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02-28-2018, 04:02 PM
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Official 2018 gopher count thread
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02-28-2018, 04:18 PM
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That's a good way to welcome spring lol.
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02-28-2018, 09:53 PM
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saw some the last few days...can't wait for the weekend
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02-28-2018, 10:15 PM
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03-02-2018, 12:32 AM
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I am new to the province and would like to take my son out sometimes, gophers are good way to start hunting and firearm safety as well.
Not asking for any spots(by now figured how sensitive people are about it here).
Looking for some general info how you guys find and hunt these.
Any advice is more than welcome.
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03-02-2018, 05:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Daka
I am new to the province and would like to take my son out sometimes, gophers are good way to start hunting and firearm safety as well.
Not asking for any spots(by now figured how sensitive people are about it here).
Looking for some general info how you guys find and hunt these.
Any advice is more than welcome.
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To find them, drive lots of country roads. I have never figured out a pattern as to the hows and whys of finding a ground squirrel patch.
When you find a field find out who owns or leases it and go talk to them.
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03-21-2018, 11:11 AM
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saw some the last few days...can't wait for the weekend
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Gophers out big time, managed 16 with a mickey mouse marlin, access a problem---Your best long ranger, the answer, snow shooting the ultimate.
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03-24-2018, 08:13 PM
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They sure do show up on the snow covered fields, counted over 400 today, shot 70 on the fields we have permission on, and buried the Jeep to the rock rails.
Luckily the land owner has a sense of humour and and a tractor.
80 + 16 (coyoteman's post #23) +70 = 166
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03-24-2018, 08:26 PM
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166 PLUS 18= 184 Were even out in the rain this aft.
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03-02-2018, 06:57 AM
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AAAhhhh Man !! you wrecked the cape !! Meat should be ok tho ..lol . Seen a bunch out , glad someone got us started .
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03-02-2018, 10:04 AM
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Like mentioned before drive lots. I like pasture and hay fields that don't get worked up every year. I see them in stubble fields but not like the other fields. New crop fields can be really good when the crop is about 3-4 inches high and is right beside a pasture or hay field.
If the farmer does not poison them they will be in these fields every year. We have some fields we have hunted for over 20 years. We started using counters a few years ago and can get 1000 or more gophers off these fields every year.......can't wait.
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03-03-2018, 01:55 PM
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1+1=2
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03-16-2018, 04:18 PM
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35+ today
.22WMR, furthest ~200yds, closest 10 feet. (no range finder)
CZ 455, Redfield fixed 8X
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03-16-2018, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by 6.5 shooter
35+ today
.22wmr, furthest ~200yds, closest 10 feet. (no range finder)
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2+35=37
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03-17-2018, 07:23 AM
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Grammas first of the year, she had close to 2500 last year ...50 +4 = 54
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03-17-2018, 07:44 AM
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Grammas first of the year, she had close to 2500 last year ...50 +4 = 54
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just love that picture!!!!
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03-17-2018, 08:41 AM
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Way ta go, Grandma! 54+1=55 here. Got him from the porch with the 243. Head shot at 150 so as not to damage the meat.
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03-17-2018, 09:08 AM
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Way ta go, Grandma! 54+1=55 here. Got him from the porch with the 243. Head shot at 150 so as not to damage the meat.
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Lol a 243 must have turned that thing inside out. A week of warm weather here and I should be able to start helping out the ranchers around me
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03-17-2018, 02:09 PM
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.17 HMR CZ another joins the herd...
55+25=80
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04-10-2018, 09:38 PM
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Grammas first of the year, she had close to 2500 last year ...50 +4 = 54
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I love that! Looks like it could be a cz?
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04-14-2018, 12:09 PM
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485+1=486
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04-15-2018, 10:30 PM
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486+200=686
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686+11=697
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