dogfox Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 Hi I am back from my prairie dog shoot and what a great time I had.I had some prairie dogs with the 6 Br pistol and the longest shot with it was 350 yards. Here is a picture of one of the prairie dog towns taken from the air by me when I flew in the ranches plane. All the brown dots you see in the photo are dog burrows.There where that many PD's it was unbelievable. I had the chance to play with lots of different toys.It was great fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermincinerator Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 OUTA SIGHT MAN!!!!! Ian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR__ Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 Welcome back Dogfox, Looks like you had a good time, and in some good ol' desolate South Dakota countryside..How's it feel like to be in the middle of nowhere, so far from civilisation backstops aren't necessary, hahah...What was the weather like? JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6mmBR Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 Glad you had a good time, sadly it must of gone quickly. Please post us some more pictures. Cheers Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxshot Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 i bet you are glad to be back looks like you had a great time with some fantastic areas for long range work, very tidy bit of kit as well you have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogfox Posted June 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 JR It was a great feeling to out in the middel of nowhere and see no street lights just the stars.There was lots of people out shooting PD's.The one day it was like the battle of the somme .The people were great in the states and so friendly towards hunters.We left our gear in a trailer when we slept in the hotel on the way up.Which is not something I would do in the UK. The weather was great but windy.Which made shooting tricky . When the hoards of PD's got to much for the single shot pistol and savage rifle.I had to turn to more fire power And when they still kept coming I had to use this Here Is a picture of some of the kit we took.Yes the ammo cans are all full Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 308Panther Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 Glad to hear ya had great fun!!! if you think S.Dakota is desolate you oughta try Nebraska....LOL. It really is amazing how open our Great Plains is...and it doesnt take long to get 500yrd eyes either. and like ya said too...about leavin things in the car,unlocked Do it all the time at the firing ranges....if people know there are guns around,amazin how freindly they are and honest they are. And now that your back home ...It seems like the buildings and things are close up to ya. 308Panther Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest apollo Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 christ the local bloke in the third pic looks wild mate, did he have a banjo with him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varminter Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 Good to hear you had a great time buddy and thanks for sharing the experince :P All the best............ RAY................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperman223 Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 That looks like fun, i would`nt mind doing that my-self, cant get over the photo of all the gear, if i go out with a 50 box for my .223 or .243 i think i have taken to much ammo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambi-basher Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 Hi Dogfox It is great to hunt some wear different, another country especially, different quarry, different techniques, even different weapons. Nice photos. Did you really use the 30cal Browning on the PDs? B-b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest paul Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 good pics, looks like you had a good time.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxing2night Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 Well done matey, Glad you had a good time beats shooting rabbits i bet????? Glad to have you back!!!!! all the best from wales f2n Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogfox Posted June 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 BB yes I did shot PD's with a 30 cal browning .I would have liked to use this. But we did not take it to the PD town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest apollo Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 BB yes I did shot PD's with a 30 cal browning .I would have liked to use this. But we did not take it to the PD town. If the ladies and gentlemen of gwent firearms department could see the smile that 50 cal is giving you they would have kittens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR__ Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 Damn, you makin me homesick, hahah.. Looks like them good ol' boys were pretty serious about their PD shootin', hah...Git 'er done!!..On the amount of ammo, 1000 rounds is often the bare minimum you bring. Ammo can be pretty cheap back home depending on what you shoot, and not regulated like here. I had access to a fairly active town back in SoDak, depending on the activity and where you were situated, you had regular shots from 100 yds or less to well past 1000 yds, and the town itself was probably 1/2-1 mile wide and over 4 miles long massing over the rolling hills. We kept that town location pretty secret amongst 5 of us, kept good ties with the rancher, and it remained active for a good 5 years until I moved here. Always a good laugh. Hope you made some good acquaintences in Presho. The West River folk aren't too bad a folk. As you probably know now, West River is SoDak lingo for all those living west of the Missouri River, which splits the state in half, and not living in the Black Hills. If you drove across the state on Interstate 90 east to west, you probably noticed a stark contrast in scenery when you passed over the bridge at Chamberlain, and past the bluffs overlooking the River. East River, flat as a pancake, massive fields of corn and wheat, might have even been water in some pothole ponds and lakes, and it may have even been kind of green if they've had rain. West river sagebrush and tumbleweed country, usually dry as a popcorn fart, still relatively flat, massive pastureland littered with beef cattle and sometimes sheep. You can find yourself in the middle of nowhere quick in that neck of the woods. JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogfox Posted June 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 Hi JR Here are a few pics to make you homesick. There were plenty of antlope about the place.Also turkey,whitetail deer,jackrabbits and mule deer. The ranch from the air. The river that run trough the ranch is the White river The view when you come down the to the Missouri river was unbelievable. The people were very friendly and I had a chat to a few folks at a shooting club.They are big into their pheasant shooting. This is a photo of the rancher and his plane.With me in the back. He uses the plane to check over the ranch and it comes in handy for shooting coyotes .I hope I am as fit as him when I reach his age of 79 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 308Panther Posted June 14, 2007 Report Share Posted June 14, 2007 2 things you can count on when pd shooting..... 1) You will Not be runnin out of targets 2)You will be runnin out of ammo. 308Panther Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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