No photo but today I shot a couple of prairie dogs at 483 yards with my 204 ar15 with a nightforce shv 4-14x56 on top of it. I verified one kill with a neck shot, the other one was shot in the leg and it dragged itself back into its hole. I'm pretty sure this is my longest kill so far. I guess this was hunting.

I realize that occasionally prairie dogs are victims of non lethal shot placement, but I think if it was me I wouldn't be bragging about it online.

Commonsense is in short supply!!

Apparently, common sense is not all that common.

You guys should send huntsman 22 a PM, I hear he's organizing a prairie dog rescue league.

Prairie dog lives matter.






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Agree with some of the thoughts but lets not "throw stones in glass houses". This is a Long Range Hunting forum is it not? Who shoots prairie dogs at 100 yards anyway (except maybe with a .22)? Who hasn't had a few make it to their hole? Not perfect or necessarily desirable but it goes with the sport. "PC" is for those who live in a fictional, make-believe world.

You can't shoot em all in the babies....

204's suck!!! There's no way you hit something at that distance with said chambering!! Haha

Wasted backstraps ?

Good shooting!!

Oh😳 the humanity a wounded sage rat. Thank god the boys from PITA showed up and set us straight.
You girls get the old ladies pants mixed up with yours don’t ya.
LMMFAO

Puzzies like the first three responders are y a guy kills a lion and the left hangs him. about 75% of so called hunters are self righteous left leaning pukes that forget killing is messy. Not to mention they apologies for sitting firmly at the top of the food chain. They are just happy they have more bathroom options. MANtheFUCKup.

That's some good shooting in my book.

fred, you are one righteous sumbitch.


Here, hold my beer.

Without pictures, it didn't happen.

😂😂😂😂. I will admit when I’m wrong but never apologize for what and who I am. [bleep] the bleeding hearts.

Smoooth.

483 yds..................

holy schidt.....................

Nice to see you again Fred, yeah anyone who's shot sage rats has had a few escape down the hole, including me. But I don't think it's good form to wound one and brag about it online. If that makes me a puzzy in your eyes so be it. I don't really give a flying fuik what you think.

The thing is, I don't think the OP was "bragging" about anything. He was admitting that one of his shots wasn't clean.

Nothing more than that.

526 yds.........

20 Vartarg.............

no crawl offs.............

If you've never wounded a PD, you haven't been at it for very long.

20 yrs.........I've had a few crawl offs.........

I had one. It was back in '86. Freak weather phenomenon caused it.

I suppose calling it bragging might not have been the best word to describe it.

Is it wrong if I scrolled down to this pic and started chuckling??

This. To the OP-nice shooting!

Smoke
Thats how I took it as well.

I’m a bit out of practice walkn on water but this place is plugged full of teachers.

The one on the left isn't dead. He learned how to play opossum.

Who are we suppose to be pandering to? Bunny huggin’ Liberals? [bleep] them and prairie dogs. Chit happens

1986 you say....well, at least it was before "global warming",....can't blame it on that.

It was caused by global warming, but I was the only one who knew about it back then. Until that one night, I had too many beers and ran my mouth to that prick Al what's-his-name.

I'm sorry that my shot was six inches off. Here's one that didn't crawl away.

Love the pictures thanks.

Looks like the PD version of Jonestown.





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Murderers all of you!!!!!!

Do what everyone else does on the internet and lie about it. Or just tell the sanctimonious twatts who berate you to GF themselves.

Wish we had PD!

All we have is 'skeeters'!!

So that's the reason for your Sharps!

Ed

I have had other PDs drag them down the holes-couldn't believe it!

Bad plague this year. I don't even go near them!

Their canabilistic, as are sage rats.

I'd love to shoot some, someday...

They look like they reek, even worse opened up, I'd imagine?

What do y'all do with the carcasses? Funeral Pyre? Buzzards? Barbeque?

Huntsman22, has a great recipe, send him a PM.

have had two pair of these guys follow me around on p/dog trips......

this one landed on RR tie around 30' from my table set up.....

I heard this restaurant is serving fresh carrion today. Table for one with a view please 🦅

Geez, couple guys come up and just mention the fact that sometimes its not the best to put all the info on the table, and I agree. And get crucified... we all know it happens, just keep the public info non public IMHO. Damn easy and twat be damned.

I have to many years shooting PD's in Montana with wind going five different ways to believe that shot happened with a 204

Yeah, that's 17hmr range.

Aah .......ya that's probably right. Been some outstanding shots made with a keyboard..

If you think 483 yards is impossible or even all that difficult with a 204, then you REALLY need to shoot more.

5 direction of wind...Yeah, that may be luck for most..But, not on a windless day in June in MT with a CZ 527 Varmint 204. One died at 521 lased yards. Plenty met their end that day at 400 plus sum yards with our 204’s. Next day, windy, different story...204’s took a nap and the 243 win came out.

Yep, when the wind really blows 483 yard pdogs are a really tough shot with any rifle. On calmer days, about anything with enough accuracy and scope adjustment or hold over will work.

+1
Accurate rifle, excellent loads, great optics 😉