Official 2019 gopher count thread
 

Minus 4 out, seen 4 today....taken with the 25 cal pellet gun,
1=1
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A little early isn't it,none out my way yet.

Sweet, so official count is 1 ?

looks like 1 we won't count the dead one on Stoney trail here

I am new to hunting. What does gopher taste like?

Like dog food :)

Good for the dogs then

Good job 3for3.. was thinking you would soon start over [emoji106]

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One tough guy..
 

Minus 21 wind chill -32 and he is out baskin in the sun. Feb 10/19

1+1=2

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……..dam you....….I was gonna start it!

i am new to the province and people have been telling me not to even bother going after gopher until April,
guess i know what i am doing this weekend if its sunny!
maybe turn them into a bait pile for song dogs on some private land i have access to.

2+1=3 So far a gopher for every month this year.

Im from your area and can tell ya we have at least another 2 weeks before we start seeing em.

thanks for the heads up, too bad i am off for the next 2 weeks and not the following 2:/
oh well, new scope on the .22 needs to be sighted in anyways,
willing to give away any good spots to hunt jacks this time of year?

sadly no but the nose hills gun club is not far from you and they have a pile of steel to shoot

probably take less time too boil the steel for stew anyways :sHa_sarcasticlol:

Had a neighbor who used to eat them once a week, grew up during the 30’s.talked us into trying them and their actually pretty good. Skin them like a rabbit starting in the middle of the back. Cook like squirrels. We found cooking the back legs in the oven after covering in shake & back works great. Don’t knock it till you try them, remember when everyone threw ling cod away as garbage fish. Maybe if people start to realize how good gophers taste they will have to set limits.

i was planning on trying a few this year, the only time i got out to hunt gopher was a day when coyote did not pan out in the early fall (farmer buddy lost a couple calves to them)
110gr vmax didnt leave much meat....

i have heard that coyote is pretty good eating as well

Yup, seriously here in Richman they are considered a delicacy.
Rob

Netflix has Meat Eater on it. In the first season they carry, Steve tries eating a coyote he shot on a Mexican hunt. He said he couldn't recommend the taste.

The coyote or the gopher?

Iirc he said it tasted like somebody who didnt know how to cook duck had handed him duck, they also cooked it over an open fire with the skin and hair still on it so that probably didnt help

Just bear in mind that gophers can carry some pretty serious plague that can be transferred to someone eating them. I personally don't even like touching em let alone eating one.

Does running over the still kicking one count...????.....:bad_boys_20:

Are there a lot of gophers west of drum along the red deer river?

I’m at 0 but just bought a bucket of 1400 for my .22lr��

Gofer count
 

I would like to to find some gofer hunters and set up a shot some weekend.

3+ 51 = 54, Shoot gophers, had a picnic, only 4 degrees but felt much warmer. Wife and I had a pretty good day :)

+4=58

Next week should be better.

58 plus 7 ,,,,,, 65 ( Reporting in for Spoiledsaskhunter ) :sHa_shakeshout:

My first ever addition to the count! Got one just north of strathmore with my .17
First of many...