Another 38 gophers and the sons new gun

[Grayfox]

Mitch sold his .223 Encore barrel to a friend of mine at work and needed a new coyote gun so he took the money and some of his gopher money and bought a new Browning X Bolt in .223.

Then we went out and threw out some traps and ended up with another 38 pockets this morning. that he's putting toward a new scope. He also took his first buck with a bow this weekend as well. He said this weekend couldn't get any better.

[S.D. Ice Angular]

Very Nice!!

[picksbigwagon]

has his smile left his face yet? Nice looking rifle...He will use that for years..............

[broken_line]

niiicee!!

[Dave S]

There is a boy who should be proud of his accomplishments. Congrats on a job well done.

[Grayfox]

Sorry guys, I forgot to post the picture of his buck. He's shot several large bucks now,(this one being the smallest) with the first being when he was 10, but I think having this deer at 10 yards for 5 minutes and having to wait for it to turn for the shot showed him how much harder it was to do with a bow than with a gun. Can't just point and shoot.

[Dave S]

Nice deer. I had to wait until I was 35 to get my first buck.

[LOTWSvirgin]

at a nice buck foe the kid. Bigger then any I have shot in the last few years

[harvey lee]

Tell him he is a killing machine.

Congrats on a nice buck espically for a newbie.

[mrklean]

very nice job, lots of gophers, new gun, bow kill cant get much better

[mr_pike_71]

Nice job on the trapping-- I've been following your trapping photos--do you have a certain way to trap to get so many gophers?

[Grayfox]

Mr. Pike, there has to be a lot of the little critters in the area to take this many. We trap a lot of farms that have some serious problems with them and are now running 75 traps. We also try to spread the traps out as much as possible, keeping the traps about 25' away from each other as it's usually the same gopher digging the holes. If the trap gets set off or buried we always move the trap to the next closest hole and usually pick the gopher up then.

[mr_pike_71]

Grayfox- Thanks for the reply. with freeze-up coming-- I bet those little critters are digging like crazy.

Take Care,

mr_pike_71

[benbosh]

what kind of traps is he using?

[fishuhalik]

killing machine is right! sounds like he's had a good dad to teach him the importance of earning his own money for the things he wants to buy. good job dad, we need more like ya