Posted: 4/21/2009 8:53:18 PM EDT
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So, a friend of mine comes up to me the other day and says "My dad was wondering where in Oklahoma a person could go to hunt prairie dogs. I didn't know, so I thought I'd ask you." Well, I don't know either, so all I could give her was "Western Oklahoma?". A little research has led me to a couple of outfits that do prairie dog hunts, but I then found out that he's looking to not have to pay if he can avoid it. Makes sense since he'd be driving up from Louisiana and would have to pay for gas both ways and ammo, I suppose. State land is out, since hunting regs prohibit shooting prairie dogs on state land. Seems fine on private land, though.
So, if anyone has any good lines on prairie dog shooting spots in OK and doesn't mind sharing, I'd love to be able to pass that on. PM me if you don't want it out on the general forum. |
| there aren't any free handouts in this world anymore. If you aren't lucky enough to be a land owner or to know someone that has p-dogs, good luck and expect to pay. Luckily, i found a girlfriend whose dad owns a bunch of land in Kansas and i can shoot p-dogs and pheasant for free whenever i want! suckers. coyotes and deer here, p-dogs and pheasant there. How lucky am i? |
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there aren't any free handouts in this world anymore. If you aren't lucky enough to be a land owner or to know someone that has p-dogs, good luck and expect to pay. Luckily, i found a girlfriend whose dad owns a bunch of land in Kansas and i can shoot p-dogs and pheasant for free whenever i want! suckers. coyotes and deer here, p-dogs and pheasant there. How lucky am i? I'd say pretty lucky. Some of the ranchers I know let me hunt but if I took anyone other than my son, it would be bye-bye for good. They are becoming more particular all the time. If you tell them someone lives in the city, ain't no way they're coming on the farmer's dirt with a gun, for coyotes or prairie dogs. I've got a guy out in Oakview that has a hog problem. He wants them thinned out but he waffles when you tell him you can bring others out with you. I told him he could charge a nominal fee and it would probably be snapped up. That made him waffle even more. Some of these farmers you can't figure out. 
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My family owns a fair amount of land in central OK and we don't let anybody no way no how hunt on our places. For liability reasons and because me and my brother want it all to ourselves!!! I bring friends and girlfriends to fish every chance I get and I would be willing to take some of you guys this summer after harvest is over (which should be quick the way the wheat looks  ) But anyways, I understand about the hog deal, hogs are getting more pronounced south of my area and me and my brother recently got into the hog doggin but farmers don't want people chasing hogs with dogs for fear of screwing with their cattle, I agree because nothing pisses me off more than coyote hunters chasing coyotes all over my land with grey hounds, not for the fact of scaring cattle but chasing all the damn coyotes out of the country that me and bro like to call in and shoot! Its hard to get in gravy with a farmer unless a previous relationshiphas been established.
back to the OP, you're best bet is to find some State land just over the border in Kansas if you want to do some p-dog shooting. I know that sucks but its just my opinion, I think there is some north of Hooker, OK out in the panhandle of OK. Thats a ways from liouseana (fuckmyspelling) but I don't know what else to tell you. . My frat friend is from Kansas jsut north of Blackwell, OK and we are thinking about going up this friday to do some p-dog shooting on his place. Networking, knowing people, and people knowing you will get you some pretty sweet opportunities in this world. Some are lucky and some are REALLY lucky. |
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Well, he's not exactly a city boy (I've met him, he's a great guy). He lives just inside the city limits of Nacotiches, LA, but he's as country as anyone I've met. He's a Marine (Force Recon at one point but currently attached to the Air Force) with a high enough Chief rank to make recruiters mess their pants when he calls, but I understand folks not wanting to let someone they've never met hunt their land.
It's legal to hunt p-dogs on state land in Kansas? If so, that would probably work well enough for him, I guess. I'll do a bit of research on that front and pass on what I find. Thanks, guys. |
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Well, he's not exactly a city boy (I've met him, he's a great guy). He lives just inside the city limits of Nacotiches, LA, but he's as country as anyone I've met. He'sa Marine (Force Recon at one point but currently attached to the Air Force) with a high enough Chief rank to make recruiters mess their pants when he calls, but I understand folks not wanting to let someone they've never met hunt their land. It's legal to hunt p-dogs on state land in Kansas? If so, that would probably work well enough for him, I guess. I'll do a bit of research on that front and pass on what I find. Thanks, guys. It's not just folks they've never met they don't let hunt, it's just about anybody except family. I don't let anyone hunt my property except for young boys IF their dad does not carry a gun and they hunt deer during youth season. Generally I'm there when they do for the simple reason I want to enjoy the kid's enthusiasm and excitement. And to make sure Dad doesn't pull a fast one. I've been bit so I am careful. Most farmers are just suspicious as hell. If they find a beer bottle on the road the first one they'll blame is hunters that hunt someone's else's land. I've heard them blame "those city people" when it's the damn locals that pull more bull shit than those that don't live there. It's not being "country" to get permission to shoot over someone's dirt, it's the fact they have to know you, like you, and trust you. I had a friend I never asked to hunt on his section of land. He always wanted to know how I'd done hunting, always enjoyed the sausage I gave him. I never asked him because he never let ANYONE hunt his land. He asked me why I didn't ask him. I knew how he was and I told him. He just laughed, gave me a key, and said be careful. I told him I didn't hunt a place unless my son had permission too. He thought about it a while, and said OK. Then he watched Matthew for two years every time he hunted but he never watched me. He would stop and talk to Matt every time he saw him. He got to like Matthew more than he did me. He's been gone for almost 6 years now and we still hunt his place. His wife is exactly like him. But she is our good friend and we will always take care of her and her place as well as we can. That is sometimes what it takes to get permission to hunt a place and keep it year after year. Just asking doesn't seem to work anymore.
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| shot p-dogs today just outside of caldwell kansas (i think thats how u spell it). Only shot about 20 but had fun. My friend went through an entire 550 pack of .22lr with his marlin 22. he does it everytime. shoots everything. i only shot about 40 rounds of .223, had all the fun i wanted. i shot one at 160 yards. really freaking windy and i think thats why we didn't see more. it wasnt a very big prairie dog town to begin with but i still had fun. |