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Montana prairie dog action....
« on: July 20, 2010, 09:49:05 PM »
Went to Montana for about a week.

Personally shot over 600 rounds ....family easily shot 3,000 rounds. The coyotes/foxes ate well I am sure...but the prairie dogs didnt do so well. It was great. We have family over there, miles of private land to ourselves. I missed a few yotes (dont ask :chuckle: :bash: ) and saw some protected kit foxes, monster bucks (a 5x5 with matching drop tines, in center of pic..sorry he didnt turn for me, several 4 pointers, etc) and really nice antelope. We pretty much shot flicker tails from dawn till dusk with our .17 HMR's.

When can I go back?! Enjoy the pics...the pic with me is of my first kill. The bloody smiley face on the rock which occured after one of my shots...pretty much sums it up.

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Re: Montana prairie dog action....
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2010, 09:54:23 PM »
those kit foxes are so cool i don't think they do anything but good i don't think they eat fawns but i am not sure. i would think they just eat rodents and such. cool pics sounds like a blast :chuckle: ammo bills run high on trips like that :chuckle:
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Re: Montana prairie dog action....
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2010, 09:56:47 PM »
Ya you could just about walk up on momma and babies...we found two dens of them. They are really pretty animals. It was very cool to see. A first for me.

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Re: Montana prairie dog action....
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2010, 10:02:33 PM »
yeah i have only seen a few pics of them cool to see them one of my aunts ex husbands had big cats and he had a pair of kit foxes they were realy cool and tame like pets they were very friendly and bring back cool memories seeing them. i wonder if there is very many of them in that counrty :dunno: they are sure cool to see thanks for the pics
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Re: Montana prairie dog action....
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2010, 10:09:08 PM »
a few more of the foxes and a view of part of the property

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Re: Montana prairie dog action....
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2010, 01:59:50 AM »
Looks like a blast. What part of montana?
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Re: Montana prairie dog action....
« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2010, 03:19:38 AM »
that looks like a blast,hanging with the family and dusting some vermin...

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Re: Montana prairie dog action....
« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2010, 08:15:49 AM »
I just got back from a week in Montana! and I cant wait to get back!!! uhg! makes my skin crawl how awesome that state is. spent most of the time floating the rivers and caught 100+ trout and 1 whitefish. I did get to vaporize a prairie dog with my glock- my buddy said they were not as common SE as far east. hopefully next time we'll be able to get some quality grassy knollin' in the schedule.

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Re: Montana prairie dog action....
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2010, 08:25:51 AM »
Awesome pics and looks like a great time.  Makes me want to head over to my familys place in Central Montana.  That first picture looks more like a gopher than a prairie dog to me?? Unless it's a small young one maybe.. The Prairie Dogs we generally shoot over there are about 12" tall and the gophers roughly 6".

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Re: Montana prairie dog action....
« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2010, 08:27:42 AM »
That sounds like a great time. Very nice pics too, beautiful country. Only been thru MT on a trip to SD as a kid about 25yrs ago. We only made 2 stops in Butte & Missoula I think?? Anyway, would love to go back sometime again soon. Next time you head out there let me know a day in advance so I have time to pack my stuff!  :chuckle: Thats a nice looking rifle you have there too. Thanks for sharing!  8)
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Re: Montana prairie dog action....
« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2010, 05:38:25 PM »
It was up by Turner...which is north of Havre a bit. ;)

 


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