Prairie Dog Shoot

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FishSqueezer

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I finally joined my old man for a prairie dog shoot in North Dakota last weekend. We hooked up with a buddy of mine who lives out there and knew of several dog towns.

The weather was beautiful and it was a great opportunity to test out my Rock River ATH and some reloads. The first afternoon was a bit disappointing because I missed a number of prairie dogs. Days 2 & 3 I carried a pack in for a rear rest, which improved my accuracy a lot. I had 1 light primer strike out of 170 rounds, but otherwise the gun performed flawlessly.

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The targets ranged from 15 to 500 yds, which allowed me to learn the limitations of the gun and my shooting ability. I quickly discovered that I need to practice shooting from cross sticks before heading back out to call coyotes with my buddy later this winter.
Now I need to find some time to load rounds for dmpowder's semi-auto shootout (under the AR forum) and coyote hunting in between bowhunts. I love this time of year!!
 
Sounds like fun. What was the weather like? Should be cooling off a little bit up there. I'm going on a PD shoot next weekend. First time for me this late in the year when it's cooler. I'm wondering how it will affect the dogs?
 
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It was cool at night (30's) while we were up there, but the prairie dogs were out feeding all day long. I wouldn't worry. The dogs were pretty spooky, unless you could get on a town that hadn't been shot up. However, the pups were all BIG and made generous targets
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Has the drought hit up there at all?

We were in SD and it was bone dry and the dog populations were WAY down from prior years.

The important thing though, is you had a good time!
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That's a bummer the #'s were down in SD. It was dry while we were out there, but I think they had a decent amount of precip in August (according to my buddy). The dog numbers were good, even in the towns near the road that had bee shot up.

We had a great time, but it was a loooooonnngggg drive
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