Gopher Slayer!

Since I've been in Pincher Creek I've heard a lot about the superior gopher hunting, in fact hunters come from as far away as Ontario and the U.S. to hunt gophers in the area.

I got my partner, Perry, to finally take me out to one of his hot spots and we weren't disappointed. Blair was especially excited since he has been eyeing up 'big reds' ever since his first trip to Pincher Creek.

Blair with one of his first trophies, by the end of the day he was bragging that he had slayed 31!

My new .17 HMR proved to be an excellent calibre for reaching out to 100 yards to get these little vermin. Here I've got a Richardson & a Colombian ground squirrel laying side by side for comparison. The one field we were in had both species and the hills were literally crawling with them.

My hunting partners at the end of the day; we had to quit because we had run out of ammo! I think the tally at the end of 5 hours was 300 kills! The boys are standing around a very productive hole where Perry had killed four!