AZ Prairie Dogs

[Calif. Hunter]

A bunch of friends, my 12-year old son and I went to Seligman, AZ last weekend to blast some prairie dogs. We literally had a blast. Stayed at a funky Route 66 motel (The Stagecoach 66 Motel) in Seligman because our usual haunt, The Grand Caverns Motel, was hosting a rodeo and was booked solid. My buddy's 15-year old nephew came and I got to take the 2 boys out....which means I did not get as much shooting done myself as usual. Two boys bailing out of the truck and blasting away at every dog in sight has that effect. Grasshoppers, lizards....they were determined not to come home with any ammo left.

I did manage to get to shoot at the ones way out there, and hit about 50 or so. I do love the .22-250's terminal effect on them! No trophy shots, as they were pretty mangled. Good times with the boys! (Both the old ones and the young ones.)

 

[danr55]

Hey CH, Have you checked the AZ regs lately? I think PD's are closed from April 1 to June 30 and then open again on Jul 1. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think so.

 

[Wyodeerhunter]

Hey CH, Have you checked the AZ regs lately? I think PD's are closed from April 1 to June 30 and then open again on Jul 1. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think so.

Whoops

A prarie dog season. Who would of thunk it?

 

[TOM IN TENNESSEE]

Maybe he was shooting illegal immigrant PD"s which is legal in my book....

 

[1_pointer]

Whoops

A prarie dog season. Who would of thunk it?

The Utah Division of WIldlife Resources, but it's only for public land...

 

[Calif. Hunter]

Dan - the season closes the end of March and reopens June 15th. Nothing illegal here.

The AZ Game Warden driving around woulda said something, I think.

 

[danr55]

Yup.. THat why I was kind of unsure about it. I remember I got written up one year right after they implemented the "season" for those cute, cuddly, flea infested, prairrie rats.

 

[Calif. Hunter]

We generally go the last weekend in March and then the first weekend after June 15th. Loads of fun!

 

[1_pointer]

Good deal!! I did the same thing on the 16th and 17th here in UT. Not real big towns, but sure fun! Can't imagine my dad could have brought enough ammo when I was 12...

 

[Calif. Hunter]

Michael went through 2 bricks of 22 LR and about 100 rounds of .223.

Of course, I went through 200 rounds of .22-250 and about 50 rounds of .223. (Just because I ended up keeping the Kimber handier than the .223, and the .22-250 did a bit better in the wind. I use 40 gr bullets in the .223 and 50 grainers in the .22-250.)

The PDs were fairly scattered, but there were lots of young ones out running around. There sure was a difference in size between the older ones and the young pups.

 

[TOM IN TENNESSEE]

I love the explosion that 55gr V-Max in my .22-250 make