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bad day to a gophers around my 17hmr

Old 05-01-2005, 08:22 PM
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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.
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Old 05-01-2005, 11:32 PM
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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.
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Old 05-03-2005, 08:15 PM
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The little targets are starting to come out And I have just the Medicine

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Old 05-03-2005, 08:26 PM
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On a good day I can cure almost any ailment out to 700 yards consistently.

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Old 05-04-2005, 11:10 AM
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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.
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Old 05-04-2005, 06:17 PM
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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.
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Old 05-08-2005, 07:08 PM
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On a good day I can cure almost any ailment out to 700 yards consistently
So what cal is it ?

And what brand ?
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Old 05-08-2005, 07:24 PM
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im guessing 22 250, but its a savage me thinks.
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ORIGINAL: Montana Bob

The little targets are starting to come out And I have just the Medicine

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

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Old 05-09-2005, 03:54 PM
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thats a mole, gophers looks just like parrie dogs but smaller.
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