ass End Animal ID?

[Ben]

Yes, I concur with a badger.

Also badgers eat gophers, you might want to give this guy a pass.

That would be a good reason to let him slide for a while. Or from what I've been reading, this time of year maybe a she, as apparently the females will hunt during the day if they've got kids in the burrow.

If the burrow is where I think it is, it's not hurting anything there, and yes, lots of gopher mounds in the area.

[Kingcreek]

What you have there is a wild K Frame. You need to poison or garrote it in a trap before it can reproduce. Be vewy vewy careful….

[Ben]

Well, regarding that rockchuck, not only did he not go into the live trap, but apparently more showed up on the bridge and they dug two new holes right at critical areas for bridge support in the last day.

So off to Cabelas this morning to buy some of that Hornady varmint .223 that fragments (steel bridge and ricochet concerns) and two of them are not only dead, but like the antigunners say, they were obliterated. Good ammo. I shot a couple of 50 yard three shot groups on my range and they were "good enough" close to my regular range 5.56 that I didn't need to mess with my scope. First time I've hunted with a can. I like it. The .223 did not cycle reliably though in my piston .223 Wylde rifle.

The game cam is still alerting me about movement, so there's at least one more there. That'll be tomorrow morning. 

[K Frame]

What you have there is a wild K Frame. You need to poison or garrote it in a trap before it can reproduce. Be vewy vewy careful….

GONNA CUT YOU, BITCH!

[Ben]

Well, there was actually a chuck in the live trap this morning. I decided not to kill him. He's Oregon's problem now. I'll be parked by the bridge this afternoon to try and explodey a few more.

[BobR]

Well, there was actually a chuck in the live trap this morning. I decided not to kill him. He's Oregon's problem now. I'll be parked by the bridge this afternoon to try and explodey a few more.

He will be back, I have seen movies about those animals that trek for days and months on end to return home. Just make sure you have some carrots for him when he gets back, he will probably be hungry. :)

bob

[RoadKingLarry]

THIS is a "good" woodchuck.

[JTHunter]

Larry, is that a .22 ?

[RoadKingLarry]

Larry, is that a .22 ?

https://www.henryusa.com/rifles/lever-action-22-carbine-rifle/

I topped it with a Weaver 1-3X20 scope. Certain death to small varmints.
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1009768280/

And it's just plain fun to shoot.
 

[WLJ]

https://www.henryusa.com/rifles/lever-action-22-carbine-rifle/

I topped it with a Weaver 1-3X20 scope. Certain death to small varmints.
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1009768280/

And it's just plain fun to shoot.
 

I have that very same scope on top of my Marlin 45-70 guide gun. Insanely good glass for the money and size. Or it was until they stopped making them and they now go for stupid high money on ebay.  A little distortion at 1x but usable.