Yup, thanks for the great story from out in the field. Sadly, while I'll have a trusty single shot 22lr or two along, I finally decided to cobble up a truck gun semi auto for spring gophers. I used to eat them by the bushel until I found out they were high in cholesterol. Ah, the good ole days from last spring. Maybe, I'll drag a single shot out for winter coyotes and see if I can get a poke at one fairly close up, but I'll probably have a bolt rifle near by.

If youra gonna eat em, ya havta shoot them skinny ones -- more sporting and better test of your rifle and ammo. Kinda like little grass-fed beefs. 

calledflyer wrote on Jan 8^th, 2020 at 4:27pm:


Anyone can go out and kill ten thousand with a new fangled repeating rifle. A true sportsman takes just one with a obsolete single shot, with obsolete scope  chambered in an under powered obsolete caliber. Uses black powder and does it with one shot. I'll never forget it. It was a chance of a lifetime for me. As I've already said, the memories, I get a little misty. Brings back memories of my old shootin pard, Chuck.  Dang!

Travel to matches all over the country for thirty years with a shooting buddy, you hear the same story many many times.  Ole Chuck will forgive me. 

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MI-shooter

My uncle owned a 160 acre combination dairy farm and also planted corn for people as well as the cows and hay. I asked him one year if it would be ok to come up and shoot some wood chucks. Ok bring plenty of ammo was his reply. Was staying with another aunt and asked if I could stay with her when I came up. Ok on that one. Had a little Rem 788 in 222. Extremely accurate with IMR 4198,Rem brass,rem 7.5 copper primers and a Sierra 53 grain hollow point. Called everyone to let them know I was coming and brought some extra food so my aunt wouldn't have to spend extra. Stop off at the aunts place gave her the food and over to my uncles. He hated wood chucks a with a passion and a cow can break a leg stepping into a chuck hole.Then has to kill it and butcher them. get out in the field by the barn. Big hole. Decide to find a spot and dummy down. Sitting there for an hour when finally up pops MR. Wood chuck. he senses something wrong back down the hold. Does this twice more. My uncle is coming with his tractor a I follow along side to hopefully fool the chuck.  About 1/2 hour up he pops. Boob was like watching a bag of jelley slide back down the hole. This went on all day. 10 critters met their maker. And for my uncle, brand new Stevens 340 in 222. He made a saddle leather scabbard and that stevens went with him. Came back the next day and got 9 more. One of his buddies became curious about the gunshots so we told him we were shooting wood chucks. Don't get me wrong as there was plenty of misses. Funny thing one guy called my uncle to see if I'd come over his place to shoot chucks. wasn't in the cards as had to be back to work in 3 days. Total was 100 wood chucks. Those days are long gone now. My uncle never lost a cow due to a broken leg that whole summer. Sorry for the long story. All of the aunts and uncles are long gone so just the cousins are left. Frank

I would never doubt the truth of Joe's story. The only question I have is where would a 12 pound prairie dog rank in the Boone and Crockett records? Must be pretty near the top!

JS