Rock chucks

**Idaho** · 05-04-2016, 09:53 PM

Western version of the groundhog, just slightly smaller. Little buggers will clean a cultivated field off for 30 yards from the edge. I found a farmer that wants me to come shoot them.

Yesterday 41 bit the dust for a total of 110 so far in the last 5 weeks. 17 misses yesterday. I'm getting sloppy.

**nomadtom69** · 05-04-2016, 11:19 PM

sounds like that farmer had a problem with the rodents good practice helping him get rid of them

**Idaho** · 05-04-2016, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by nomadtom69

sounds like that farmer had a problem with the rodents good practice helping him get rid of them

It is a varmint hunters dream. huge field, completely surrounded by lava flows with no houses nearby and hundreds of chucks. I'm getting lots of shooting and reloading practice.

**canuckrider** · 05-05-2016, 12:35 PM

Reminds me of my teenage years when we'd go shooting gophers (technically Richardson ground squirrels) in the neighbor's pasture with a 22 rifle. Lot's of fun!
The little buggers could make quite a mess of a field and the neighbor was always worried about one of his cows or horses stepping in one of their holes and breaking a leg.

**Kawhead** · 05-05-2016, 02:00 PM

Me and my wife was out in the yard last fall looking at the trees when she spied a squirrel peeking at us between a fork in the tree. She said watch this. She pulls her .22 takes aim, and blows his head off. She thought. Then he sticks his head up again and she fires and said, got him that time. I said, no, he ducked again and you missed. Ha Ha.

Well. she fires all six rounds and he's still peeking at us. So she reloads and tells me to go down there and run him around the tree. I say, why don't you do it yourself? She said why don't you do what the woman with the loaded gun tells you to do?

So, I go down yonder around back of the tree and they was six squirrels with no heads on the ground.

**BudMan** · 05-05-2016, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Kawhead

Me and my wife was out in the yard last fall looking at the trees when she spied a squirrel peeking at us between a fork in the tree. She said watch this. She pulls her .22 takes aim, and blows his head off. She thought. Then he sticks his head up again and she fires and said, got him that time. I said, no, he ducked again and you missed. Ha Ha.

Well. she fires all six rounds and he's still peeking at us. So she reloads and tells me to go down there and run him around the tree. I say, why don't you do it yourself? She said why don't you do what the woman with the loaded gun tells you to do?

So, I go down yonder around back of the tree and they was six squirrels with no heads on the ground.

ponch · 05-06-2016, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Kawhead

Me and my wife was out in the yard last fall looking at the trees when she spied a squirrel peeking at us between a fork in the tree. She said watch this. She pulls her .22 takes aim, and blows his head off. She thought. Then he sticks his head up again and she fires and said, got him that time. I said, no, he ducked again and you missed. Ha Ha.

Well. she fires all six rounds and he's still peeking at us. So she reloads and tells me to go down there and run him around the tree. I say, why don't you do it yourself? She said why don't you do what the woman with the loaded gun tells you to do?

So, I go down yonder around back of the tree and they was six squirrels with no heads on the ground.

I shot a squirrel in his nest once...Fell out of the tree with a boner. He was laying pipe with a lady squirrel when I hit him in the head with a .22 silver jet pellet.

OldSchool · 05-06-2016, 01:16 AM

Sounds like its time to put on the :

duffy · 05-06-2016, 09:03 AM

Here in the plains areas it's prairie dogs.........the Buffalo Gap National Grasslands have lot of dogs and shooting is allowed all year long. .17 WSM with a 6x24 scope is good to at least 400 yards.

mick56 · 05-06-2016, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Kawhead

Me and my wife was out in the yard last fall looking at the trees when she spied a squirrel peeking at us between a fork in the tree. She said watch this. She pulls her .22 takes aim, and blows his head off. She thought. Then he sticks his head up again and she fires and said, got him that time. I said, no, he ducked again and you missed. Ha Ha.

Well. she fires all six rounds and he's still peeking at us. So she reloads and tells me to go down there and run him around the tree. I say, why don't you do it yourself? She said why don't you do what the woman with the loaded gun tells you to do?

So, I go down yonder around back of the tree and they was six squirrels with no heads on the ground.

Reckon i would be a bit fearfull around a woman like that mate.

Chuck A. · 05-06-2016, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Kawhead

.......................So, I go down yonder around back of the tree and they was six squirrels with no heads on the ground.

So you're telling us they were dying to get their little heads blown............................................. .................................................. ........off

**Kawhead** · 05-07-2016, 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by mick56

Reckon i would be a bit fearfull around a woman like that mate.

I like to push the envelope. Stick my hand in the water and tease the piranhas.

**Idaho** · 05-08-2016, 08:45 AM

I've stopped counting, the carnage continues. This place is definitely the honey hole of rock chuck hunting. Let's just say I'm getting lots of target practice and my reloading technique produces quality ammo.

Kawhead, don't argue with that woman.

**schoeney** · 08-12-2016, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by ponch

I shot a squirrel in his nest once...Fell out of the tree with a boner. He was laying pipe with a lady squirrel when I hit him in the head with a .22 silver jet pellet.

What were you doing in the tree Jim? Hope the fall didn't hurt you.:cool:

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ponch · 08-12-2016, 05:34 PM

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What were you doing in the tree Jim? Hope the fall didn't hurt you.:cool:

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I wasn't. He was sitting in a rotted out hole stuffed with leaves as a nest. He was giving it to her from behind and both of them were looking out of the hole.

05-04-2016, 09:53 PM	#1
Idaho Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Pocatello, Idaho Posts: 5,241	Rock chucks Western version of the groundhog, just slightly smaller. Little buggers will clean a cultivated field off for 30 yards from the edge. I found a farmer that wants me to come shoot them. Yesterday 41 bit the dust for a total of 110 so far in the last 5 weeks. 17 misses yesterday. I'm getting sloppy. __________________ Idaho (aka Curmudgeon) Blue Knights Idaho III VBA #110 VROC #24864 IBA #49753 2007 Nomad 86,000 miles Bud Smalley Pocatello, Idaho Idaho Jack Adapter Login or Register to Remove Ads
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05-04-2016, 11:19 PM	#2
nomadtom69 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Maryville, Tn Posts: 2,656	sounds like that farmer had a problem with the rodents good practice helping him get rid of them __________________ (NomadTom69)Tom Green Previous bikes - 2004 BMW R1200 CLC 2006 Nomad 1600 Black -1985 BMW K100 RT VBA #001609 Viet-Nam Vet 71-72 Maryville , Tn. Maggie Valley '11-Townsend '12-Estes Park '13- Copperhead fall rally "13- Elkins WV '14- Eureka Springs ' 15- Helen Ga. SE Rally '16
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05-05-2016, 12:35 PM	#4
canuckrider Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Okotoks, AB, Canada Posts: 1,088	Reminds me of my teenage years when we'd go shooting gophers (technically Richardson ground squirrels) in the neighbor's pasture with a 22 rifle. Lot's of fun! The little buggers could make quite a mess of a field and the neighbor was always worried about one of his cows or horses stepping in one of their holes and breaking a leg. __________________ "Sun on my face, wind in my hair, sound of my bike in my ears and peace in my soul..." VBA Member #01514 2008 "Ultra" Nomad 1600, Candy Plasma Blue
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05-05-2016, 02:00 PM	#5
Kawhead Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: 6th Floor up at the The Nervous Hospital up in East Central State, NC Posts: 7,454	Me and my wife was out in the yard last fall looking at the trees when she spied a squirrel peeking at us between a fork in the tree. She said watch this. She pulls her .22 takes aim, and blows his head off. She thought. Then he sticks his head up again and she fires and said, got him that time. I said, no, he ducked again and you missed. Ha Ha. Well. she fires all six rounds and he's still peeking at us. So she reloads and tells me to go down there and run him around the tree. I say, why don't you do it yourself? She said why don't you do what the woman with the loaded gun tells you to do? So, I go down yonder around back of the tree and they was six squirrels with no heads on the ground. __________________ ??-Mar.2,2012 "Rocky" My Beloved Dog RIP Mike Tripp VBA#767 '96 800 Vulcan Classic 06 1600 Nomad 07 1600 Nomad "The shoes you buy at the Salvation Army is already been broke in"- Aunt Kawhead Login or Register to Remove Ads
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05-08-2016, 08:45 AM	#13
Idaho Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Pocatello, Idaho Posts: 5,241	I've stopped counting, the carnage continues. This place is definitely the honey hole of rock chuck hunting. Let's just say I'm getting lots of target practice and my reloading technique produces quality ammo. Kawhead, don't argue with that woman. __________________ Idaho (aka Curmudgeon) Blue Knights Idaho III VBA #110 VROC #24864 IBA #49753 2007 Nomad 86,000 miles Bud Smalley Pocatello, Idaho Idaho Jack Adapter
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05-06-2016, 09:03 AM	#9
duffy Sr. Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hot Springs, SD and other warm and dry places Posts: 1,043	Here in the plains areas it's prairie dogs.........the Buffalo Gap National Grasslands have lot of dogs and shooting is allowed all year long. .17 WSM with a 6x24 scope is good to at least 400 yards.
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