I am looking for a reliable place to go blow up prairie rats and Yotes. Any suggestions within a 2 hour drive of Denver, Thornton, Northglen?
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I am looking for a reliable place to go blow up prairie rats and Yotes. Any suggestions within a 2 hour drive of Denver, Thornton, Northglen?
Nothing available fits the description that's public land that I'm aware of.
The sad truth is that it's getting harder for all of us to find such a place, there for I can not release my secret places. However, I can tell you this, the best way to find places to shoot prairie rats is to simply find a field with lots of them and go knock on the nearest door. Not all but most people will gladly let you on their ground. I have secured tons of acreage and made some great friendships this way. The biggest tip I can give you when it comes to asking for permission is to not show up in full camo ready to kill. Take a day just to go out, find ground and get permission. Meet the owner and ask questions about his ground(where is it okay to shoot, any places he doesn't want you, locations of livestock, neighbors that might live over the next hill and so on). Get their number so you can call ahead a day or two to let them know you are coming out. Good luck
^^ the above.. the few lands we go to are privately owned.
Wyoming is nice this time of year.[Flower]
The Shirley Basin north of Laramie is a good place to shoot some dogs if you want to make a day trip. The last time I was up there it was good shooting. No body else around, and you don't need a small game license to shoot em. A buddy and I set up about ten different places and shot hundreds of rounds and killed lots of rats.
I'm curious.
For those of you for have secured permission to hunt pdogs & yotes on someones private land, what do YOU (each person is different, so I'd love to hear everyones responses) do with the carcasses?
Birds of PreyQuote:
Originally Posted by theGinsue
dead prairie dogs will get cleaned up pretty quick by all kinds of other critters, so it's a no brainer to leave them lay. But the fur market makes selling coyotes worth while, in the winter.
I usually collect and drop them off at the one dollar scoop. In fact they are so good in Thai spicy soup...Quote:
Originally Posted by theGinsue
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LOTS of the p-dogs I shoot disappear...blood trails indicate what's left of the dead ones got dragged down the hole before days end. Wonder if the live ones pull the dead ones down to prevent a predator feeding frenzy?
Animals that size frequently cannibalize their dead in order to keep the carcasses from attracting predators.Quote:
Originally Posted by hollohas
So it sounds like knocking on doors and asking to hunt is the best bet ? Is there no coyotes or p dogs out a pawnee ?
There is but they get a lot of pressure.
Like most other guys, I leave the p-dogs lay. The circle of life thing. Coyotes we take for the fur, unless we are doing predator control in the spring and fall when the hides are no good, then they end up in a ditch out of site. The bigger ranches that we hunt have a dead pile for cows that don't make it and so coyotes with mange or poor fur end up there.
Where I shoot p-dogs the raptors have figured out that shooting means a free meal. The start showing up about 30 minutes after the first shot.
I'm sorry, did I read that right? Do you go p-dog shooting in Jurassic Park?Quote:
Originally Posted by newracer
Yep, as long as we shoot enough p-dogs to fill them up they will leave us alone.
That's why ya got to lie real still......
Yes it is, my boy and I spent four days painting the prairie red with P-Dogs and Jacks.Quote:
Originally Posted by eneranch
If born after 1965 you need a hunters safety card unless shooting on relatives property, this goes for P-Dogs and Predators.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lars
I hunt on family owned land and we just let them lie in hopes of getting a Yote to come in at dusk to feed. Also you can use artificial light to hunt Yotes in Wyoming on private ground and written permission from the landowner.Quote:
Originally Posted by theGinsue