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Originally Posted by J0HN_R1
Bullsh_t... 
You didn't kill 1000 of them this year, they haven't even been out for a month.
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Yeah, I'd probably think that too if I never looked much further than my front lawn.
However, the gophers have been out in Calgary since February 9.
We started shooting at the farm on February 19; shot 85 by end of light on the 20th. By March 1 we were at 524. Couldn't get out again again until this weekend; shot 444 over both days. The landowner has been out following our lead and says he's over 200 already, which is more than he has shot in several years.
So yeah, they are out, and between us we've shot over 1,100 on a 1/4 section. Still haven't seen a female in all the carcasses I've checked, so I'm guesstimating that we haven't hit the 1/2 way mark yet.