Gopher Shooting

[Gordon martiniuk]

Was wondering what to use Gopher Hunting ,,1 a broadhead,, 2 Judos, 3   rubber blunts, or should I just use wing nuts,

[Thumper Dunker]

Steal blunts ,any claw type blunt,judos,and broadheads will work . Those rubber things just bounce off of the ground squirrels out here. I like to put addaers behind the blunts also.

[calgarychef]

Buddy of mine loves hex heads, he gave me one but I'm not too sold on it yet.  I love judos, and use the glue on ones with a 50 gr. steel insert glued in it so I can put it on carbon arrows.

[Sheepshooter]

I don't know what the Hex heads work like on gophers but I was very unimpressed with their preformance on grouse last fall. Of the three grouse I hit I only recovered one and that was after lots of chasing. I always used Judos before that and loved them. I think I will try BHs for gopher this spring.

[Charlie Lamb]

Thumper... remember that there are ground squirrels all over the country and of all shapes and sizes.

These are Richardson's Ground Squirrels. As you can see, the rubber blunt didn't just bounce off.
 

Having said that, I've killed literally thousands of ground squirrels with regular steel blunts. Cheap and effective on the smaller squirrels.

[Pete McMiller]

Gordon,

13 Stripped Ground Squirrels were my 'Big Game' when I was a kid and I shot all of them with field tips.  Stick a field tip through one and they don't go anywhere.  One of my favorite techniques was to walk up to one and when it starts getting nervous, walk in slow circles around it, closing the gap as you go.  When you get close enough, many times just their head will be visible over the top of the hole.  If you shoot just under the head your field tip will slid under the grass and pin the bugger to the back of his hole.  Take a "whacking stick" or just step on their heads.

My best afternoon ever, I shot 10 with my Kodiak Magnum.  Great summer fun.

[Tim Finley]

Steele blunts are the best great shock and pins them to the ground. A close miss with a judo and they can suffer from being ripped open from the springs and down the hole..gone.

[Lin Rhea]

A couple or three years ago I and another Tg'er went to hunt with Curtis in Texas. The hogs weren't cooperating so we tried our hands at the pocket gophers in the middle of the day. Curtis nailed this one with a three blade. I think it's a Snuffer. I've slept since then. He made a good shot.

 

[Thumper Dunker]

Thats some good shooting Charlie Those are tiny targets.

[stalkin4elk]

Hammers from KK and 3R

[Friend]

After watching Caddy Shack the other night, I think I will be using Big 3's.

[StanM]

I'd invite you to check out our Talon small game heads.  A bit of both the steel blunt and broadhead in the design.  Here's a pic.

 

Stan

[Stoutstuff]

Those Talons look interesting. What weights are they?

[Zradix]

...hhmmmm...

I get it if they're tearin up your yard.

But other than that I'd have to plan to eat it.

To each their own way.

Takes a good shot to get one that's for certain.

[Zradix]

Originally posted by Stoutstuff:
Those Talons look interesting. What weights are they?

I think they have 100 and 125grn screw in and a 150grn glue on

[StanM]

Yessir, 100 and 125 are screw-in, 150 is the weight of the glue-on.  Thanks.

[Gordon martiniuk]

Zradix you plan to eat Gophers?? and yes they are tearing up the country ,, lets see the other options for land owners is poison .. and besides it's tradition in these parts to wack a few gophers good target pratice  

[Zradix]

Gordon,
No. I don't plan to eat gophers.
I don't plan to shoot them either.

Maybe you didn't comprehend completely my meaning in my first post.

I'll sum it up again.. "I can understand when they're wrecking your land and to each their own"

I got caught up in the moment and shot a chippy for "fun" a few years back. And I did eat/choke it down.

I don't want to do that again.

I'm not trying to tell anybody what's wrong or right.
That's for each person to decide on their own.
Again... "to each their own"
Just not on MY to do list.

[Charlie Lamb]

Easy now!!

[LONGSTYKES]

I use steel blunts or judo points. Both work well, just plain fun. Very small targets. Gophers here in MT are the Richardson Ground Squirrels, same as Charlies.