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<blockquote data-quote="dogz" data-source="post: 2365575" data-attributes="member: 5429">For sure it&#039;s changed, back in the day we rarely would see people come out west to shoot pd&#039;s. Then we started to see some people, which turned into people driving out in motor homes and setting up camps for a couple weeks. Which of course turned into money beginning to exchange hands.......things do changeI still like to do it the old fashioned way to hike around and shoot them offhand to 150 or so, then for the 150-300 yard pd&#039;s go to a sitting position then when going from 300 on out I shoot off the ground with a bipod (just like in a hunting situation). We generally don&#039;t shoot them when they&#039;re having pups, same with rockchucks. And we surely don&#039;t take shots that are such layups that there is no skilled involved to them. I&#039;m very fortunate to have several very good ranches to shoot pd&#039;s at (between Mt and Wyo) but I really don&#039;t bother them much anymore unless the grandkids wish to do them some harm<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Personally I prefer either walking around shooting gophers offhand with our 22&#039;s and or 17 HMR&#039;s, and or go to some of the properties that I have access to that has rather large chuck colony&#039;s. With the chucks we only use our big game guns and again we do the out to 150 or so offhand, 150-300 sitting then from 300 on out we go to our bipods off the ground. It can still be good but things sure have changed a lot!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dogz, post: 2365575, member: 5429"] For sure it's changed, back in the day we rarely would see people come out west to shoot pd's. Then we started to see some people, which turned into people driving out in motor homes and setting up camps for a couple weeks. Which of course turned into money beginning to exchange hands.......things do change I still like to do it the old fashioned way to hike around and shoot them offhand to 150 or so, then for the 150-300 yard pd's go to a sitting position then when going from 300 on out I shoot off the ground with a bipod (just like in a hunting situation). We generally don't shoot them when they're having pups, same with rockchucks. And we surely don't take shots that are such layups that there is no skilled involved to them. I'm very fortunate to have several very good ranches to shoot pd's at (between Mt and Wyo) but I really don't bother them much anymore unless the grandkids wish to do them some harm:) Personally I prefer either walking around shooting gophers offhand with our 22's and or 17 HMR's, and or go to some of the properties that I have access to that has rather large chuck colony's. With the chucks we only use our big game guns and again we do the out to 150 or so offhand, 150-300 sitting then from 300 on out we go to our bipods off the ground. It can still be good but things sure have changed a lot! [/QUOTE]

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