Prairie dog hunting

[Bad Dog]

Can anyone tell me where I can hunt prairie dogs within a reasonable drive from Colorado Springs

[Byte Stryke]

Can anyone tell me where I can hunt prairie dogs within a reasonable drive from Colorado Springs

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Change region North Denver

Biodegradable dynamic targets for the win

[Irving]

I spent over an hour driving around my land looking for a colony. Nothing.

[gnihcraes]

another thread somewhere on here about this topic. Go east. Get off the highway at small towns, go further down dirt roads and start asking politely at some farms. Might get lucky. Tough thing to do, the land owners are very picky about who shoots what on their land. "Don't hit the cows" will be a typical response.

[cysoto]

Tough thing to do, the land owners are very picky about who shoots what on their land.

This is very true! Many careless shooters have made it very difficult for land owners to trust people they don't know to come shoot at their land. I have heard many stories of people damaging pipes, farm equipment and even hitting livestock with ricochets.

Also, many shooters go to a PD town and exterminate 100% of the dogs. These folks don't understand that hunting is about conservation and not about eradication.

For these and many other reasons, you (the OP) will have a very hard time getting other shooters to share their contacts to PD towns.

[Bad Dog]

Any options on public lands?

[Byte Stryke]

This is very true! Many careless shooters have made it very difficult for land owners to trust people they don't know to come shoot at their land. I have heard many stories of people damaging pipes, farm equipment and even hitting livestock with ricochets.

Also, many shooters go to a PD town and exterminate 100% of the dogs. These folks don't understand that hunting is about conservation and not about eradication.

For these and many other reasons, you (the OP) will have a very hard time getting other shooters to share their contacts to PD towns.

ahh, I understand now.
so essentially you are telling me that because one guy screwed up, then all of us are not to be trusted.
well shit, the gun grabbers are right after all.
/sarcasm

[Irving]

Killing 100% of them is what many land owners want, as prairie dogs destroy usable land for crops and endanger animals with the holes.

[theGinsue]

I've been trying to get property near the Springs to P-Dog hunt for years with no success.

I thought I had an "in" to some property off of Curtis Road & Hwy 94 but I haven't heard from this guy since early August.

[theGinsue]

Killing 100% of them is what many land owners want, as prairie dogs destroy usable land for crops and endanger animals with the holes.

Yes, many landowners do want total eradication due to disease and crop and herd damage, but not all. Some landowners aren't concerned with these issues and want to be able to keep coming back P-Dog hunting year after year. The problem with total eradication is that it can take several years to get another colony moved into your property to hunt them.