bad day to a gophers around my 17hmr
 

i got out shooting gophers at my sisters farm, i made my farthest shots yet with my marlin 917vs with a simmons 4-12x40 prohunter. i managed to take a gophers at 96 yards 103 yards and 155 yards using my bipods. i also took lots at about 60 yards. my rifle is sighted in at 75 yards so when i shot at the gopher at 155 yards i put the point where the duplex narrows to a point on the gopher and the rest is history.

I sat up on a bit of a rise overlooking the low spot of the field the gophers were running around on the other side and one finaly stoped by his mound. that was the gohper at 155 yards.
the other two i was sitting on top a of a dirt pile that was about 5 feet high i saw the gophers standing by there holes and shot him.

RE: bad day to a gophers around my 17hmr
 

I don't know if they live here, but I've never seen a gopher in these parts. Wish they were at least more plentiful around here so I could harvest a few.

RE: bad day to a gophers around my 17hmr
 

The little targets are starting to come out:D And I have just the Medicine;)

RE: bad day to a gophers around my 17hmr
 

On a good day I can cure almost any ailment out to 700 yards consistently.:eek:

RE: bad day to a gophers around my 17hmr
 

Whew... That is one NICE bedspread you got there, Bob. ;) And that shiny do-dad you got sitting on it is a real looker, too.

RE: bad day to a gophers around my 17hmr
 

Yep it's a dandy. Working out of town and it's a fine HOJO Bedspread. That gopher pic is outside my window at the motel, there everywhere in town.

RE: bad day to a gophers around my 17hmr
 

So what cal is it ?

And what brand ?

RE: bad day to a gophers around my 17hmr
 

im guessing 22 250, but its a savage me thinks.

RE: bad day to a gophers around my 17hmr
 

That is not a gopher. That is a prairie dog. This is a gopher:

RE: bad day to a gophers around my 17hmr
 

thats a mole, gophers looks just like parrie dogs but smaller.