Long Range Varmint Hunting
Taking Shots at 500 – 800 yards. Amazing shooting at small critters….
It never ceases to amaze me what modern rifles, optics and ballistics can do.
Taking Shots at 500 – 800 yards. Amazing shooting at small critters….
It never ceases to amaze me what modern rifles, optics and ballistics can do.
Varmint Hunting – .223 Remington – 40 Gr Nosler
Amazing destruction from this .223 Remington with 40Gr Nosler Ballistic Tips.
Varmint Hunting Long Range Shot
Here’s a nice long range groundhog shot. 538 Yds. Enjoy!
Shooting ground squirrels, varmint hunting, hunting prairie dogs and using various rifles like the .17 HMR starts here.
Ground Squirrels cause lots of damage in pastures and crops and their holes can cripple cattle and horses. Pest control methods such as poisoning, etc. is too expensive. So, you call out the snipers to reduce the population.
Enjoy the ground squirrel hunting video below.
– flatlander
I read an article put out by the Colorado State University Extension Office where they were discussing the damage and control of the Wyoming Ground Squirrel populations. Among the various control methods was, of course, shooting.
Here’s an excerpt from this article:
Small, isolated colonies of Wyoming ground squirrels can be effectively controlled by shooting. Shooting lowers the population by removing individuals and disrupting their life cycle. However, if there are other colonies of ground squirrels nearby, individuals from those populations will migrate into the area where squirrels are being removed. For effective control of problem ground squirrels, a population must be kept under constant shooting pressure.”
Ahh…. music to my ears! Keep them under “constant shooting pressure”. Makes me want to get out and send a few .17 HMR Hornady V-Max bullets down range!
There’s nothing like hearing the crack of the rifle and smelling the burnt gun powder out in the field! I guess if you’re going to be on crack, that’s the crack to be on.
Take a kid hunting – teach them gun safety – get them out in the field. Get ‘em hooked on the crack of rifles and pistols and you won’t find them in trouble on the streets.
– flatlander
We have collected all our Free Shooting Target Downloads and put them onto one page.
We have six different targets you can download and easily print on normal copy paper on your inkjet or laser printer. Why buy expensive targets when you can download and print your own?
Click HERE For The Free Target Download Instructions
You’ve probably heard of Henry Rifles. They’ve been around since 1862 making some of the finest, smoothest lever action rifles in the industry. But they haven’t rested on their laurels! They continue to turn out product after product that is award winning and finely tuned.
We’re proud to feature Henry Rifles as our primary site sponsor. They have continued to faithfully support us to bring you some great content and the love of ground squirrel and varmint hunting.
Henry puts out a beautiful catalog of their products. In it you’ll read the colorful history of the company and the details of all their rifles and accessories that they sell. Big, two-page spreads with detailed photos of all their rifles – from the original lever actions in all calibers to the Henry Big Boy, Golden Boy series, Frontier series, and all the bolt action series. They even have the U.S. Survival AR-7 .22 LR that is really handy.
But don’t forget about the Henry Varmint Express .17 HMR. One of the hotest, sweetest, smoothest lever action .17 HMR, squirrel-killin’ machines around. I’m just about to order mine.
I urge you to get the catalog. It’s free. And it’s tempting. As a visitor to this website, Henry will gladly send one out to you. Henry sponsors us because they know our readers enjoy hunting, shooting and fine guns.
So – do it now. Click HERE to get your catalog.
Even if you never buy a Henry, you’ll want to keep this catalog around to read and to refer to. It’s a genuine piece of American history. History that seems to be fading daily.
–flatlander
This is an awesome display of various bullet types and weights hitting different materials including ballistic gel, metal plates, targets, silhouettes, etc.
Be sure to watch this all the way to the end – especially the hollow points hitting the gel.
Enjoy,
Flatlander
Here’s some great footage of some prime varmint hunting: Praire Dog Hunting with a 22-250.
Not sure of the range but you can sure tell there plenty of energy being delivered to the target!
Enjoy….