Prairie dog shooting???

[Gundigest]

I am thinking about going prarri dog shooting in Nabraska and I was wondering what the best part of the summer is for doing this and what area has the best shooting?

[sloth]

I shoot Prairie Dogs in the north of Chadron about 10 miles from the SD line. I would say late May and June are the best times to hunt as the pups are usually pretty dumb yet.

Unfortunately a lot of the landowners are charging to shoot these things now so they can afford to buy poison or just recoup some lost profit.

I haven't hunted them anywhere else in the state. North of Valentine may be good, it's close to the Rose Bud reservation where there are Prairie Dogs all over.

If your hunting public land check, and double check that it's not protected. The state is making an effort to increase the PD population on public lands so the farmer/rancher doesn't have to worry about them being classified as endangered.

[pharaoh2]

Come up to Alberta. This is the best time of year, and the land owners will BUY you your shells to shoot the little buggers!

[shootr mcgavvin]

I live in montana and we shoot gophers(prarie dog's) on a daily baisis and we go out to farms which have plowed fields and the gophers infest the fields and me and my friends spend hours shooting them.Its a blast!! We usualy hunt with 22. caliber rifles such as 22.,223.,220 swift,22-250 and if you tell me what kind of rifle your using ill give you some idea on what kind of ammo to get to explode them.

shootr

[Steven Ashe]

shootr mcgavvin, what is a good load to use on prairie dogs with the .223WSSM?