SmallCaliberCentral

Female 16 lbs. 11 oz.

My buddy and I went out yesterday to practice some social distancing. We shot a few ground squirrels and he got this badger with his 6 m/m Rem. and 70 gr. Nosler Varmageddon.

Shooting a few ground squirrels here in s.w. Idaho. Went out this past Wednesday. We were hoping to scare up a badger but no luck. We did shoot quite a few squirrels though. My buddy was trying out some new loads with 40 gr. V-Max in his 22/250. They really scatter the squirrels. The weather is up a...

Yeah, it's hard to tell what to do. We are under the stay at home order too but they said we could go outside for fresh air and exercise as long as we observe the 6 foot distance and don't congregrate in groups. That was pretty easy to do out there in the Idaho desert hills. We're supposed to get so...

We went out yesterday and got into therm pretty good. It was a cool, windy, overcast day so I was sorprised so many were out. Lot's of pups. I gave some flying lessons with Deadly Do Right. Lots of fun, beats being isolated in the house. Hardly anyone else out theret was easy to maintain social dist...

The ground squirrels are out over here in so. west Idaho. We saw about a half a dozen when we were out last week. My buddy got his first of the year with his Ruger AR .223. We've had quite a bit of rain and a little snow and the roads are a mess. Also heard of one guy that got his first rock chuck t...

The Idaho Varmint Hunters just had their annual Christmas Song Dog Challenge tournament this past Saturday. It's a one day contest. Five teams registered and three teams brought coyotes back. First place had three, 2nd place had two and third place had two. The tie was broken with the biggest dog wh...

Yeah, I hope so.

The World Champion Coyote Calling Contest just happened in Elko, Nev. this past weekend. There wasn't near as many coyotes taken as in years past. A lot of teams reported seeinf lot's of sign, tracks and scat, but said they just weren't responding and coming in to calls.

We use both electronic and mouth calls, sometimes at the same time. And we always try to use something that sounds different than the usual rabbit distress. It just seems that there isn't as many coyotes this year or they're just not coming in. Even in the contests there is not as many being brought...

Don't see hardly anything on the roads and hiways anymore. Years ago I was driving north at night just north of Tonopah, Nev. and A bobcat chasing a coyote ran across in front of me. That's the only time I've seen that !

There hasn't been many jack rabbits in this area of Idaho for several years. We seen one once in awhile. Also the badgers seem to have disappeared. There are a few out there because once in awhile we see fresh diggings. But haven't actually seen a badger in over a year. Don't know if it's for the sa...

Yeah, I don't know what it is but they just don't seem to be responding. Haven't had any come in to our calls this season. We had a pretty dry fall and November temps above normal, don't know if that has anything to do with it or not. I hope it gets better.

Is anybody hunting coyotes. Just wondering how it's going. Kind of slow over here in Idaho. Don't know what's going on, they're just not responding to calls.