any one know where

[mr_will]

i can find some public land, or someone that has private land, so that after i get my small game license i can pop some prarie dogs.

[HunterCO]

i can find some public land, or someone that has private land, so that after i get my small game license i can pop some prarie dogs.

They are a protected species west of I25 and most of the counties along the front range have banned hunting them as well.

This is from the DOW site.

Hunting prohibited east of I-25 and in Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Custer, Douglas, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Jefferson, Las Animas, Larimer, Pueblo & Weld counties. Call (303) 297-1192 for information about lawful damage control methods.

[mr_will]

yea i read that off the DOW site, i went prairie dog huntin a few years back in west texas and it was fun,
on another note, i am thinkin about gettin a lease up north of denver, i dont know yet, im goin to check a few places out seems like the only public land local is over ridin with dirtbikes

[HunterCO]

I am always up for a weekend of prairie dog hunting providing it's legal. I am in the process of building a wicked competition AR15 just for dogs and cyotes. I am figuring I should be able to reach out to 400 yds. with no problem maybe even farther will have to see how it shoots when I get it done.

[mr_will]

i have a varmint AR
RRA lower with 2 stage trigger
20" SS bull barrel
harris bipod
buying a scope this weekend for it

and actually workin on savin some pennies for a 6.5 grendel upper for it i may go to 24" with it

but yea i will only hunt legally, i dont need to go to prison :mrgreen:

i just moved to colorado, and need to go thru the hunter safety course, all other states will accept a military ID for the HE. but not here. oh well, within the next month or 2 I will get that taken care of

[HunterCO]

I am going to call bushmaster and order an upper tomarrow morning. I am thinking about going with the Bushy varminter upper 20". The reason I am not going to go with the 24" is because I am going to put a can on it and it would make the gun way too long.

[mr_will]

yea not only that a 24 is goin to be heavy,
hell my 20 is heavy as piss i wish i had a fluted barrel or carbon fiber handgaurds would even help
if you come to the next WP shoot, i will have it there,
i will even let you sling some bullets down range with it
AR rifles with 18-20" bull barrels are like shooting .22's they have no recoil and are just plain fun

i really like it, i like the AT&T guns
the ones that reach out and touch someone :mrgreen:

[DanaT]

You forgot one part of the CO loaws about not shooting prairie dogs. This is also take from DWO website:

"Question
Can I still hunt prairie dogs?
Answer
Land east of I-25 and a few select counties west of I-25 are closed to black-tailed prairie dog hunting (see the Small Game Regulations Brochure for a list of counties). The only exception is landowners or their agents who are shooting them for damage control. An “agent” is simply a person authorized by the landowner to act for him or her. "


http://wildlife.state.co.us/about/faq/

If you want to shoot prairie dogs, find private land. That is harder than it would seem to be on the surface.

I have found a place, but its really not open to anyone else.

What is funny is that I was worried that the landowner didn't want me killing all of the rats so that he could have some to shoot at. Silly me, I was told to kill them all. The landowner shoots at them but does it to kill them. He really doesn't do it to shoot at them. His only goal is that they stay on the other side of the fence in the county open space. Once they cross the fence line, they are fair game.

-Dana

[HunterCO]

Thats great but you left out one part "Verifiable damage control" No you can not shoot them simply because you have a buddy with land. I personally don't care, its your hunting privileges at stake.

You might want to also call the # you failed to mention that explains damage control. [wink]

[newracer]

You do not have to have verification

Question
Does the landowner need to have the prairie dog colony checked out by the DOW to verify that prairie dogs are damaging it?
Answer
No, there is no specific statutory or regulatory requirement that damage be evaluated by the DOW prior to the beginning of any control work.