Who's Gopher Hunting?

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kametc

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I've been out three trips so far since the weather finally broke. Mostly shooting My Rem 700 SS .223 fluted varmint. Shooting a little .22lr also but most of the squirrels are very spooky for some reason and shots are long.(150-350 yards). My son went with me yesterday after work and brought his 22-250. Great fun even though it got windy. We just moved so we were shooting downwind. Mostly prone shots at about 200.

Good to be out:D

Ken
 
Our "pocket" gophers are a tuff bunch to hunt.... Bout the only time you can hit one is when it is working on a tunnel system and you see the dirt fly... than you set up a few/10 yards away and wait to time the peek-a-boo and whack them with a shot gun...
Brent
 
I think he is referring to marmots/woodchucks or possibly praire dogs, not pockets gophers.

You are right, however, in that pocket gophers would be a rarity to shoot.
 
These ones are Richardsons Ground Squirrels. About half the size of a prairie dog but they look the same. I don't think Montana has any "gophers" proper except maybe east around Sydney.

Ken
 
've been out three trips so far since the weather finally broke. Mostly shooting My Rem 700 SS .223 fluted varmint.
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I have the exact same model of Remington rifle, and it is by far my most favorite rifle to shoot or hunt with:


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