SmallCaliberCentral

I don't think those are from Idaho !

Oh yeah ! A bad varmint hunting is always better than a god day working, even if I am retired. The way I look at it, any time you can get out and hunt varmints is a good day even if you don't shoot any. We have a badger hunt/shoot coming up next month. Hopefully I'll have some pictures then.

I wish we had a video camera, there were a couple others that did some pretty awsome aerobatics. That little Rugger is really impressive, I've watched him shoot coyotes, badgers, jack rabbits and ground squirrels with it. Even a 400 yd, shot on a badger. It's the most accurate Ruger 77 I've ever see...

We got out yesterday for a day of chuck shooting. My buddy and I shot nine between us. We only got a picture of this one. It was a big fat one. He got it at 52 yds. with his 6/mm Rem. 73 gr. Barnes Verminator. It's a Ruger 77 tang safety, super accurate and he has named it the "Terminator"...

.218 Bee, one of my favorites. Looks like it's working good for you too.

I'm not really sure what the difference is. The .22 GAP is something really new. Eric Mayer at varminter.com has been involved in the development and he's pretty enthused about it.

There is a .22 GAP, 6.8 necked to .224. Don't know much about it.

The strung out rat, my buddy was holding it with his Leatherman pliers. The little buggers are prone to the plague in this area and we don't handle them with bare hands.

It's a .218 Bee, 6x Leupold. I've had it at least 20 years. It's completely factory original, hasn't had one thing done to it and it's one of my most accurate guns. The more I shoot it the more I like it. My favorite load is 40 gr. V-Max with 14 gr. Lil' gun With it I have killed thousands of squirr...

Thought I'd show a little ground squirrel mush. Don't know how the one pic got posted twice. These are Piute Ground Squirrels, known in So. West Idaho as "whistle pigs". They are about half the size of your sage rats.

[/attachment] These are Piute Ground Squirrels, known in So. West Idaho as whistle pigs. They are about half the size of your sage rats. Lots of fun to shoot.

A bunch of us from Idaho Varmint Hunters net out in the hills this morning. We scattered out in different directions and shot ground squirrels all morning. Then we met back up around noon and grilled up burgers and hot dogs. Sat around and b. s.'d for a while then went back out and shot a few more. ...

Lot's of rain here today and more to come tomorrow. They said winds to 50 mph too. No shooting for a few days I guess.

Saw a big fat rock chuck thus morning along a ditch bank on private property. Not a rock with in several miles.

We're getting some rain in Idaho too. Doesn't seem like as much as you are. We catch a day or two in between rains when we can get out and shoot a few. No floods but the roads do get slick and slimy. These squirrels over here don't hang around farms and alfalfa fields much. They are out bon BLM grou...