Well, with archery season less than 2 weeks away, I figured I'd retire the .22 and finish off any small vermin in the yard with my bow and judo points. I got this fella Sunday evening from the garage door. He was about 10 yards out beside a flower bed half out of his hole. I managed to take him in the back of the head...not bad for my fist ever gopher shot with my bow!

Well I hope you have a good taxidermist...

Nice shooting!

This is the one you get mounted disappearing back down a gopher hole

Wow, that's a mess. You should put less powder in your arrows.

Gotta love judo tips, I shoot them all the time.

Lucas

this is the first time I saw a rat with racin stripes.

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Originally posted by 33806whelen:
this is the first time I saw a rat with racin stripes.

We have tons of 'em up here on the Canadian prairies. It sure is fun every spring cleaning them up outta the yard. This guy moved in part way through summer...bad idea.

That isnt a gopher. Thats a 13 lined Ground Squirrel. Dont know about the laws where you are, but in a lot of places these things are protected. Might want to take a minute and look at your local regulations to avoid any possible problems from the bunny huggers.

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Originally posted by Flags:
That isnt a gopher. Thats a 13 lined Ground Squirrel. Dont know about the laws where you are, but in a lot of places these things are protected. Might want to take a minute and look at your local regulations to avoid any possible problems from the bunny huggers.

You're 100% correct Flags, they are called 13 stripped ground squirrels(I refer to them as vermin, others gophers, and others ground squirrels), and yes, in some Krazy states in the US, the bunny hugger's have gotten their way. But up here on the CDN prairies where farming and agriculture are #1, the tree hugging granola crunchers don't have ANY clout. It's funny when at least 75% (or more, just a conservative guess) of the areas constituents are farmers or raised in farming communities...they're a lot less likely to listen to morons like they are down South of the border. These vermin ruin crops, as well as endanger livestock, and every farmer who has 'em wants 'em gone. Some farmers in Sask even buy your .22lr ammo for a weekends shoot, just to control the population. We do have some areas in AB and SK that are protected grassland areas, and in these areas, blasting these "pests" (pests is in quotes because these ground squirrels play a vital role in the authentic grassland regions of NA) is highly illegal. There are no known areas, that I know of within 100 miles of where I live. So thanks for the warning, but I'ma gonna keep on turning 'em to red mist, and skewering as many as I can!

CK82 out

Where's that thing's head?

He blowed up good CK82, real good!

he sure did LDK! I'm kinda going through withdrawl this spring...there's still a pile of snow in the yard and I haven't seen any targets of opportunity as of yet. This time last year I had about a dozen turned to red mist....darn late spring...

I live in SE WY and I get about 150-200 a year out my kitchen window with a Sheridan Blue Streak and 3 pumps. They like to eat my wife's flowers. Vermin here, no season, no limit.

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Originally posted by HalS:
I live in SE WY and I get about 150-200 a year out my kitchen window with a Sheridan Blue Streak and 3 pumps. They like to eat my wife's flowers. Vermin here, no season, no limit.

Yup, pure vermin...flea bitten rats I tells ya!

I think you oughta have it mounted in a charging position. Like a leapard or lion. lol. That'd be funny as crap. You know w/ like a claw up in attack mode.

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Originally posted by Gayne C. Young:
Where's that thing's head?

All over the yard.....