Michael J. McCasland
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Another thread asked what a ground squirrel is. In his life expereinces a ground squirrel is a harmless little Chipmonk and he wondered why we would want to shoot'em. So lets hear what you consider to be a ground squirrel in your neck of the woods and why do you hunt'em.
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In Arizona there are several animals that are considered to be ground squirrels, but the one that I am most inclined to hunt would be the Round Tailed Ground Squirrel.
This is an animal that looks just like a very small thin Prairie Dog.
I use 22lr on them and the experience is increadably like my experiences hunting/shooting PD's. They move like a PD, at 100 yards they look like PD's, they burrow like PD's. The didderance is in the distance we shot them in. PD's are a +200 yard game the Round Tils are a 100 yard game.
Why do I shoot them. These little buggers are increadable diggers. Their digging will weaken an earthen berm in a few short years. While we don't get much rain here in Arizona what rain we get often comes by great big bucket fulls. The berms breach and fields get ruined.
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In Arizona there are several animals that are considered to be ground squirrels, but the one that I am most inclined to hunt would be the Round Tailed Ground Squirrel.
This is an animal that looks just like a very small thin Prairie Dog.
I use 22lr on them and the experience is increadably like my experiences hunting/shooting PD's. They move like a PD, at 100 yards they look like PD's, they burrow like PD's. The didderance is in the distance we shot them in. PD's are a +200 yard game the Round Tils are a 100 yard game.
Why do I shoot them. These little buggers are increadable diggers. Their digging will weaken an earthen berm in a few short years. While we don't get much rain here in Arizona what rain we get often comes by great big bucket fulls. The berms breach and fields get ruined.
