groundsquirrels. That kind of rig was used extensively for coyote shooting in so. calif., probably still is.

That sounds like one hell of a rig. Would love to see photos of it.

OSU - It was the perfect varmint rig. I think Keith probably still has pictures.

Please post pictures that sounds great.

Very inspiring pictures, I have access to a lot of scrap steel and grabbed some 1” sq tubing and made a portable shooting table that can fit into the back of my truck for elevated shooting. I hope to get out to the panhandle of OK this year and do some blasting on p-dogs.