Gopher of a Lifetime

[Mule Kick]

6 years ago. A buddy who I used to work with sent it to me the other day when it came up on his phone ‘memories’.. as I recall it was an exciting hunt with great friends!

 

[Wildabeest]

We used to shoot groundhogs with my dad’s .222Rem. Go into an open field and let out a loud whistle and they’d all stand up to see what was going on. Bam!

 

[Nick87]

My old boss in the coal mine, Rusty McHenry, almost got divorced over his use of a 12 gauge on a rat in the kitchen.

If you cut the shell and just use the wad it keeps the wife a little less upset. Not that I would know.

 

[slatebuilder]

I shot a mouse in our kitchen with a BB gun one night. I was sitting at the island and spotted a mouse 10 feet away by the wood stove. My wife brought me the BB gun from the other room carefully to not scare the mouse. 1 pump of the BB gun was all, just one. The bb entered mouse on the tip of his nose and exited his back side. It then bounced around the kitchen. I had no clue 1 pump would be enough to go through the mouse and ricochet all over the kitchen like that. The bb was still perfectly round when we found it later.

 

[Dave N]

I shot a mouse in our kitchen with a BB gun one night. I was sitting at the island and spotted a mouse 10 feet away by the wood stove. My wife brought me the BB gun from the other room carefully to not scare the mouse. 1 pump of the BB gun was all, just one. The bb entered mouse on the tip of his nose and exited his back side. It then bounced around the kitchen. I had no clue 1 pump would be enough to go through the mouse and ricochet all over the kitchen like that. The bb was still perfectly round when we found it later.

Got one with a blowgun in our living room. Took a few tries, but the little bastard kept coming out after I missed. Not bad for sitting in my recliner! Wife was semi-impressed.

 

[rjthehunter]

Got one with a blowgun in our living room. Took a few tries, but the little bastard kept coming out after I missed. Not bad for sitting in my recliner! Wife was semi-impressed.

The old "I'm not enthused, but kind of impressed" look?

 

[BAKPAKR]

Well, this isn’t a gopher, but it is a rodent. So, similar. When I walked up to him after the shot, an AC/DC song instantly came to mind.

I am still perplexed as to why I would think of a song about a large social gathering for formal dancing when gazing down at a dead squirrel.

 

[Brute]

Moley Moley Moley

 

[BAKPAKR]

Moley Moley Moley
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[cgasner1]

Well, this isn’t a gopher, but it is a rodent. So, similar. When I walked up to him after the shot, an AC/DC song instantly came to mind.

I am still perplexed as to why I would think of a song about a large social gathering for formal dancing when gazing down at a dead squirrel.

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You guys do realize somewhere out there a lineman is trying to fund a hunting season and your killing his call out 2 hours at a time.

 

[Dave N]

The old "I'm not enthused, but kind of impressed" look?

Pretty much. Laughed and said "Looks like the great white hunter strikes again!"

 

[BAKPAKR]

Got one with a blowgun in our living room. Took a few tries, but the little bastard kept coming out after I missed. Not bad for sitting in my recliner! Wife was semi-impressed.

So, these are not just for balloons?