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Posted: 6/7/2012 3:15:37 PM

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I was just looking at the ground hog pic thread. Some of the pics showed kills out in the middle of nowhere. I used to hunt ground hogs when I was a kid. Loved it and miss it. But there was a purpose to it, they were in farmers' fields. I'm not really seeing the purpose of shooting them out in the middle of nowhere (now I could be wrong, there could be a cow pasture in the area but probably not). To me that's akin of pigeon shoots, shooting live pigeons instead of clays.

And don't get me wrong, I'm totally down with controlling excess population whether it is yote, deer, hog, groundhog....whatever.
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Posted: 6/7/2012 3:37:32 PM
Out in the middle of nowhere still belongs to someone...and apparently, they didn't want groundhogs on their property.
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Posted: 6/7/2012 4:01:10 PM
Originally Posted By Hawcer:
Out in the middle of nowhere still belongs to someone...and apparently, they didn't want groundhogs on their property.


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Posted: 6/7/2012 5:49:01 PM
Originally Posted By Hawcer:
Out in the middle of nowhere still belongs to someone...and apparently, they didn't want groundhogs on their property.


Them critters be trespassing!

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Posted: 6/7/2012 9:59:05 PM
Pests are to be eradicated.




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Posted: 6/8/2012 7:11:24 PM
If you don't eradicate them everywhere they will increase their numbers, and come back and then be harder to get rid of than the first time.
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Posted: 6/9/2012 9:04:46 AM
You can clearly see rows and parts of planted fields in some of those pictures. I'm guessing the farmers in that area are more than happy to have people shoot their pests for them.
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Posted: 6/10/2012 6:09:39 PM
practice makes perfect

there's a reason there's no limit, they want people to keep them in check. they will never be eradicated, which is good for me :)
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Posted: 6/10/2012 6:33:37 PM
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What's wrong with shooting pigeons? They're just flying rats....

And I shoot varmints out in the middle of no-where because I like turning furry little animals into red mist.

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Posted: 6/10/2012 6:34:03 PM
Originally Posted By urbanredneck:
I was just looking at the ground hog pic thread. Some of the pics showed kills out in the middle of nowhere. I used to hunt ground hogs when I was a kid. Loved it and miss it. But there was a purpose to it, they were in farmers' fields. I'm not really seeing the purpose of shooting them out in the middle of nowhere (now I could be wrong, there could be a cow pasture in the area but probably not). To me that's akin of pigeon shoots, shooting live pigeons instead of clays.

And don't get me wrong, I'm totally down with controlling excess population whether it is yote, deer, hog, groundhog....whatever.


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Posted: 6/10/2012 9:45:15 PM
Shot one going up my driveway two weeks ago. I don't want them denning in my fish pond's dam which my driveway goes over. Once you get a seep started in a earthen dam, it can't be stopped. That is why burrowing animals are not allowed around it. My purpose, but around here they are pests, burrowing in all sorts of places.

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Posted: 6/13/2012 1:31:36 PM
Originally Posted By Tyrone:
You can clearly see rows and parts of planted fields in some of those pictures. I'm guessing the farmers in that area are more than happy to have people shoot their pests for them.


I was referring to pics that appeared to be out in the middle of nowhere.
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Posted: 6/13/2012 1:35:44 PM
Originally Posted By Lungbuster:
What's wrong with shooting pigeons? They're just flying rats....

And I shoot varmints out in the middle of no-where because I like turning furry little animals into red mist.




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Posted: 6/13/2012 10:05:46 PM
I just finished packing for my annual prairie dog trip to south central SoDak. I grew up in the Dakotas, and these critters cause tons of damage to the ranchers and farmers livelihood. Between the cattle and horses breaking ankles/legs after stepping in the PD holes, to making tillable land unfit for planting, to devouring grasses meant for pasturing cattle they cause tons of headaches. Add to that the sylvatic plague they carry, and I have ZERO qualms about reducing the population.

Oh yeah - they are also the ultimate in reactive targets...and dumb enough to not notice the Tannerite I placed on the frontside of their mound
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Posted: 6/15/2012 2:15:35 PM
Originally Posted By Pharcta2:
I just finished packing for my annual prairie dog trip to south central SoDak. I grew up in the Dakotas, and these critters cause tons of damage to the ranchers and farmers livelihood. Between the cattle and horses breaking ankles/legs after stepping in the PD holes, to making tillable land unfit for planting, to devouring grasses meant for pasturing cattle they cause tons of headaches. Add to that the sylvatic plague they carry, and I have ZERO qualms about reducing the population.

Oh yeah - they are also the ultimate in reactive targets...and dumb enough to not notice the Tannerite I placed on the frontside of their mound