Praire Dog shoot report

[Ditchdigger]

Well the praire dog shoot was a huge success again,and everyone had a great time even with the wind blowing about 25 mph. The older rifleman had there hands full since Greybeard could'nt make it,so Marv and I had to show the newbies( under 60 yrs. old) where the trigger was and how to hold and shoot the gun's they had.Welllllll the short story is that we had them up and shooting 400 to 500 yds. shots on praire dogs very quickly,thanks to all of our experince and wisdom with guns. Dano cooked his world famous ribs,and as a extra treat for being good he cooked a 2 nd. night with The Butts of a hog (thats a shoulder cut) .
We ate finer than any king while we were there. Many thanks (especially to Wes for guiding and handiling everything)     :-D  :-D  :-D  :-D  :-D Digger

[Datil]

The hunt was a great sucess Many Thanks to Wes and Dano.
 Wes went to great pains to get every thing going good, And
 Dano many thanks for the Ribs and Butts, can not make up my mine
 which is best, Both great, Thanks guys, and your wife Dano.
 Sorry I and Clint  had come back early. Marv.

[stimpylu32]

Sure glad i got to meet all you guys , i had a wonderful time and learned alot , even from Fuzzy  :-D  :-D  :-D .

I have already put in a request for next year , rain the day before and temps in the low 80s , this ohio fat guy does not like the 100s very well .

Any of you boys ever want to come to ohio and hunt just drop me a line and we'll hook you up .    

[quickdtoo]

I wanta go Stimpy, can ya swing by and pick me up on the way!!! :-D
 
Tim

[stimpylu32]

No prob. Tim . just let me know what time your flight arrives and i'll be glad to pick you up .  :roll:  :roll:  :wink:

[quickdtoo]

Oh man, I knew there'd be a catch!! :-D  :-D  :-D

[lik2hunt]

Wow, what a week! Got back in with Digger at about 4 Monday afternoon. Spent the rest of the day unpacking and cleaning guns. Got to work at about 6:15 Tue. morning and put in 12 1/2 hours that day, and then ran like crazy the rest of the week too. Actually made a good post here on Wed. morning but my computer sent it into hyperspace somewhere so I'm trying again.
This year's shoot was soooooo cool for me. Got to meet and spend at least a little time with everyone there this year I think. Learned a lot about compensating for the wind too. The prarie dogs weren't as cooperative this year as last but I still managed some long shots between 4 and 500 yards but still got a lot of short range stuff too. There was one time when Digger and I found a new town that hadn't been shot and set up there. About the time we got good and ready the "Merles" called and Digger went to meet up with them and I got to shoot alone for about thirty minutes. Man! I was decapitating them little boogers at about 60-80 yards with the .223, that was fun! Got some great long range shots with my 220 Swift and Savage 22-250 too. Rimfire shooting on the last afternoon and mornings we were there just was icing on the cake. Even got a rattlesnake that was down in a burrow with my 20 gauge during the weekend too.
(Side-note)----Ole Paul is crackshot with that pistol of his too.  :-D  
 
BIG thanks to Wes for wearing himself out guiding all of us, to Dan for cooking two days in a row and for helping out with a meeting place, BIG thanks to Helen too, because we all know behind every good man there's a better woman.  :wink:   :mrgreen:
Thanks to Stimpylu32 for the brass and the shotgun ammo and the carrying case too, you're alright man.
And last, but certainly not least, to Jimmy and Hellacatcher for getting me fixed up with a .357 Max barrel! Going to polish the chamber and run some rounds thru her today as a matter of fact.
To everyone I met and to those I saw again, it was a pleasure. You are all a GREAT bunch of guys and I feel priviliged to know every one of ya. Too bad this only happens once a year.

This is also posted in the PD foum.