Apparently, Few Knew It’s Illegal To Blast Wyoming Prairie Dogs From A Vehicle

Cowboy State Daily ^ | January 31, 2025 | Mark Heinz

[coloradan]

Colorado has a sort of Make My Day law for “varmints” (which are defined in law). You can kill any number of them by just about any means, without needing any license, so long as they are on your property or you have permission of the property owner, and they have caused or could cause any damage or harm or financial losses.

Prarie dogs are on list - except in Boulder county.

[Red Badger]

... except in Boulder county....

Figures................

[sasquatch]

Not supposed to shoot across a waterway (river) or hwy in CA.

[Cold Heart]

Those prairie dogs on the right are paying close attention to the prairie dog on the left as he discusses ballistics of the new 6MM GT

[LittleBillyInfidel]

Did this exact thing when I was six, with dad and his buddies. It’s how I learned what a shotgun can vaporize at close distances.

[wardaddy]

👊

[bleach]

When dad hunted on farms, the farmers gave permission if he killed every whistle pig he saw. Carried a .222 just for them. Mom used to bake them like a roast with potatoes, carrots amd onions.

[EnderWiggin1970]

It would be good to get this law changed, at least for shooting from a stationary vehicle. I can understand prohibiting shooting from a moving vehicle.

And I can appreciate that those varmints are a huge nuisance. I ran over a half dozen of them (and had a dozen or more near misses) on a single trip from Casper to the Medicine Bow wilderness a few years back. Those things had a death wish scampering all over the road.

[No name given]

That’s to be expected from a city run by commies.

[No name given]

‘ except in Boulder county.’

Not surprising at all.

[PLMerite]

So, does “vehicle” include helicopter?

[LittleBillyInfidel]

Were they tasty? For some reason I imagine them to be like a fatty pork..

[Redcitizen]

My grandfather did say their meat was fatty. He ate them back in the day on the reservation.

[sauropod]

No comment.

[tje]

I used to shoot prairie dogs from the bed of my truck in Colorado - 22-250..

[dljordan]

“Prarie dogs are on list - except in Boulder county.”

I watched the vermin slowly destroy the IBM grounds in Boulder over a period of 20 years.

[Damifino]

I think just about everyone who is an avid hunter knows this.

I had a wheelchair-bound friend who had a special permit allowing him to shoot from the car. Rules still applied tho. Couldn't shoot across a traffic lane or waterway.

[bleach]

Yes, if I remember, mom removed a gland,but still a bit gamey.They are herbivores for the most part and as stated in this thread a varmit. In Kentucky it was open season. There’s pleanty of recipes out there.

[Paal Gulli]

There are restrictions in most (if not all) states to ‘hunting’ from a (street-legal) motor vehicle. I suspect that shooting “from, upon or across” a public road —in a vehicle or not — is illegal in all 50.