This custom war wagon transports varmint hunters to the Longmeadow Game Resort in Colorado. Bottom image by Randful, Big Horn Mountains in Wyoming. Are you planning to visit the varmint farms this spring? Planning is key to a successful, safe, and satisfying varmint holiday. If possible, bring a variety of rifles. You’ll need to switch off when one barrel gets too hot. The chambering that works best at close shots may not work well for shots beyond 400 yards. One tip to help you shoot better on your varmint hunt is to place a strip of surveyors tape on a stake at your shooting station. This will show the wind direction. Align the stake to the wind direction so it is either a headwind or a tailwind. Cross-winds will be minimized by this. Seven videos have been assembled for Saturday’s Movies Feature. You’ll see a variety rifles in use in the classic American varmint country of Montana, Oregon, and Dakotas. We also have a South African video. Extreme Outer Limits – Oregon Adventure with.22 Creedmoor. This varmint safari video features members of the Extreme Outer Limits team in Central Oregon. The host is using a 22-inch Benchmark barrel to shoot the.22 Creedmoor cartridge. The shooting crew has access to a great operation with mobile shooting stations and benches. This video made the Editor want to visit Oregon this summer to try out a.22 Dasher. This video is full of action with small varmints (mostly ground-squirts) being smashed to a great distance. The effectiveness of the.22 Creedmoor cartridge is evident — it basically vaporizes some critters.
22-250 Nails Ground Squirrels in South Africa and Rock Hyraxes in South Africa The video maker begins with shots of ground squirrels. He blasts them into pieces with his 22-250. He switches to distant targets, such as a furry groundhog-sized animal called the Rock Hyrax or Cape Hyrax or Dassie. Mature Rock Hyraxes are 4-5 kg in weight and have a short tail and ears. These Rock Hyraxes can be found at higher elevations in rock crevice habitats. This allows them to escape predators (but not skilled Varmint hunters).
Extreme Outer Limits Team Takes on 1125-Yard Rockchuck Here, Extreme Outer Limits’ team takes on Extreme Long Range Varminting. The group set up benches to aim their rifles at a hillside more than 1100 yards away. At the 5:15 mark, you can see a successful first shot rockchuck hit. This episode of Extreme Outer Limits features Bob Beck, Tim Titus and some MOA Rifles customers putting the.22 Creedmoor rifle and other MOA-brand rifles through their paces. Rockchucks provide plenty of challenge at these long distances as they are small targets.
Gunwerks Crew Long Range Rockchuck Adventure This Gunwerks video shows varmint hunting in Western USA. Aaron Davidson and Gunwerks crew test out new rifles on rockchucks in this video. Although most of the rifles were not used, the host stated that the rockchucks took cover immediately after the first shot. This required coordination between spotters and shooters. At 2:44, a 6XC Varminter is featured. There’s also some drone footage that starts at 2:00. Varminter.com – A Great Resource for Varmint Hunters Varminter.com can be a great resource for serious varmint hunters. This site reviews rifles, optics and varmint ammunition. Eric Mayer, the founder of the site, often ventures into the backcountry to record his varmint adventures. Varminting with.17 HMR Savage A17 or Custom.17 SMA AR When varmint excursions are underway, we prefer to have a.17 rimfire for close shots, within 150 yards. This video shows a Prairie Dog hunt using a.17 HMR. You’ll see hits at 160 yards (00.50), which is the effective range for the.17 HMR cartridge. The host is using a Savage A17 semiauto 17 HMR rifle with a Boyds laminated barrel. Varminters now have three.17-caliber options for rimfire. There are three options: the.17 Mach 2, the.17 HMR and the.17 SSM. The 17 Mach 2 is the most affordable and the.17 SSM the most powerful. A rimfire saves you money on ammo and doesn’t waste valuable centerfire barrel life. The noise level is also reduced, so the critters aren’t disturbed as much. Ground squirrels have been shot with both the 17 HM2 (and.17 HMR) models. The.17 WSM’s impressive ballistics are due to its 3000 fps maximum velocity (MV). The.17 WSM’s trajectory is much flatter than the.17 HMR or.22 WMR. Eric Mayer, founder and CEO of Varminter.com, has this video. This video shows an AR-platform rifle that can be used with the powerful.17 Winchester Super Magnum (aka..17 WSM). Eric was able achieve instant kills at 200 yards. The rifle comes with a Franklin Armory F-17V4 upper and a Franklin Armory 10-rd mag. Eric was impressed by the.17 WSM. He believes that the 20gr bullet with 3000fps MV will be effective for his small varmint hunting at considerable distances.
KILL Shots — BONS Age-Restricted Video Links Below are two very good varminting videos with explosive hits. YouTube has made it clear that these videos cannot be posted on third-party sites so you will have to click the links below. The lady shooter nailed THREE PDogs in one video! 1. Eastman’s Hunting Journals. Great video from Eastern Montana. This video has great aerial footage and an amazing shot of three P-dogs (inline) taken in one shot (at the time-mark 9:28). One shot — THREE prairie dogs down! The prairie dog hunt features slow motion kill shots, digiscope close ups, and a rare triple prairie dog kill. This episode of Beyond the Grid is created by Eastmans’ Hunting TV creators. It features a group of hunters working to eradicate prairie dog pests on private grazing lands. To view this video, you will need to click HERE You can also see Eastman’s Prairie Dog Armageddon video. 2. Flying Prairie Dogs in North Dakota This 2-minute High Road Hunting video by Keith Warren Hunting YouTube channel shows some amazing kill shots using AR-platform rifles. Also, Keith’s Prairie Dog Hunting Shooting Spree video.
