People don't realize that for these prairie dogs, there is not really a predator out there to enforce natural selection and to control population size other than farmers. Sure, on the open plains a prairie dog may be eaten by a coyote, but this is a farm and predators have to be kept away for the sake of the livestock and by that extension, the predators are kept away from prairie dogs. Without that predatory threat, the prairie dog population goes unchecked unless the farmers intervene.
You people bitch about the prarie dog dying, and I'm sitting behind my computer with a beer in my hand,and a smile on my face : ) Screw all of you peta supporters.
Yes, rodent hunting such as this is beneficial to ranchers and I don't have a problem with it. What I do have a problem with is that every one of this guys videos show either some sort of unethical/unlawful "hunting" or some sort of safety violation. Obviously, this is a ranch or farm as shown by the moving tractor that was down range. This is a shot that should not have been taken. This guy is going to hurt somebody someday, it's only a matter of time.
lol , nice shot . my farthest gopher kills at 325yrds with my tikka t3 in a 243 , great gun , this spring in 3 months i personally took out 4500 of them. approx 15000 with me and 2 buddies combined . take care and shoot straight .... no mercy!!!
Scientific evidence says farmers exaggerate damage by prairie dogs. Actually, their presence is more beneficial. Their burrows prevent soil erosion and direct rainwater underground increasing water table. They also reverse soil compaction by cattle. Not one confirmed case of horse being injured by the burrows. They may eat some crops but their main diet is grass. During plague, extremely rare now, they die in much larger numbers than cause human deaths. They are more sinned against than sinning.
Do you know the guy who owns this land? Im going to soon get some optics for my ar and would love to go test it on some prairie dogs. If you dont know they guy how do you find people who want someone to come out and take care of them? Do you do clean up afterwards? Sorry for all the questions but I would love to know more. Thanks
Yeah nice shot, out in California my uncle has a Ranch, with an assload of ground squirrels that have killed some cattle (if this doesnt make sense to any of you, some of the livestock had actually been tripped by the holes, or the actuall squirrels) so i was lyin down with a benjamin pellet rifle poppin those suckers in the head from not much more than a hundred yards... makes you feel good to help out :)
Riseagayday, Sure Real hunters eat their kill in most cases and peta sucks and so on with your comment. This IS a farm/ ranchland... it has been consumed over the past 10 years by Thousands of these prairie eating rodents. The rancher today can only run 10% of the livestock he used to. We are helping him overcome his epidemic....I can't seem to find a good reason as to why we should not have had a good time helping him clean them out....You said Kill To Kill. We say Kill to Conserve!
Goddamn straight! People see this one prairie dog get its day fucked up but they dont see his thousands of buddies underground waiting to come out and eat this farmers crops. I wonder if these hippies would change their mind if they knew these dogs shit and pissed on their food. Not to mention what diseases they could have and potentially transfer to the crops and/or the other animals around.
@brians708 I AGREE the population gets to big and Livestock step in the holes and break legs. People like us are very helpful to farmers to keep the animals safe.
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I like to hunt. I eat meat, and lots of it. I fucking hate peta and their crazy extremist views on animal rights. But i also believe that you shouldnt kill just to kill. This isnt a farm like the others defended its just a poor prarie dog not hurting anyone. Hunting for sport is for backwoods assholes. Let the flaming begin!!
rootbeer, i like shooting them but when i see them fly up like that kinda takes the fun out of it, ive been hunting squirells and such outside 100yds for about a year now and my .22 that i shoot them with doesnt blow them to bits just a nice clean kill x]
Ain't nothin' more fun than splittin' open squippels and groundhogs with a ballistic tip. I love how they fly like helicopters if you nail 'em just right. I've shot many. I love it. What would be really fun is to shoot the little buggers while animal rights wackos were downrange, trying to save them from my bullets...
lol.. people like you are morons.. whether it be 2 feet or 300 yards.. why does it matter to you people? Its still a fatal shot thats within the capabilities of the person and the rifle.
"Senseless acts of violence" "Minority" More people hunt than you think.. How do you think you are here? your ancestors hunted. Compassion towards a pest that populates faster than rabbits and ruins fields is asinine. You and people like you care more about animals than humans. Talk about compassion.. peta firebombs a research center for cancer to save a handful of lab rats. If they really want to save animals.. leave us hunters alone as we are the first conservationist.
Yeah our ancestors hunted, but unless you're still a caveman you shouldn't be doing that. And pests are the product of human intervention in natural business, want to get ride of those rodents? leave coyotes and wolves live, they kill them.
have you ever even seen a fucking farm dude? the farm i work at is overrun with groundhogs which eat all the food which you end up eating so stfu you benifit from it
Yes, lets all go call PETA to come save a praire dog, now you see this is how the world really works, there are those that could care less about a fucking rodent, because its a god damn rodent, and idiots like you who have to go make a big deal out of nothing.
People don't realize that for these prairie dogs, there is not really a predator out there to enforce natural selection and to control population size other than farmers. Sure, on the open plains a prairie dog may be eaten by a coyote, but this is a farm and predators have to be kept away for the sake of the livestock and by that extension, the predators are kept away from prairie dogs. Without that predatory threat, the prairie dog population goes unchecked unless the farmers intervene.
TheHevquip 11 months ago
You people bitch about the prarie dog dying, and I'm sitting behind my computer with a beer in my hand,and a smile on my face : ) Screw all of you peta supporters.
"BECOME ONE WITH NATURE.....THEN MARINATE IT"
z28931 1 year ago
Nice shot....I had to watch 3 times just to see the little critter :-)
rolexr 1 year ago
Yes, rodent hunting such as this is beneficial to ranchers and I don't have a problem with it. What I do have a problem with is that every one of this guys videos show either some sort of unethical/unlawful "hunting" or some sort of safety violation. Obviously, this is a ranch or farm as shown by the moving tractor that was down range. This is a shot that should not have been taken. This guy is going to hurt somebody someday, it's only a matter of time.
jaywal334 1 year ago
lol , nice shot . my farthest gopher kills at 325yrds with my tikka t3 in a 243 , great gun , this spring in 3 months i personally took out 4500 of them. approx 15000 with me and 2 buddies combined . take care and shoot straight .... no mercy!!!
mhaze420 1 year ago
pinwheel of death rules
nissanabuser 1 year ago
Scientific evidence says farmers exaggerate damage by prairie dogs. Actually, their presence is more beneficial. Their burrows prevent soil erosion and direct rainwater underground increasing water table. They also reverse soil compaction by cattle. Not one confirmed case of horse being injured by the burrows. They may eat some crops but their main diet is grass. During plague, extremely rare now, they die in much larger numbers than cause human deaths. They are more sinned against than sinning.
tiwaringp 1 year ago
0:01 nice shooting man :)
LepardOO 2 years ago
Good shootin!
YouGotTheWord 2 years ago
Was that a weasel who farted close to the camera or was it actually a rifle?
CHOPERUS23 2 years ago
He flipped
Yousonofabitchfucker 2 years ago
Do you know the guy who owns this land? Im going to soon get some optics for my ar and would love to go test it on some prairie dogs. If you dont know they guy how do you find people who want someone to come out and take care of them? Do you do clean up afterwards? Sorry for all the questions but I would love to know more. Thanks
saabaru05 2 years ago
Oh wow, lovin the car driving by while youre shooting a rifle. Thats awesome.
skunkapotamus 2 years ago
ahahaha
phillyphilly2007 2 years ago
Yeah nice shot, out in California my uncle has a Ranch, with an assload of ground squirrels that have killed some cattle (if this doesnt make sense to any of you, some of the livestock had actually been tripped by the holes, or the actuall squirrels) so i was lyin down with a benjamin pellet rifle poppin those suckers in the head from not much more than a hundred yards... makes you feel good to help out :)
ncaoairsoftmember 2 years ago 2
Bravey what lol..........what was he supposed to do attack the thing with a pocket knife? mega stay in the Netherlands
BuckeyeSparky 2 years ago
Riseagayday, Sure Real hunters eat their kill in most cases and peta sucks and so on with your comment. This IS a farm/ ranchland... it has been consumed over the past 10 years by Thousands of these prairie eating rodents. The rancher today can only run 10% of the livestock he used to. We are helping him overcome his epidemic....I can't seem to find a good reason as to why we should not have had a good time helping him clean them out....You said Kill To Kill. We say Kill to Conserve!
brians708 3 years ago 10
Goddamn straight! People see this one prairie dog get its day fucked up but they dont see his thousands of buddies underground waiting to come out and eat this farmers crops. I wonder if these hippies would change their mind if they knew these dogs shit and pissed on their food. Not to mention what diseases they could have and potentially transfer to the crops and/or the other animals around.
topher81807 3 years ago 12
@topher81807 well said, well said
TheLegit10th 1 year ago
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bezraznizu 2 years ago
@brians708 I AGREE the population gets to big and Livestock step in the holes and break legs. People like us are very helpful to farmers to keep the animals safe.
troy5251 1 year ago
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I like to hunt. I eat meat, and lots of it. I fucking hate peta and their crazy extremist views on animal rights. But i also believe that you shouldnt kill just to kill. This isnt a farm like the others defended its just a poor prarie dog not hurting anyone. Hunting for sport is for backwoods assholes. Let the flaming begin!!
riseagreenday 3 years ago
If you were such a hunter you would understand why these varmints (A.K.A prairie dogs) are being killed, and not just for sport you ignoramus.
Braxton
TeamShadowOps 2 years ago
yeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!
foresthallboy 3 years ago
rootbeer, i like shooting them but when i see them fly up like that kinda takes the fun out of it, ive been hunting squirells and such outside 100yds for about a year now and my .22 that i shoot them with doesnt blow them to bits just a nice clean kill x]
L2Sshooter 3 years ago
Ain't nothin' more fun than splittin' open squippels and groundhogs with a ballistic tip. I love how they fly like helicopters if you nail 'em just right. I've shot many. I love it. What would be really fun is to shoot the little buggers while animal rights wackos were downrange, trying to save them from my bullets...
rootbeer4969 3 years ago 4
Shooting rodents with long range weaponry.. Very brave.
megamarsvin 3 years ago
lol.. people like you are morons.. whether it be 2 feet or 300 yards.. why does it matter to you people? Its still a fatal shot thats within the capabilities of the person and the rifle.
fusionstar916 3 years ago
who said anything about bravery? it has nothing to do with bravery
steelcurtain656 3 years ago
Most people have compassion. you are the minority who seem to relate to the world with sensless acts of violence.
9Rasputin9 4 years ago
"Senseless acts of violence" "Minority" More people hunt than you think.. How do you think you are here? your ancestors hunted. Compassion towards a pest that populates faster than rabbits and ruins fields is asinine. You and people like you care more about animals than humans. Talk about compassion.. peta firebombs a research center for cancer to save a handful of lab rats. If they really want to save animals.. leave us hunters alone as we are the first conservationist.
fusionstar916 3 years ago 3
Yeah our ancestors hunted, but unless you're still a caveman you shouldn't be doing that. And pests are the product of human intervention in natural business, want to get ride of those rodents? leave coyotes and wolves live, they kill them.
Windwolf001 3 years ago
have you ever even seen a fucking farm dude? the farm i work at is overrun with groundhogs which eat all the food which you end up eating so stfu you benifit from it
steelcurtain656 3 years ago 13
Yes, lets all go call PETA to come save a praire dog, now you see this is how the world really works, there are those that could care less about a fucking rodent, because its a god damn rodent, and idiots like you who have to go make a big deal out of nothing.
angelmarine1292 3 years ago
savages. get a fucking life arseholes.
joeslifeyork 4 years ago
Lol
metallica870621345 4 years ago