New Mexico Prairie Dog Hunting
This post is not for the faint of heart. Three of us took off for New Mexico to shoot prairie dogs. Animals did indeed die. Stop reading if that offends you. But understand this, if we were not there shooting them, the ranchers will poison them. Either way they are going to die. So which is a more humane death? You decide for yourself. This was our tenth trip down to Amistad. 16.5 hours one way in the truck. It's a painful drive, but worth the time or we wouldn't continue doing so. This year, Nick, Michael and I made the drive. We left the Friday before Memorial Day because Nick had to be back for the State Track Finals the following Thursday. We ended up firing a total of 3,741 rounds of .223, .243, and 6XC rounds. We tried to keep a running count of kills, not hits. Nick had a habit of shooting off their feet. Those were not counted. We figured up we were somewhere in the 42% kill range - or 1,570 dogs died effectively and efficiently. We might have missed