Prairie Dog Fishn

[gonfishn]

I Thought I had heard it all til now...Now if only I can find some pics...Flailing the dog takes on a whole different meaning here..<br /><br /> http://www.freedomnet.cnchost.com/pdf/howtofpd.htm

 

[walleyehed]

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I grew up in NW kansas, and this was a load of fun!!!!!!<br />Some people don't like this, but after a rancher looses several cattle a year due to broken legs from stepping in their holes, you can see why the dogs' are a pest.<br />Heavy action baitcasting gear is recommended....a 1-3lb "dog" with 1" claws "hooks-up" when haulin' rear!!!!!

 

[LubeDude]

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ROFLMAO, This is just too funny.

 

[NOSLEEP]

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This will give new meaning to Blast & Cast, or<br />rather Cast & Blast..

 

[Stumpknocker]

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You cruel cruel people. Shame on you! How could you dare be so juvenile? <br /><br /><br />P.S. Can I help?

 

[PAkev]

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Here's another one with pics to give you another chuckle:<br /><br /> http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~yaz/en/squirrel_fishing.html

 

[rwise]

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you might be a red neck if...........<br />LOL

 

[gaugeguy]

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I'm in, dollar on the first dog and a dollar on the heaviest? <br /><br />I bet the anti's would have a field day with this

 

[tylerin]

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I'm rigging my pole as we speak. What lb test should I use. My dollar is in

 

[farginicehole]

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Now just incorporate a couple of trebles into the lasso and take the little fella musky fishing!!!

 

[mellowyellow]

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and I thought this was gonna show GF's Gopher lure...<br />like the infamous duck, only worse!

 

[JasonJ]

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We used to do something similar when I was stationed in Ft Carson, Colorado. We didn't use fishing tackle though. We used 550 cord (parachute cord), set the loop, and had about 20 feet ran out and tied off with a heavy stick. the theory was they popped up, the loop caught around their neck, and they ran back down the tunnel with the cord now firmly around the neck (the loop was quite small, the same as the tunnel entrance). The stick on the other end caught at the tunnel entrance, so all you had to do was wait. It was pretty fun, you would see the stick sliding across the dirt and get caught at the tunnel. You simply walked over and grabbed the stick, and hauled their little butts out. They put up quite a fight down in that tunnel. There were litterally hundreds of the disease infested things, and no one had any problems with us killing them. That whole black plague scare was going on at the time. There is also a slight possibility that we may or may not have used them as target practice with our M16s, but I cannot confirm or deny that....<br /><br />I saw a special about a guy who used a converted street sweeper to suck prarie dogs out of the tunnels, that was pretty damn funny to see. They were sucked into a padded chamber, and there was a camera in there sow you saw them being sucked at high velocity into the chamber and bounce all over the place.

 

[Capn Mike]

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I call cheatin' on the weight issue....we don't have prairie dogs out here, but we do have "sage rats," "grey-diggers", etc....also known as ground squirrels. They look like 1/4-size prairie dogs, with the corresponding brain power.<br /><br />Jeez....we've been shooting them with .22s and Hornets. Got to try the fishing thing!

 

[Thompy_04]

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A couple of friends and I were fishin St. Clain 2 year ago and a raccon problem came apon us. Those damn things kept gettin into our food supply so we looked for a way to even out the odds. We caught about 30 "google eye" or Rock Bass and cooked em' up for dinner that night. After a few beers we got to thinkin' lets fish these things out. Got our flippin' sticks about 3 steel leeders per pole and a texas rig hook. Baited em all up and casted into the bush. You could litterally hear them fighting like cats for the fresh fish. My friends dad was got pretty tipsy while we waited for a hook up. He got one set the hook and flew back out of his lawn chair, DON'T WORRY, he saved the beer. Wrestled that thing for 5 mins, then in we went to get it. It was as big as a small dog, with teeth like razor blades. Needless to say we ran out.... After that night we no longer had our 'coon prob. I kid you not guys, I kid you not.

 

[Capn Mike]

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Thanks Thompy....and I thought Ohio was too far north for rednecks...

 

[DJ]

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Inhumane, sick, cruel, juvenile.<br /><br />There are plenty of humane and quick ways to be rid of these creatures, if they are pests. <br /><br />Performing this act is neither efficient or humane.

 

[gonfishn]

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Capt Mike thanks for the compliment..what you may not realize here is that when folks graduate from Kentucky and West Virginia they are given a map with route 23 pointing North. In June we have a mass migration North where many settle here..<br /><br />DJ..I posted here to have a little fun..But since you have decided to do some trolling here may I suggest that you do a little research before you start attaching names here..Don't get me wrong I know you from above and the contribution you have made to iboats..<br /><br />Prarie dogs cause millions of dollars in lost revenue for those who who raise livestock..The farmers put ads in newspapers for folks to come out and get rid of these rodents..Their are no predators to keep them under control..They have the same attitude as we do with mice or rats..As we do they are killed plain and simple by what ever method..<br /><br />I have been here for almost 2 1/2 years now and I think this is the first post you have made here..<br />Most of us here hunt and fish and know very little abouts boats..Thats where you come in with your excellant advice..<br />If I am not mistaken aren't we the cellar dwellers that you have in the past so fondly reffered to us.<br />I have alot of respect for you but if you posted to raise a few hairs here you have succeeded..<br /><br />I am curious though do you fish or even hunt?<br /><br />Want to apoligize here in advance for my friends here..I am 53 years old here and have not been called a juvenile since the day I was caught stepping out of a cold shower if you know what i mean..

 

[DJ]

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I stand by what I said. I would have posted earlier yet it was locked.<br /><br />I was raised in the woods and on the water. My father was a 40 year wildlife biologist which afforded him 80% of his time in the woods hunting and fishing. Much of it with me by his side. <br /><br />I have seen hunters do things to animals that made we want to wring their necks. Yet, I still hunt and fish.<br /><br />Jigging for rodents is not sportman like behavior, nor is flailing them against the ground. How can one defend that? As I stated, that is NOT an effective method of control. And yes, I know they cause damage. That doesn't mean we torture them.<br /><br />On the surface, it appears funny. We have enough problems in this society with people doing cruel things to creatures. We don't need any ideas put in their heads.<br /><br />I am probably the single most hated person on this board. My comments were not directed at any one person. Only those that would partake in such practices. And I'm half redneck too! Half of the family is from South Georgia, other from the U.P. of Michigan. What a combo.<br /><br />BTW, what does prairie dog fishing have to do with freshwater fishing. Seems like a topic for DC to me.

 

[ob]

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I'm all for the Humane control of prarrie dogs and the like.Our family on my Dads side ran a quite large cattle ranch in Wyoming for 5 decades and prarrie dog holes took their toll of broken cattle legs.We shot them whenever we felt a need. Humanely.

 

[DJ]

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No problem there ob, done it myself.