Prairie Dawgs: Photoshop/Caption Fun
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Skunk said,
Actually, my ethnic background is German, Irish, and English. I almost glow in the dark.
I grew up on a little farm in Missouri. There were times when if we didn't shoot something there was no meat for dinner. Then when I was in the Army I learned to take advantage of what was around.
Since then I have been kind of adventuresome when it comes to food. The only food that I have had that I don't like is cottage cheese. I just don't see any point to it, but if it comes to eating cottage cheese or going hungry, pass me a spoon.
I have eaten most of the creatures that roam North America, and enjoyed them immensly. We tend to get to hung up on what something looks like.
I haven't tried skunk though, hmmmmm, here kitty, kitty, kitty.
DM
Actually, my ethnic background is German, Irish, and English. I almost glow in the dark.
I grew up on a little farm in Missouri. There were times when if we didn't shoot something there was no meat for dinner. Then when I was in the Army I learned to take advantage of what was around.
Since then I have been kind of adventuresome when it comes to food. The only food that I have had that I don't like is cottage cheese. I just don't see any point to it, but if it comes to eating cottage cheese or going hungry, pass me a spoon.
I have eaten most of the creatures that roam North America, and enjoyed them immensly. We tend to get to hung up on what something looks like.
I haven't tried skunk though, hmmmmm, here kitty, kitty, kitty.
DM
sm, you are hereby invited to a "dawg" town shoot. We killed about 70 of the nasty little critters last Saturday. Longest shot offered is about 200 yds. I used my .17 HMR and Sandy took the shots under 100 yds using .22 lr Stingers.
This place is about seven miles from my house, and I've got a standing invitation to come shoot anytime. It's a horse pasture, about eight acres, and the dogs have made a complete mess of it.
This place is about seven miles from my house, and I've got a standing invitation to come shoot anytime. It's a horse pasture, about eight acres, and the dogs have made a complete mess of it.
Jay Kominek
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Sounds more like a chirp, to me. A high squeaky chirp of "shoot me! shoot me!"
The open spaces in the Boulder, CO area are just littered with prarie dog holes. Absolute ugly mess in some places. At least no livestock is grazing in it.
Shooting them isn't very likely to depopulate a town, as far as I know. Just slows 'em down a bit. My family only ever got them off our 25 acres when we paid someone to plug the holes and drop cyanide in the tunnels.
chris in va
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And one more thing I might point out, in many areas the prairie dog shoots are actually preferred as an alternative to poisoning their burrows. The greenies whine about cyanide in the dirt and turn to the varmint hunters for a 'solution'.
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chris: cool varmint pics.
are they as pesky as groundhogs? apparently i have family living behind my house now - the golf course was developed, so we now have a lot of displaced wildlife.
are they as pesky as groundhogs? apparently i have family living behind my house now - the golf course was developed, so we now have a lot of displaced wildlife.
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ground hogs make a bigger hole,
but prairie dogs make huge colonies
LabGrades solution:
http://www.toms-place.lovelandnet.com/writing/pdf/pdft.htm
The new sport of prairie dog fishing has taken the West by firestorm. Since there is no controlling legal authority prohibiting prairie dog fishing it is a perfectly fun legal way to enjoy some quality time with family and friends. No license is required!
Ranch hands and out door enthusiasts throughout the western states have secretly enjoyed prairie dog fishing for many years. It has its roots in the old days of fur trapping. After trappers set out their traps to gather beaver and fox pelts, they passed the time by snaring prairie dogs to hone their skills.
The popularity of this sport has been growing rapidly in the past five years. Ranchers throughout the west have been hosting these events on private property and have not been advertising for fear of reprisal from animal rights groups. The secret can no longer be kept because too many people know. It is time for prairie dog fishermen to come out of the closet and be proud of their secret sport.
Prairie dogs live in colonies generally known as towns. If left unchecked these towns can extend for several thousand miles and include several million animals.
There are several species in the west. The black-tailed and the white-tailed are the most popular. The Mexican and the Utah species are labeled as a threatened species, which protects them from being hunted, shot, trapped and poisoned. Although these particular species are not legally protected from being fished, we will, in the interest of cooperating with the Endangered Species Act take a catch and release approach whenever a Mexican or Utah species is caught.
The catch and release method will be humane in its nature. Large shipping containers will be available at the tournament site. These overnight express boxes will be labeled with the home addresses of individuals involved with the various animal rights groups concerned with saving the prairie dogs. These groups include Rocky Mountain Animal Defense (RMAD) and the Prairie Dog Coalition. Curious both of these organizations share the same street address in Boulder, Colorado. There will be containers labeled for the local PETA folks too.
After they are shipped, tournament officials will be waiting outside of the recipient's home with video cameras to ensure that the friendly, flea infested, disease carrying rodents are properly cared for by those who have pledged to save and care for them.
but prairie dogs make huge colonies
LabGrades solution:
http://www.toms-place.lovelandnet.com/writing/pdf/pdft.htm
The new sport of prairie dog fishing has taken the West by firestorm. Since there is no controlling legal authority prohibiting prairie dog fishing it is a perfectly fun legal way to enjoy some quality time with family and friends. No license is required!
Ranch hands and out door enthusiasts throughout the western states have secretly enjoyed prairie dog fishing for many years. It has its roots in the old days of fur trapping. After trappers set out their traps to gather beaver and fox pelts, they passed the time by snaring prairie dogs to hone their skills.
The popularity of this sport has been growing rapidly in the past five years. Ranchers throughout the west have been hosting these events on private property and have not been advertising for fear of reprisal from animal rights groups. The secret can no longer be kept because too many people know. It is time for prairie dog fishermen to come out of the closet and be proud of their secret sport.
Prairie dogs live in colonies generally known as towns. If left unchecked these towns can extend for several thousand miles and include several million animals.
There are several species in the west. The black-tailed and the white-tailed are the most popular. The Mexican and the Utah species are labeled as a threatened species, which protects them from being hunted, shot, trapped and poisoned. Although these particular species are not legally protected from being fished, we will, in the interest of cooperating with the Endangered Species Act take a catch and release approach whenever a Mexican or Utah species is caught.
The catch and release method will be humane in its nature. Large shipping containers will be available at the tournament site. These overnight express boxes will be labeled with the home addresses of individuals involved with the various animal rights groups concerned with saving the prairie dogs. These groups include Rocky Mountain Animal Defense (RMAD) and the Prairie Dog Coalition. Curious both of these organizations share the same street address in Boulder, Colorado. There will be containers labeled for the local PETA folks too.
After they are shipped, tournament officials will be waiting outside of the recipient's home with video cameras to ensure that the friendly, flea infested, disease carrying rodents are properly cared for by those who have pledged to save and care for them.
Ginger
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Where I lived as a kid (in Wyoming) it was a common practice for kids to shoot prarie dogs and we were actively encouraged to do it. The dogs destroy pasture land and their zillions of holes injure and kill a lot of stock.
It's true that shooting them just slows the colony down. I remember poison being used. Another way was to shovel dirt into most of the holes of a "start-up" colony and run multiple hoses from a truck tailpipe into the open holes (packed with a little dirt). Gassing them takes about 20 minutes.
Now there is a guy who vacuums dogs up and sells them as "exotic" pets.
It's true that shooting them just slows the colony down. I remember poison being used. Another way was to shovel dirt into most of the holes of a "start-up" colony and run multiple hoses from a truck tailpipe into the open holes (packed with a little dirt). Gassing them takes about 20 minutes.
Now there is a guy who vacuums dogs up and sells them as "exotic" pets.
Shooting Pdawgs is the most fun you can have as/ with a kid!!! I grew up doing it, still love it. I am headed out to the ranch, going camping and shooting this weekend! There are a group of us 6-10 families that go every year on Memorial day weekend, everyone's the kids seem to LOVE this weekend. A single shot bolt .22 and a brick of ammo will last most kids a whole 3-4 day weekend. I don't have kids but I always pack a few 1000 extra .22 rnds and a youth 20 gauge shotty and ammo for the skeet thrower Kids are the future so keep em shooting!! .22s work great out to @150 yards then bring out the .223, 22-250, 220 swift, 338 winmag 
.....etc.
.....etc.Monkeyleg
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There's a guy at my gun club who takes a full week of vacation every year to head to SD to shoot prairie dogs.
I'm not kidding. He loads 5,000+ rounds and that's his vacation out of state.
Better than a dead horse or cow, though.
I'm not kidding. He loads 5,000+ rounds and that's his vacation out of state.
Better than a dead horse or cow, though.
Jay Kominek
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I remember seeing a program about a guy doing that, on the news, probably 10 years ago. Apparently they sold like hot cakes in Japan.
I've always sort of wanted to try building a vacuum strong enough to suck them out, just because it'd be hilarious to see prarie dogs flying up a giant hose.
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I seem to remember reading about how the Prarie Dog population nearly being destroyed many years ago (perhaps early in the 20th century) due to mass poisoning and other control measures, so they were given some kind of special protection. Then the population got out of control again.
I know that the original "towns" were absolutely massive, with many hundreds of thousands of dogs. What is the current trend of the U.S.'s P-Dog population?
I know that the original "towns" were absolutely massive, with many hundreds of thousands of dogs. What is the current trend of the U.S.'s P-Dog population?
280PLUS
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Prairie dog shootin'!
Another thing to add to my list of things I GOTTA do!
Another thing to add to my list of things I GOTTA do!
Waitone
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Natural enemies?????? other than THR'ers.
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El Rojo
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Here in the PRK we have ground squirrels. I am going to go squirrel shooting Saturday. Last time we went we shot 80 in a day. The ranchers don't mind at all and no matter how many you kill, they will never die out completely.
perception
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My dad doesn't hunt anymore, but when he was a kid, if he or his brother didn't shoot it, his family didn't eat. He ate about everything at one time or another.
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