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Offline jamaldog87

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what kind of varmint
« on: August 31, 2006, 11:42:59 AM »
what kind of varmint do you hunt and in what states? also do you hunt 13 lined ground squirrels, rock  squirrels,black-tailed prairie dogs , woodchucks,and marmaots?
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Re: what kind of varmint
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2006, 01:02:36 PM »

jamaldog.

Well lets see, When you say varmints that covers a lot of country. I do a lot of coyote calling, And prairie dog shooting is tops on my list but i am not too sure Prairie dogs ane considered as varmints. I also like to shoot rock squirrels but there is not a lot of them here where i live now But, The area i used to live in was loaded with them, They provide some good long range shots.
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Re: what kind of varmint
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2006, 02:14:39 PM »
I hunt groundhogs, foxes, coyotes, bobcats, and pretty much any other varmint that I'm lucky enough to locate here in SW Virginia.

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Re: what kind of varmint
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2006, 03:40:52 AM »
flying rats are in right now..then it will be those filthy coyotes in a month are two..I love getting after the pairie dawgs also.and this year mt.lion should be on the agenda.then any thing that flys into my yard is a varmint.hey anything the crawls, hops r jumps into my yard is a varmint..did I mention slither in??wish there was a dump are some place loaded with rats.that would be waaaaaaay to coooool.
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Re: what kind of varmint
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2006, 06:06:31 AM »
I'm in New York (hence my screen name!). I haven't hunted any varmints in the last few years. When I did it was mostly crow and woodchucks. This year we'll be hunting coyotes and if a fox just happens to answer the call, we'll hunt them too!  :)
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Re: what kind of varmint
« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2006, 07:51:36 AM »
Jamaldog87

We do have those 13 striped ground squirrels around here. I dont mess with them much unless they move in to the grass and make a bunch of holes. They pop pretty loud when you shoot them with a .22 WMR! is fun and kind of like a mini prarie dog hunt.

Sometimes I will shoot the starlings out of the cherry tree with my Crossman 760.

There is not many groundhogs around here anymore so I wait for the Fox season to open then call and shoot the Fox and the Coyotes.

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Re: what kind of varmint
« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2006, 02:02:03 PM »
I don't wast bullets on Varmin anymore, but I use to. Critters like Cynomys ludovicianus in northern Arizona and Cynomys gunnisoni in southern New Mexico. Marmota flaviventris, Citellus beecheyi in California and Citellus townsendi in Nevada to name a few....I just want you guys to look em up lol  ::)

I do hunt predators like coyotes, bobcats, gray fox and badgers. I do not consider a predator a varmint in any way shape or form. My reasoning is Predators are totally a different animal, they do not fit in the Rodentia or Leporidae families at all, matter of fact they eat em lol. ;D ;)
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Re: what kind of varmint
« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2006, 02:26:48 PM »
I don't wast bullets on Varmin anymore, but I use to. Critters like Cynomys ludovicianus in northern Arizona and Cynomys gunnisoni in southern New Mexico. Marmota flaviventris, Citellus beecheyi in California and Citellus townsendi in Nevada to name a few....I just want you guys to look em up lol  ::)

I do hunt predators like coyotes, bobcats, gray fox and badgers. I do not consider a predator a varmint in any way shape or form. My reasoning is Predators are totally a different animal, they do not fit in the Rodentia or Leporidae families at all, matter of fact they eat em lol. ;D ;)

You're right :-[. Like you, I also consider predators to be even higher on the list than big game animals.

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Re: what kind of varmint
« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2006, 05:01:04 PM »
I don't wast bullets on Varmin anymore, but I use to. Critters like Cynomys ludovicianus in northern Arizona and Cynomys gunnisoni in southern New Mexico. Marmota flaviventris, Citellus beecheyi in California and Citellus townsendi in Nevada to name a few....I just want you guys to look em up lol  ::)

I do hunt predators like coyotes, bobcats, gray fox and badgers. I do not consider a predator a varmint in any way shape or form. My reasoning is Predators are totally a different animal, they do not fit in the Rodentia or Leporidae families at all, matter of fact they eat em lol. ;D ;)

I think that you are right but thanks for making us look up them beechest cetellitus critters. :o  :) :) :)

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Re: what kind of varmint
« Reply #9 on: September 02, 2006, 04:28:57 AM »
All in fun you guys, I have nothing better to do anyways. See what happens when you get old and have all this time on your hands lol.
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