The Gopher is Dead
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, Sep 20 2010 09:16 PM
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Posted 20 September 2010 - 09:16 PM
On Labor Day weekend I was just stepping out on my porch at the cabin, and as I was doing it I was thinking about the gopher mounds in the front yard. I was really PO'd at that little guy and about that time I saw some dirt being tossed up. Hello! I jumped back into the house and grabbed the Beeman GS1000 springer. Back outside and leaned up against one of the uprights on the front deck and waited. Sure enough, more dirt being tossed up in the air. I put the cross hairs where I thought he would next be and waited. In about a minute, more dirt, and then he moved out of the hole right under the cross hairs. One dead gopher! Don't let the graphic nature of the pictures turn you off.
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Posted 20 September 2010 - 10:11 PM
He looks so PeaceFull
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Posted 21 September 2010 - 05:12 AM
Outstanding 
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Posted 21 September 2010 - 07:58 AM
You mean you didn't use the famous Braz Gopher Getter call? 
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Posted 21 September 2010 - 08:56 AM
Looks like he was armed and dangerous!
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Posted 21 September 2010 - 11:29 AM
Awwwww, he looks sooooo cute. Now, my tree hugger sister-in-law would go, "oooh, how could you do that", and my response is, "it's easy, I put the crosshair right between his eyes, and sqeeeeeezze the trigger". Her response is, "THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEAN, AND YOU KNOW IT!" 
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Posted 21 September 2010 - 01:03 PM
That's a dun unit right there! D-U-N DUN!
I'd rather be fishing with my son.
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Posted 21 September 2010 - 01:20 PM
You should be getting close to having enough gopher hides for those fur covered ear warmers you've been dreaming about.I like the coloring on the Beeman's stock.
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Posted 21 September 2010 - 01:54 PM
Looks like a Boones and Crockett winner! Get that baby mounted!
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Posted 21 September 2010 - 02:16 PM
He is just sleeping!
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Posted 21 September 2010 - 04:17 PM
good shootin Braz!
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Posted 21 September 2010 - 06:12 PM
LMAO! i had a similar experience many months ago. i was outside and a fat ratlanded in my aluminum recylcing trashcan. and i thought "no you didnt" i retrieved my .22 marauder and at total point blank blew it's head off. 
i never even had to adjust my MAG/AO.
i retrieved my .22 marauder and at total point blank blew it's head off. i never even had to adjust my MAG/AO.
weapons are nothing but tools to be used properly. like any other tool.
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Posted 21 September 2010 - 07:08 PM
Way to go Braz! That is dangerous game right there. Such big teeth and claws for there size, and the destruction they can do to ones lawn with them. I hunt them year round but only manage to take a few each year. LOL
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Posted 21 September 2010 - 11:09 PM
Didyou cape it out ? gopher back straps mmmmm. Thats a trophy one. ![:roflmao3[1]:](http://www.californiapredatorsclub.com/public/style_emoticons/default/signs1180lq.gif)
You can hop but you can't hide. Yahi Bowmen. Its not how far you can shoot but how close to the game you get when you shoot. Sights we don't need any sights. Why waist time reloading when I can be making arrows.
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Posted 31 December 2010 - 11:04 PM
I think I just broke that same scope on my Crosman Quest if its a Bushnell 3-9x32 Rimfire. I dont really know it just is a bushnell and looks similar. Nice shooting anyway, I dont think any animals are dumb enough to come to my yard in the day time now.
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