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Prarie Dogs

Just curious which spreads more diseases the live one or all those dead rotting bodies?
 
Runner 68 said:
Correct Cranky. And the coolest thing about them is that they are all but impossible to irradicate, hense the food chain survives. Sort of a prairie cockroach.

Have you ever been on a horse at full speed chasing a stray calf and pop over a ridge into a prairie dog town that wasn't there a month ago? It brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "pucker factor", not to mention a horse with a broken leg, grass damage, etc.

Unlimited supply of targets in my opinion.
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When you look at the numbers that were here just 50+ years ago, they are being eradicated and not all that slowly. If you need more info or even how to relocate them, I can put you in touch with some folks that can help. Don't get me wrong. I'm no bleeding heart but I've also have never been one to go out and kill any kind of wild (or tame) animal needlessly.
 
Felons are the only thing I could shoot for entertainment. Just kidding....we have WAAAY too many coyotes around here.
 
That second clip was classic, to AC/DC no less.
Thanks Mechanic.
A 30.06 is far more fun. You can peel them 30 feet out of the hole.
I attribute my ability to cleanly drop a deer at 400+ yards to the many prarie dogs I have nailed over the years at 200+ yards.

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mopar 3 B said:
Just curious which spreads more diseases the live one or all those dead rotting bodies?
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Very few things "rot" on the western plains. Mother nature cleans them up in a heart beat.
 
"Caddy Shack" deja vu! LOL

A female friend of mine up in Montana was appalled by the guys shooting prairie dogs.
Those poor little creatures.....

But, one day she decided to give it a try "just to test her aim and shooting skills".

She said that day a powerful addiction was born and she absolutely loved it! Can't stop.
 
you can eat them, just saying. if you're going to kill them do it humanely and quickly as possible, that bubble gum idea is brutal, so is using anti freeze, imo if you want something dead do it quickly and efficiently. if you're using a semi auto rifle you should be able to shoot at least a couple of three before they go back down
 
A guy I went to school with years ago, used the propane method. He'd plug a few holes, then release gas into the one he had open. Drop a match, then if done right, a nice boom and all the plugged holes have big puffs of dirt and smoke. The concussion kills the gophers, prairie dogs, moles, or whatever subterranean pest you wish to eradicate.
 
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I've killed too many things in my life. I don't enjoy killing anymore. If I knew if in one split second then dead I guess I would be okay, but to cause suffering would bother me. On the other hand, yes I would shoot rapists and murderers a piece at a time.
 
There are many in the pet trade who uses vacuums to capture PD's but it's probably the worse and most inhumane way to do so. I'm with SteveSS on this too. To me, sport hunting with the intent to kill isn't a sport at all.
 

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SteveSS said:
I've killed too many things in my life. I don't enjoy killing anymore. If I knew if in one split second then dead I guess I would be okay, but to cause suffering would bother me. On the other hand, yes I would shoot rapists and murderers a piece at a time.
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$hit Steve, you're a damn Liberal, how much more suffereing to the rest of us can you cause?

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Cranky said:
There are many in the pet trade who uses vacuums to capture PD's but it's probably the worse and most inhumane way to do so. I'm with SteveSS on this too. To me, sport hunting with the intent to kill isn't a sport at all.
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So what is sport hunting without the intent to kill? A game of tag?
Besides, dinging dogs isn't hunting, sport or otherwise. It's simply target practice.
 
Runner 68 said:
$hit Steve, you're a damn Liberal, how much more suffereing to the rest of us can you cause?

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So what is sport hunting without the intent to kill? A game of tag?
Besides, dinging dogs isn't hunting, sport or otherwise. It's simply target practice.
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I guess I didn't come back to this thread after you posted. Most do not know or care about what happens when you eradicate a keystone species. At least 150 other species of animal are supported by these by prairie dogs you call target practice. Do you know what happened to Yellowstone National Park ecosystem when they eradicated the wolf from that area many years back because they were under pressure from the ranchers around the area? I thought you wouldn't so why don't you go and research it. I guess I didn't word things quite right when I said sport hunting with the intent to kill isn't sport hunting at all. I should have said sport hunting with the intent to eradicate isn't sport hunting....and trophy hunting requires you to at least take home a trophy and that usually only involves one animal. Killing things to just be killing and using live animals just to shoot at isn't target practice either. They make clay pigeons for that along with many other non live items practice your shooting skills. Also, you broke a rule here when you called another member a name......
 
Cranky said:
I guess I didn't come back to this thread after you posted. Most do not know or care about what happens when you eradicate a keystone species. At least 150 other species of animal are supported by these by prairie dogs you call target practice. Do you know what happened to Yellowstone National Park ecosystem when they eradicated the wolf from that area many years back because they were under pressure from the ranchers around the area? I thought you wouldn't so why don't you go and research it. I guess I didn't word things quite right when I said sport hunting with the intent to kill isn't sport hunting at all. I should have said sport hunting with the intent to eradicate isn't sport hunting....and trophy hunting requires you to at least take home a trophy and that usually only involves one animal. Killing things to just be killing and using live animals just to shoot at isn't target practice either. They make clay pigeons for that along with many other non live items practice your shooting skills. Also, you broke a rule here when you called another member a name......
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Must have been a slow night to resurrect this thread after 7 months Cranky....sorry, didn't mean to call you a "name".
I unsubscribed months ago.

I guess we should agree to disagree on the concept of shooting PDs for the sake of of target practice.

BTW shooting them will never eradicate them and calling someone a liberal is not a name, it's a descriptor.
 
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