Sage rats in the snow!

Angler · Mar 16, 2010

Another weekend of sage rat control by K-Falls. First two days were interesting because it was snowing!! After last time we were there and the first two days this time, the field was looking pretty bare of squirrels! Luckily we received a phone call from a rancher near Lakeview and spent two days down there on fresh fields. Here are some pictures and a video in the snow.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF70jOVz8I8

HappyRoman · Mar 16, 2010

coolness, do you skin them, before you cook?

tomcat · Mar 16, 2010

nice ... rilly want to get over and shoot sum..

chase · Mar 16, 2010

Nice video, looks fun. Just curious how far away were you shooting?

Angler · Mar 17, 2010

chase said:
Nice video, looks fun. Just curious how far away were you shooting?

I guess the average was around 75 yards. Farthest was 155 yards.

bmgm37 · Mar 17, 2010

Looks like fun, need to try that out some day!!

cbzdel · Mar 18, 2010

x2 looks like alot of fun, I dont think there is anything like that in my area though..

bmgm37 · Mar 18, 2010

I have heard several people say that most of the ranchers will only allow you to shoot .17 now, is that true? I know most people used to just use .22lr.

BigBluePup · Mar 18, 2010

bmgm37 said:
I have heard several people say that most of the ranchers will only allow you to shoot .17 now, is that true? I know most people used to just use .22lr.

.17hmr would be my weapon of choice. Or maybe a Mach2 either will be good hitting rats out to about 100yrd anything further then that it starts getting tough I mean fun!..... 200+ the 22-250 comes out

Angler · Mar 18, 2010

bmgm37 said:
I have heard several people say that most of the ranchers will only allow you to shoot .17 now, is that true? I know most people used to just use .22lr.

Not any of the ranchers I talked to. They all prefered rimfires and 90% said no centerfires.

bolen05 · Mar 18, 2010

why would a rancher care whether you use rimfire of centerfire, or what caliber is used?

Brandon44647 · Mar 18, 2010

It's my understanding irrigation pipes are very expensive and rimfires ricochet more ? I swear i heard that somewhere, correct me if i'm wrong........