Sage rats!!!!

[dontgetcrabs]

My dad was pruning his grapes earlier this week and saw a few out and about. Might be an early spring this year?     

[Big10gauge]

Sage rat shooting is FUN !!!  We have to take a roadtrip to Oregon every spring. Problem is you can never take enough guns or ammo!!!!

[PolarBear]

We use to head down to Prineville every spring to shoot the little *censored*s.  There is no telling how many .22 rounds and rats that we went through, and the occasional bonus coyote.

[jayrod9528]

I've heard about Oregon but have never had the need since I get to shoot as many as I want right hear.

[700xcr]

I normally go down and hook up with a friend that lives in John Day Oregon. We meet up at Fox Oregon and start shooting early on a Saturday morning shoot the full day then back to his place that night for a nice hot meal and shower. Then next day go back to fox and finish out the day before heading home. In the past I use a 22Lr Ruger MKII side slab handgun with a Millet red sot scope. Go through about 3000rds. to 4000rds. and weekend depending on the weather.Now I have a Remington 700 SPS varminter in 223rem. that I will have to break in on them rats. See how a 50gr. V-max works.

[Buckmark]

Anybody got a pic of a sage rat??

[sako223]

[dontgetcrabs]

Nice pics sako. Now lets see the red mist pics. 

[jayrod9528]

At was a little weird you had all those photos and no dead ones? Your not a animal rights type of a guy are ya? Just messing with ya. 

[high country]

what.......no hero shots?

[buckmaster_wa]

Shooten them sage rats is one of my favorite things to do. Hell even the woman likes to go along and shoot em. I try to wait until they have there first batch of little ones before I hit up my spots, that way theres more to kill. And the little ones are really dumb. 

[Sportfury]

Do you have to have a license to shoot sage rats? Just wondering cause the kids were asking.

[shoot-em-dead]

Do you have to have a license to shoot sage rats? Just wondering cause the kids were asking.

I don't think so but I would check the with wdfw first just to make sure. Besides if a license is rquired it would be a small game so pick one up in case you see a coyote.

[sako223]

Yeah I have pics of dead stuff here somewhere, but they are not nearly as photogenic. It takes more effort to get a good pose than it does to shoot them.

[boneaddict]

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