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    BC gophers???

    I hear talk on CGN about all the people that shoot the prairie dogs and am wondering where in southern BC they might exist...if at all. This is gonna be my second year hunting so still learning where to find everything but rabbits and grouse. Also if they are around does anyone shoot them and are you looking for a shooting partner. I know they are a PRIVATE property only animal which is why I asked if anyone does shoot them. I live in Kamloops and love camping.
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    Re: BC gophers???

    I shoot them in Bc, but on Pvt Property....
    Good Hunting.
    Rob

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    Re: BC gophers???

    Quote Originally Posted by FLHTCUI View Post
    I shoot them in Bc, but on Pvt Property....
    Good Hunting.
    Rob
    Can you direct me in the direction I need to go to find someone with them as a problem? I'm getting a new .22 and I want to practice with it once I've gotten it set up.
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    Re: BC gophers???

    What kind of .22 did you get?

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    Re: BC gophers???

    I beleive what you are mistaking for gophers or prairie dogs are really Columbian Ground Squirrels.
    They are all over the grass areas in Manning park and reside in southern B.C. from about Manning park to Alberta.

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    Re: BC gophers???

    Quote Originally Posted by arcadia View Post
    What kind of .22 did you get?
    Getting a Savage II GL (L for left hand) from WSS for $190. Looking to put some peep sights on it and possibly for when shooting Bench or Gophers a bi-pod. But at this time I have an Ithaca 72 that I shoot 50-75 yards religiously and 100 yards for fun and I'm a good shot too.

    Quote Originally Posted by Blainer View Post
    I beleive what you are mistaking for gophers or prairie dogs are really Columbian Ground Squirrels.
    They are all over the grass areas in Manning park and reside in southern B.C. from about Manning park to Alberta.
    Okay well I'm after the funny looking ones that will ruin a field unless you KILL THEM ALL. Like what the big hunt held every year shoots. I've never seen a gopher in my life other then pictures, just marmots that live all over here so I'm new to the whole varmint shooting game.
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    Re: BC gophers???

    check out any of the farms in the outlying areas of kamloops aspecially the ones who own horses....gophers are everywhere. i will be working with a local in kamloops that just bought a "RODENATOR" it is a big toss up as to whether i shoot or blow them up

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    Re: BC gophers???

    Quote Originally Posted by husky30-06 View Post
    check out any of the farms in the outlying areas of kamloops aspecially the ones who own horses....gophers are everywhere. i will be working with a local in kamloops that just bought a "RODENATOR" it is a big toss up as to whether i shoot or blow them up
    is the rodenator one of those 338lupau for those real tough critters???

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    Re: BC gophers???

    Saw my first gopher yesterday ( Yes, it is actually a Columbian Ground Squirrel)...and I get the next 4 days off for a long weekend.....

    Already got permission from landowner......

    Figure to do a little fly fishing in the cool of the morning and then do a little Rodent Removal with the Lakefield MK II.....
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    Re: BC gophers???

    Quote Originally Posted by NewInWestsyde View Post
    is the rodenator one of those 338lupau for those real tough critters???
    look up "rodenator.com"..........

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