| 500grains |
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| 11/06/06 05:11 PM |
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Prarie Dog Hunt
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Date: June 10, 2006
Location: Wyoming, USA
Miles driven (round trip): 509
Weather: rain a.m., sunny afternoon, high of 70 degrees, winds 0 to 30 mph
Rounds fired: 450+
Prarie dogs taken: 247
Distance: 125 to 300 yards. Longer shots not feasible due to varying wind.
Other game: 4 jackrabbits taken. 30 or so antelope seen.
Rifle: Cooper Varminter .223 with Zeiss Conquest 6.5-20x, mildot reticle
Ammo: reloads with 50 gr. Nosler Ballistic Tips
Gasoline cost: approx US$100
Daily rate: none
Tips paid: none
Snafus (getting stuck, break downs, accidental discharge, etc.): none
| bulldog563 |
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| 11/06/06 06:22 PM |
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Re: Prarie Dog Hunt
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Sounds like fun.
| NE450No2 |
| (.375 member) |
| 13/06/06 07:23 PM |
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Re: Prarie Dog Hunt
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500 Grains
Better start reloading them emptys, I will be back to SLC sometime toward the end of the first week of July.
NitroX
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| 13/06/06 08:10 PM |
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Re: Prarie Dog Hunt
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247 prarie dogs. Now that is a lot of dogs!