Hey, deepzak; you from SD--or where you from? Just curious.

I don't pay to hunt,but in SD the state has an aggressive management policy and expressed the desire toreduce the acres of Prairie Dogs byabout 20% by poisioning.I have to work a bit to find decent shooting. I have a couple of ranchers I know that are teetering on the line to poison/not poison and they're having a tough time of it. I've lost a couple of good ranches because they poisoned everything. The last several years have been drouty in West River. Some of these folksfence the place so vehicles can go in/out from the road, make it easier--you can tell when someone does that for you. I give them some money, one I buy a beeve from his family. I'm not a rich man, not by any extreme measure of the word. Retired military for crying out loud.But I will pay for value, make it worth the rancher's time to go a little out of their way, and not feel they are being taken either. The good will goes a long way, and sometimes makes for a better experience.

Ever been to Olongopo, the PI?
Shotgun