Six-Gun
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Here's a short clip and some photos from last weekend's Colorado prairie dog hunt. The video is of two shots: one I made followed by one my hunting partner made. Both were good long range shots into the wind. The day was very productive and I'm sure the rancher who let us on his land is happy with our work
*WARNING* Some pictures and the video are graphic! *WARNING*
The video:
http://www.antarcticbeach.com/resources/Colorado+Prairie+Dog+hunt.wmv
The landscape of eastern Colorado - dry and barren, but loaded with pdogs:
My hunting partner, Mike, on his 6mm Remington rig:
My other hunting partner, Keith, and his Remington XR-100 Rangemaster in .22-250:
Since I don't have a good pic of myself, here's a pic of my rig - Remington 700VSF, lefty, in .22-250:
Here's the graphic photos of a few of the kills:
Video capture of my headshot on a large adult:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-10/61371/headshot.jpg
Miker's shot through the back of a mid-sized pup:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-10/61371/backthroughabdomen.jpg
Mike's low gut shot on a larger pdog:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-10/61371/lowgutshot.jpg
If you haven't gone varmint hunting before, let me just tell you that it is some of the most challenging and exciting hunting there is to be done. In a day of hunting prairie dogs, you can easily go through 300+ rounds of ammo and take out 250+ pdogs. I am definately making this trip again!
*WARNING* Some pictures and the video are graphic! *WARNING*
The video:
http://www.antarcticbeach.com/resources/Colorado+Prairie+Dog+hunt.wmv
The landscape of eastern Colorado - dry and barren, but loaded with pdogs:
My hunting partner, Mike, on his 6mm Remington rig:
My other hunting partner, Keith, and his Remington XR-100 Rangemaster in .22-250:
Since I don't have a good pic of myself, here's a pic of my rig - Remington 700VSF, lefty, in .22-250:
Here's the graphic photos of a few of the kills:
Video capture of my headshot on a large adult:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-10/61371/headshot.jpg
Miker's shot through the back of a mid-sized pup:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-10/61371/backthroughabdomen.jpg
Mike's low gut shot on a larger pdog:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-10/61371/lowgutshot.jpg
If you haven't gone varmint hunting before, let me just tell you that it is some of the most challenging and exciting hunting there is to be done. In a day of hunting prairie dogs, you can easily go through 300+ rounds of ammo and take out 250+ pdogs. I am definately making this trip again!
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