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Yes, Virginia, there are trophy gophers..
This evening's casualty list included this very large rodent. Note the size of this specimen next to my boot, believe this is the largest one to have crossed my sights!
I wear 10/10.5 footwear, for reference.
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05-30-2017, 01:31 AM
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How did you manage to keep it in 1 piece ?
Pellet rifle ?
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05-30-2017, 02:02 AM
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Definitely Boone & Crockett caliber. Do you plan on a full mount or just a shoulder mount? 
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05-30-2017, 06:08 AM
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If it hits the 1 3/8" B & C threshold I would definitely go with a full body. If it scores over 2" it will be in the top 10 ever taken in North America all time
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05-30-2017, 06:55 AM
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I think you shud donate it to the Gopher Museum in Torrington Ab. Anything of that magnitude belongs in a museum.
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05-30-2017, 09:09 AM
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Small footed hunter 
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05-30-2017, 03:16 PM
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I think you shud donate it to the Gopher Museum in Torrington Ab. Anything of that magnitude belongs in a museum.
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That's great idea! They would dress him up as Andre the Giant and set up a Hulk Hogan wrestling match!!
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05-30-2017, 04:38 PM
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I think you shud donate it to the Gopher Museum in Torrington Ab. Anything of that magnitude belongs in a museum.
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They'll just dress him up funny and put him in a diorama. 
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05-31-2017, 11:39 PM
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How did you manage to keep it in 1 piece ?
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Standard 38gr HP out of my Savage Mk II BRJ... thinking the .300 would have been slightly more violent.
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05-31-2017, 11:42 PM
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I think you shud donate it to the Gopher Museum in Torrington Ab. Anything of that magnitude belongs in a museum.
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He became a protein supplement for the seagulls. Should have taken some specs though.
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06-01-2017, 07:29 AM
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What a hog,what zone did you get him in.
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06-01-2017, 10:16 PM
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crying. Thanks for the laugh guys!
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You kept the tender loins, right?
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They'll just dress him up funny and put him in a diorama.
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06-02-2017, 05:12 PM
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What a fatty. If you didn't get him I'm sure a heart attack would of.
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06-02-2017, 07:05 PM
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Wouldn't fit down a hole no more he didn't stand a chance
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06-02-2017, 08:24 PM
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Pocket gopher?
The pic doesn't show the claws or mouth too well. The body is shaped like a pocket gopher.
On the other hand, I thought it was uncommon for a pocket gopher to leave its tunnel system.
I've only seen a couple of pocket gophers (trapped). The gopher in the pic sure doesn't look like a Richardson's.
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06-02-2017, 09:16 PM
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You kept the tender loins, right?
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What about ''Back Strap'' recipe?
Then again , maybe the gutless method would be best.
Rob
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he is fatter than any "gopher" Ive seen too late to be pregos in the south Im thinking , truly a trophy
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06-02-2017, 10:13 PM
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Wouldn't fit down a hole no more he didn't stand a chance
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Kind of like that one Winnie the Pooh episode where he gets stuck in the honey tree.
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06-04-2017, 09:45 PM
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Wow, that is the funniest thread I have read on here, a real troph indeed!
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06-07-2017, 09:59 PM
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Pocket gopher?
The pic doesn't show the claws or mouth too well. The body is shaped like a pocket gopher.
On the other hand, I thought it was uncommon for a pocket gopher to leave its tunnel system.
I've only seen a couple of pocket gophers (trapped). The gopher in the pic sure doesn't look like a Richardson's.
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It's a Richardson, just been eating way to much of the farmers grain for too long!
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06-07-2017, 10:01 PM
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he is fatter than any "gopher" Ive seen too late to be pregos in the south Im thinking , truly a trophy |
Cause of death was likely heart failure initiated by significant trauma in the shoulder area.
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Time to revisit the troph!
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Probably better that you took him out of the gene pool.... With a girth like that, genetics would've had monsters running rag tag all over the place, decimating the local Jack rabbit populations and possibly putting them on the endangered species list.
Never know, those kinds of monsters are the next in line to start carrying away small children.....
Way to go Yotestopper! Protecting the human race, one varmint at a time!
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Jed! You lay off on the O’donnels, ya heah?
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The reason the grand gopher was above ground in february was he was probably too big to use the tunnel systems. Or the brute was out hunting badgers.
Should have caught the gigantor gopher live and dressed it up. It woulda been worth 250.00 in a pet store in another province or country. haha.
https://www.facebook.com/Irrelephant...oR1b643CtjiiPg
Maybe it was a prairie dog filling up on gophers.
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This one would be safe in the snow.
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02-23-2018, 08:53 PM
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The reason the grand gopher was above ground in february was he was probably too big to use the tunnel systems. Or the brute was out hunting badgers.
Should have caught the gigantor gopher live and dressed it up. It woulda been worth 250.00 in a pet store in another province or country. haha.
https://www.facebook.com/Irrelephant...oR1b643CtjiiPg
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I shot it last summer. Wishing now I had taken some stats on that thing, it was enormous.
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Send him to Torrington and tell them to outfit him in India's garb in commemoration of cupcake trip !
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