Just back from a great MT gopher trip. Good friends and family, 20 square miles of beautiful property to hunt on, gracious hosts - and gophers too!
What a surprise! A "green" Northern Montana landscape! It's been the wettest Spring there in many of years and farmers are smiling.
We were out in the gopher fields Sunday evening, Monday, Tuesday and a little of Wednesday morning before making out our way back West. Our gopher arsenal included a range of old Winchester lever actions, from 25wcf to 45-90! Lots of fun. My 400 rds. of 22 Hornet for my Cooper rifle only lasted a day and a half!
Some images:
1) Long time outdoor compadre John with his "2'fer". Two with one shot from his '92 Winchester 32-20, 11 grs. of H110 and a 100 gr. Speer XTP. I happened to be watching the gophers with my bino's at the time.
2)We spend a few hours shooting at our gong. Yes, that is a big handgun!
3)The brothers debrief
4)The Range
