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Old 03-05-2023, 11:44 PM
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10 down, amazing how many are out, ADD YOUR NUMBERS TO THE LAST GUYS COUNT. Cheapest part of the trip is....the shells
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Old 03-06-2023, 12:17 AM
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10 down, amazing how many are out, ADD YOUR NUMBERS TO THE LAST GUYS COUNT. Cheapest part of the trip is....the shells
Wow! I’ve killed gophers as early as the end of January. This year nothing so far and more snow and cold last night and tonight. Should be soon I hope!

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A good foot or more of hard crusted snow on the ground yet, -21 this morning feels like -28 no gophers out here yet. I do love whacking snow dogs when they start to pop up on top of the snow though.
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Finally found some 22 lr ammo for reasonable prices (8c per round). So I'm starting this gopher season with 10,000 rounds. Might sound like overkill but we killed 1800 gophers in one field alone last year. Buggers were very hard on that crop

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Old 03-24-2023, 05:52 AM
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I just picked up a new gopher hotspot just waiting for the go ahead.
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Old 03-24-2023, 12:24 PM
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Started shooting 3 weeks ago and have kept a bald eagle & golden eagle happy!
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Old 03-26-2023, 04:24 PM
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Lol, after selling all my rifles to get my expensive one I realized I still needed my .22, I sold it. There were no gophers in Redwater. We moved back south and I just bought a new .22 today. Back to door knocking. Lol.
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Old 03-26-2023, 07:06 PM
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Whacked another 19. They seem to be quite a bit smarter than the youngins that run around all spring once the snow melts. Must be mostly adults still.

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239+ 8 =247!
I was so proud of myself yesterday! Took out 4 of them with my 22-250 at 250, 289, 340 and 319 yards! Wow!
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I was so proud of myself yesterday! Took out 4 of them with my 22-250 at 250, 289, 340 and 319 yards! Wow!
Nice long range shooting! I wonder what the record is for longest gopher sniper shot is?

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Nice long range shooting! I wonder what the record is for longest gopher sniper shot is?

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Got one on the office trapline - 247+1=248
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This one might just be sleeping. If so, I only got 33 today

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The 'next' gopher I shoot would be my first one ever...
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I've never shot them in the snow before. Quite fun!
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