mlheppl
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I just got back from the long awaited prarie dog hunt a little bit ago. It wasn't cape buffalo hunting on the dark continent, but was some much needed fun time nonetheless.
The morning started off good. My hunting partner (my Dad) and I were only 10 minutes off of the blacktop when we came upon a small dog town. We set up and I had one shot and one dog down at about 125 yrds. I tell you, the more I shoot my Ruger No 1 in 220 swift - the more I love that gun.
Well things got real dead after that for a couple of hours. We tried several areas that are known dog hangouts and nobody was home. At about noon, we decided to relocate to another area. We had stumbled across this dog town last fall while scouting for an elk hunt.
When we got to the dogtown we weren't dissapointed. We set up and commenced to letting the lead fly. The dogs would go underground for a little bit then reappear. We'd do this a couple of times then move down the dogtown a 150 yards or so and go again. This was the biggest prairie dog town that I've seen in many years. It stretched for over a mile and a half, maybe two miles. I ended up taking 18 dogs and my Dad took 19. Man what a blast.
We plan on leaving the dog town alone for about a month. Then the young ones will be emerging. Well they've got a rude awakening awaiting them.
The morning started off good. My hunting partner (my Dad) and I were only 10 minutes off of the blacktop when we came upon a small dog town. We set up and I had one shot and one dog down at about 125 yrds. I tell you, the more I shoot my Ruger No 1 in 220 swift - the more I love that gun.
Well things got real dead after that for a couple of hours. We tried several areas that are known dog hangouts and nobody was home. At about noon, we decided to relocate to another area. We had stumbled across this dog town last fall while scouting for an elk hunt.
When we got to the dogtown we weren't dissapointed. We set up and commenced to letting the lead fly. The dogs would go underground for a little bit then reappear. We'd do this a couple of times then move down the dogtown a 150 yards or so and go again. This was the biggest prairie dog town that I've seen in many years. It stretched for over a mile and a half, maybe two miles. I ended up taking 18 dogs and my Dad took 19. Man what a blast.
We plan on leaving the dog town alone for about a month. Then the young ones will be emerging. Well they've got a rude awakening awaiting them.