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Those rules pertain to "Public Land" and if you recall I was speaking of a ranchers private land. I have never been denied access to any ranch in WY or SD with my ATV.

Shooting from a vehicle in WY is allowed if you have one foot on the ground. In SD it is two feet on the ground and the firearm must be encased when in motion.

I know the rules better than you do!

Who are you kidding, WY residents never get out their trucks, it is the "normal" way for you to hunt.



You didn't do a [beeep] thing wrong! Spade

I don't use 4-Wheeler's, nuff said there! and have never had a problem with a rancher to date. We use whatever to get to where the tacking is going to take place! To many good-doer's giving you flack!

Over the Snowys! Off of I 76! and a few spots in SD!

Common sense, BOTTOM LINE! Should some of you shoot at all!
Whiny bunch of (Oh my God! He bent some freakin grass!)
Now were all going to die!!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smiliesmack.gif I'm glad that you non-landowners care so much! Gimme a brake!
 
I LOVE IT...LOVE IT...LOVE IT! With attitudes like what some of you guys have, I'll have plenty of places to shoot! Not that I need more, I have 14 regular ranches to shoot right now. But then I am respectful of the rangeland.

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The BOSS Ranch in Marathon Texas offers a quality reasonably priced hunt for Pdogs. Guides are very helpful and friendly and there are lots of targets.



Just checked the website and they are no longer offering PD hunts.

Chupa
 
Standing Rock!

Do you know the wrap tie, when you come out of field!
(As in fence closure!) on a pull in!

I was shown three times, I'm getting perfect now!

At least you like Moneymaker ribs on your scatterguns!

Keep Shooting and Relax! Jerry

Let's go shoot sometime!
 
I been out to Malta MT and the shooting out there is great. I was lucky enough to meet a good local that directed me south of town to several great dog towns. All to shooting 4 of us could do and when we left after a week of shooting you could not tell a diff, other than the smell!!
 
gotta love the out of staters who "know" all your states laws and practices...they know every rancher in the state and they let them do as the please...they have found the locals to be ignorant lawbreakers with poor personal hygene...the list goes on and on...
 
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MnYoteRookie,
Actually you can't take any vehicle or ATV off of designated roads at least in Wyoming. I posted above because sam had mentioned my state and shown pictures of himself being extremely irresponsible and in violation of my states law. I just wanted to clarify for anyone who may be thinking of coming out to Wyoming. This way if you are going to break the law at least you will know you are breaking it.

What I've always done is shoot the prairie dogs closest to the road and then HIKE a couple hundred yards further into the prairie dog town. I carry a small back pack with bullets, water, snacks and my foam pad. I use a bipod and do most of my shooting from the prone position. One buddy actually packs sand bags with him. After a day of shooting we are sometimes several miles from where we parked the truck. Most times as we hike back to the truck the prairie dogs we had been shooting are back up and ready for round two. There is no need for an ATV unless you just want to spare your rig the hard miles on the nasty roads getting into the prairie dog towns.



As stated earlier... I'm NEW to the whole P-Dog game and appreciate any and all advice. That being said, I can see that ATV's, although a great help to guys with physical limitations (like me), are not exactly welcomed with open arms. And I completely understand, and respect, the reasoning behind it. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif

My ATV is a God send! It grants me, and others like me, the opportunity to enjoy our great outdoors in spite of our physical short comings. It is truely a shame that a few rotten apples have to spoil it for the whole bunch. I abide by the laws and the wishes of the land owners on EVERY outting. And to think some jerks ruin it by taking advantage of those situations tweaks my mellon as bad, if not worse, as I had be violated myself. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/angry-smiley-055.gif Again, I see your point and completely understand! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif

Hearing that there are shooting possibilities within a few hundred yards of roads/trails, I see no reason to even bring the wheelers with. Less equipment to deal with and why not save the added fuel cost from towing the extra weight. Sounds like a win, win, win situation to me! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif

A few hundred yards, maybe close to a half mile or so does not really cause too much of a problem. However, having to walk for "several miles", loaded up, may be a bit much for my tore up knees. It's all in the extra weight. Now, I've seen some guys building carts of sorts... A "stroller rig" was just posted here recently... It's a bit more impact than foot travel, but would something like that be acceptable? Knowing the terrain you hunt, would that even be a viable option?

Guys... You able bodied hunters should thank the good Lord above for the ease in which you can persue your hobbies. Because bad knees are a real bummer!!!
 
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MnYoteRookie,
Actually you can't take any vehicle or ATV off of designated roads at least in Wyoming. I posted above because sam had mentioned my state and shown pictures of himself being extremely irresponsible and in violation of my states law. I just wanted to clarify for anyone who may be thinking of coming out to Wyoming. This way if you are going to break the law at least you will know you are breaking it.

What I've always done is shoot the prairie dogs closest to the road and then HIKE a couple hundred yards further into the prairie dog town. I carry a small back pack with bullets, water, snacks and my foam pad. I use a bipod and do most of my shooting from the prone position. One buddy actually packs sand bags with him. After a day of shooting we are sometimes several miles from where we parked the truck. Most times as we hike back to the truck the prairie dogs we had been shooting are back up and ready for round two. There is no need for an ATV unless you just want to spare your rig the hard miles on the nasty roads getting into the prairie dog towns.



As stated earlier... I'm NEW to the whole P-Dog game and appreciate any and all advice. That being said, I can see that ATV's, although a great help to guys with physical limitations (like me), are not exactly welcomed with open arms. And I completely understand, and respect, the reasoning behind it. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif

My ATV is a God send! It grants me, and others like me, the opportunity to enjoy our great outdoors in spite of our physical short comings. It is truely a shame that a few rotten apples have to spoil it for the whole bunch. I abide by the laws and the wishes of the land owners on EVERY outting. And to think some jerks ruin it by taking advantage of those situations tweaks my mellon as bad, if not worse, as I had be violated myself. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/angry-smiley-055.gif Again, I see your point and completely understand! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif

Hearing that there are shooting possibilities within a few hundred yards of roads/trails, I see no reason to even bring the wheelers with. Less equipment to deal with and why not save the added fuel cost from towing the extra weight. Sounds like a win, win, win situation to me! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif

A few hundred yards, maybe close to a half mile or so does not really cause too much of a problem. However, having to walk for "several miles", loaded up, may be a bit much for my tore up knees. It's all in the extra weight. Now, I've seen some guys building carts of sorts... A "stroller rig" was just posted here recently... It's a bit more impact than foot travel, but would something like that be acceptable? Knowing the terrain you hunt, would that even be a viable option?

Guys... You able bodied hunters should thank the good Lord above for the ease in which you can persue your hobbies. Because bad knees are a real bummer!!!



In my earlier post I stated you would need to walk five steps. If your knees don't allow for that you have issues the I can't help you with.
 
I know a few ranchers that allow PD shooting,NONE of them will let you unload a wheeler to go do it,take your truck,stay on the road and leave the gates as you found em,the rest have walk in only access.Most have a short list of locals that keep the PDs in check,no need for know it all wheeler laden out of staters to do the job.
 
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I know a few ranchers that allow PD shooting,NONE of them will let you unload a wheeler to go do it,take your truck,stay on the road and leave the gates as you found em,the rest have walk in only access.Most have a short list of locals that keep the PDs in check,no need for know it all wheeler laden out of staters to do the job.



And I can certainly understand that. Afterall, it is THEIR land and what THEY say, goes. PERIOD.

Being an out of stater, if given the privilage, I would abide by any and all state laws and all the rules set down by the land owner. No wheelers? No problem. Stay on the roads? CHECK. Gates? Left as they were, CHECK. And if I saw any trash laying around, it would be collected and hauled out as a courtsey to the land owner.

I guess we've established that wheelers are quite bad in some people's eyes. Can we all please get beyond this issue and get back on topic? Prairie dog guides, was it? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused1.gif
 
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I know a few ranchers that allow PD shooting,NONE of them will let you unload a wheeler to go do it,take your truck,stay on the road and leave the gates as you found em,the rest have walk in only access.Most have a short list of locals that keep the PDs in check,no need for know it all wheeler laden out of staters to do the job.


Maybe in Montana but not in areas where they have a lot of PDs. In the areas that I shoot they LOVE prairie dog shooters. I don't recall any one saying that they left gates open, further more where I go there isn't any gates? How would you know you wouldn't be caught dead with a ATV? A ATV will do less damage to a road on a muddy day then your truck, in fact it will not do any damage.

Just because a few self righteous individuals on here don't like ATVs isn't a condemnation of them by most ranchers or there use on public land. They want to give the impression that all people that use ATVs break the law and abuse the land, that's BS. Their big problem is they do not like the fact that we can get to dog towns (on established roads) that they can not get to with their pickup or by walking.
 
I love my wheeler but Im not going off road with it on someone elses spread,its common courtesy,its considered standard practice here,BTW we have lots of gophers.
 
In Wyoming you may not leave an established roadway on public land with an ATV. On private its up to the landowner some care some don't. As far as shooting from a vehicle or ATV for that matter whether you have a foot on the ground or somewhere else for that matter isn't the issue. For prairie dogs, ground squirrels, coyotes, raccoons, skunks, fox, or wolves for that matter in the predator zone have at it as long as you are not shooting from a public roadway (which also incompasses the borrow ditch). However for all other game animals and birds unless you have a handicap hunter permit its illegal. Its ok to use your ATV on established 2 track roads on BLM with a Wyoming Offroad sticker. Leave the BLM two track and go off roading your looking at a hefty fine if your caught. Now putting out salt blocks, maintaining fence even dragging a dead cow off is considered part of agricultural operations and is ok if your the lessee or their agent.

Your portrait of us locals is about as pretty as the one we have of out of staters. Neither picture is very accurate!! Good and bad in both groups with mostly good and a few bad apples in each. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif
 
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Dude, I heard Corby on the Radio the other day complaining about all the groundhogs down on his ranch.Its your duty to wipe them out.Why travel to another state? If you need a hand give me a call

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Just remember to bring a pistol or riot shotgun. I know enough natives down there so they don't give me any trouble, but they are two of the poorest places in America and they don't care for tourists. Camp/stay off the Rez and drive out to where you are going to shoot. Many people never have problems, many get robbed blind when out shooting. You won't hear that on the news.


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NEVER leave your vehicle unattended if you run into a gas station either. They wait for it to happen. Sidearms are a good idea to just show them you mean business.



What a bunch of BS ! Not saying it can't happen on or off the Reservatin. I've been hunting the Res. through-out S.D for 20 years, never was much of a problem on or off the Res.
The area i hunt most of the time and i'm stopped along the road reading a map or getting ready to walk in to make a stand and a local happens buy they stop most of the time to ask if i'm ok. Nice bunch of people just treat them with the same respect you wish to be treated. As far as ATV go you just have to ask each land owner. Where i hunt its not a problem as long as its one trail into and one trail comeing out of there pasture... Most of the dog towns are next to the road and are'nt hunted much and a ATV is'nt needed..
 
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