One month to spring Where's the gophers?

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   YUP only a month away. Almost every year around the first of the year we start to see a few gophers sticking there heads out of the snow. And the end of February We can see a quite a few Out on the calm sunny days, even when the snow is on the ground. Mostly in town gophers, the "country" gophers come out later. I have read that the early gophers are last years yearling males looking to stake out there claim on the prime property (a mating thing).This year nothing. That's not a good sign for us little doggy blasters. Prairie dogs on the other hand can be out all year and will come up to sun themselves on the calm winter sunny days. They are great sport and leave a perfect red cone of spray on the bright whit snow. We cant get to them as much because of the snow, dang it. we have hunted them on 4 wheelers and snow dog...I'm ready the boy has me and the GD loaded with ammo and I laid in a GOOD supply of rim fire ammo.

LET'S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD.

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d4570 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .416 Rigby Joined: 27 January 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 9961	Post Options Post Reply Quote d4570 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: One month to spring Where's the gophers? Posted: 21 February 2025 at 10:17
	YUP only a month away. Almost every year around the first of the year we start to see a few gophers sticking there heads out of the snow. And the end of February We can see a quite a few Out on the calm sunny days, even when the snow is on the ground. Mostly in town gophers, the "country" gophers come out later. I have read that the early gophers are last years yearling males looking to stake out there claim on the prime property (a mating thing).This year nothing. That's not a good sign for us little doggy blasters. Prairie dogs on the other hand can be out all year and will come up to sun themselves on the calm winter sunny days. They are great sport and leave a perfect red cone of spray on the bright whit snow. We cant get to them as much because of the snow, dang it. we have hunted them on 4 wheelers and snow dog... I'm ready the boy has me and the GD loaded with ammo and I laid in a GOOD supply of rim fire ammo. LET'S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD.
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BEAR Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Administrator Joined: 07 September 2013 Location: Appalachian Mtn Status: Offline Points: 14390	Post Options Post Reply Quote BEAR Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 February 2025 at 10:42
	Don't kill all those gophers, I'd like to shoot some this year.
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d4570 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .416 Rigby Joined: 27 January 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 9961	Post Options Post Reply Quote d4570 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 February 2025 at 13:48
	I just saw one up and wet... Edited by d4570 - 21 February 2025 at 13:54
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Wing master Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Administrator AKA StraightShooter Joined: 10 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 8029	Post Options Post Reply Quote Wing master Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 February 2025 at 19:59
	I haven't been out looking for prairie dogs yet this year. It's been too cold that last few weeks. I'm ready. I wish we had gophers.
	I have always considered myself to be quite the bullshitter, But ocasionally it is nice to sit back and listen to a true professional......So, Carry on.