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Old 06-17-2006 | 03:30 AM
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From: A flat lander lost in the mountains of Northern,AZ
Default RE: Az Prairie dogs

they are listed in the regs you just didnt look hard enough. they are listed under "Other birds & Mammals". the season is open from july 1, 2005 to june 30, 2006 im assuming the season is the same every year but... we should be gettng new regs here soon. hunting is open state wide except for units 7m, 37m, 39m and 42m. you have to have a general hunt licsence or combination hunt & fish licsence. in Maricopa county parks you are restricted to shotguns and archery only. The rest of the state you can use anything rifle, handgun, rimfire, shotgun, archery and traps just remember semi automatic center fire rifles are restricted to a 5 round magazine.

With the lack of moisture this year the populations are gonna be extremely low I would recommend good sportsman ethics and not hunt them untill populations get a chance to come back. But if you do decide to hunt them anyway they are gonna be real hard to find, earlier this year when we had a little more moisture I took several trips to saligman which is a hot P-dog area and only shot 1 to 2 a trip. since its been so dry I havent been back. maybe this fall will be better after the monsoons.

2 weeks ago a friend of mine went to wyoming for a P-dog hunt, he left with his AR and 2 cases of .223. when I saw him after he got back he had a S%#t eatin grin from ear to ear and said next time I have to go with him. he said he shot almost all his ammo and nailed atleast 500 p-dogs. I wish p-dog hunting in arizona was 1/3 that good. someday if we ever get out of this drought it will be just like wyoming here.
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