Prairie dog hunts

[98dyna]

Yes there are guided prairie dog hunts. I work for a fishing guide that also can add a day or two of hunts. No more than 3 clients per hunt, we supply the rifles and ammo if needed, lunch, and hunt on a private 12,000 acre ranch. I work as a spotter for the client most of the time.

 

[Blandry]

There's such a thing as a guided prairie dog hunt?!

In this day and age I wouldn't be surprised if there were guided bug squashing hunts

 

[98dyna]

With the flood of non resident property owners popping up all over the state and the government gun banning desires, a bug squashing hunt doesn't sound to bad. A semi-automatic fly swatter maybe?

 

[bubbadad]

If I remember correctly I paid 17.00 for out of state license for the year. We would go for a week and burn up 3000 rounds. I used 17 hmr, 204, and 22-250. We put a hurting on them. Lol . But I did make a 1002 yard kill . And I shot. Better then 60%

 

[98dyna]

Montana doesn't have permits for shooting prairie dogs, it's free and no sales tax to boot. We use .17 HMR, .223, 6.5 Creed, .260 A.I., and even a .30 magnum once in a while.

 

[Buzzsaw]

Pretty much have given up on PD hunts. Hunted several years in a row with Sagebrush Outfitters near Dalhart, TX and one year into N.M. We were given a VERY hard to understand map and pretty much told, have at it. We saw some PD's but only one pasture with a BUNCH but it was off limits. Just too far of a drive to take maybe 30 shots at about 600 yards and hitting a few. Probably had a few "honey Hole" pastures but we never saw them. Living near Dallas, just too far for too little.

 

[98dyna]

Our instructions from the owner is to kill every dog we see. If you can shoot to 300 yards the game is on all day.

 

[Buzzsaw]

Our instructions from the owner is to kill every dog we see. If you can shoot to 300 yards the game is on all day.

im in

 

[BigDon]

You should check with the fort belknap Indian reservation in Montana, or the rosebud in Nebraska, years ago you could purchase a permit to shoot on tribal lands without a guide, I don't know the current protocol or rules and regulations are. I had outstanding shooting on both 200 to 400 rounds a day were common and that was with 5 to 6 shooters all with 3 or 4 guns each

I've shot at the Rosebud. Hot barrels for sure. You are assigned a guide, not expensive, but mandatory.

 

[mdmiller]

Welcome WayneJ..
I also hunted around Rosebud SD for over 20 years. Some on private land and some on Indian ground!
Check it out!!

 

[Ol' Red]

In this day and age I wouldn't be surprised if there were guided bug squashing hunts

I can provide that service. At reasonable prices. Lodging is in the back yard in a pup tent. Contact me @ Old Time Bug Squashers Guide Service. (not legally licensed in the state of WY as a guide service)

 

[1mechanic]

Do you provide the fly swatter or do we have to bring our own?

 

[TigerOnThe Hill]

There's such a thing as a guided prairie dog hunt?!
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Yeah, but most that are listed as "guided" are actually "semi-guided." Les picked us at the motel in the morning and drove us to all the towns in his truck. We shot from his truck the first day and from a trailer towed behind his truck the second day. Another guide stayed w/ us the entire day (which was a good thing as he spotted a tornado headed our direction while we were busy shooting!). 10 Gauge led us to the town the first day, then left us alone the rest of the time. When my friends hunted years ago w/ Prairie Dog Safaris the guide was with them all the time. Most (e.g. Sagebrush and Rebel Ridge) give you a map of the towns and leave you on you own.

 

[Bowfisher]

I think most of PD shoots are " guided " now, because most of the PD's have been poisoned and the remaining are on lands that are leased up. You simply won't find good shooting on public lands these days. If 10 shots before noon, past 400 yds is what you're after, then I will concede that point.

I pay a " guide " because I get to shoot unpressured dogs starting at 100 yds with my bow and little 17 wildcats. Then work my way out. I won't even share what state it's in...and if my wife goes, she has to wear a blindfold for the drive out and back to town. Loose lips sink ships!!