Thirteen Striper (not stripper) Pest Control Shooting.

[pjclarke]

While out after the usual farm pests, pigeons and starlings, I was confronted with a bunch of ground squirrels, what we call thirteen stripers.

Here's how it turned out.

https://youtu.be/nkuGJuChomU

 

[Bob_O]

Those buggers are challenging to shoot!

 

[vdwb]

We just call them gophers a couple states over in South Dakota. Stripeys and flicker tails (looks like a small prairie dog) we both consider gophers but I guess some call them ground squirrels. Rodents all the same and definitely pests. Both species are easy to “whistle up”.

 

[tsmith]

now is the time to get them. short grass along road sides. ive shot over 40 or so this year.

 

[cea1960]

Incredible they let you get so close. Around here, you can't get within 30 yards.

 

[steve123]

I shot some of them in Idaho on a vacation. I love colony varmint hunting!

I like your videos a lot more than most I've seen. 

 

[pjclarke]

Thanks to all for the positive comments!

 

[Ranchibi]

Nice shooting, pesting and video!

 

[tsmith]

I shot some of them in Idaho on a vacation. I love colony varmint hunting!

I like your videos a lot more than most I've seen.

Stripies do not live in colonies like other species of gophers like the flickertail gopher.

 

[steve123]

I shot some of them in Idaho on a vacation. I love colony varmint hunting!

I like your videos a lot more than most I've seen.

Stripies do not live in colonies like other species of gophers like the flickertail gopher.

I'm not sure exactly what species of rodent I shot but they were definitely a colony varmint because there were dozens of them within a few acres. Okay maybe they were 10 stripers, wink, but they did look like those in his video. Less prairie dog/PD looking, maybe half the size of a PD and they had stripes. 

Here in AZ we have PD's and ground squirrels, but our species of GS isn't like the ones in Cali which I consider a prolific colony varmint. Our GS are few and far between. I kill maybe 3-4 a year, not 100's like the guys in Cali do with theirs.

I went to Utah and shot a "super" prolific colony varmint with massive concentrations, these looked more like a PD than a GS, but 1/3 the size of a PD. Probably another GS species.

 

[hitech]

Enjoyed the video PJ, nice shooting!