Some Reservations you need a guide also some you just go and shoot, some have a lot of tribal lands some are deeded lands mostly so it's always good to call first!

Are those guides very helpful?

Sure if ya like to party! LOL

I went prairie dog hunting once, and loved it. Strangely, I don't ever see articles about it, like in American Hunter magazine. I would think it would make for a good read.

Lol

Yeah they are helpful. + some will eat them or use them in a ceremony. I haven't hunted or ate them in a long time.

prairie dog hunting isn't really hunting. you just find a spot with a good view and start shooting. they are prolific breeders and shooting them wont endanger the species. it is just as fun though to set out a hundred empty pop cans, get back how ever far and shoot them. don't forget to pick your cans back up. unlike dead prairie dogs nothing eats dead pop cans. I sure wouldn't spend much to shoot prairie dogs. watch out for rattle snakes anytime your around dog towns. especially a warm afternoon in late winter early spring

Remember to take a shooting mat or Dragbag.

The guides set you up on top of a hill overlooking a big dog town and leave you there. Not much guiding needed after that. The shooters I see set up have very nice shooting benches, rifles, and high-end optics. They're into tack-driving at a long distance.

I've heard that the guides on the rez near here get $300/day or $3000 for the season to guide an elk hunt, and they have screwed up more hunts than they help.

I’m sure 20 cases of Budweiser will get you on some of their so called hot spots. lol

It is a huge deal here in Eastern Oregon some guys use some pretty fancy equipment for the hunt. You can spot the sage rat hunters on the highway driving fancy pickups, pulling fifty thousand dollar camps, side by sides and high end target rifles with the newest spotting scopes. I let a sheep herder friend come out a couple times this spring to hunt them. He took 150 home in sandwich bags to freeze and use for Coyote trap bait.

Buddy has a place just outside Chamberlain he's reasonable $50 a day and cuts guys a break on multiple day hunts he has 2 benches out in the town a guy can use! Just don't shoot a camel or a zebra and things should go well. LOL

Hunting prairie dogs is way more fun than shooting pop cans. Just my opinion.

well the little owls, kit fox, badgers ,coyotes and even those cute little cannibals the prairie dogs all got to eat. I don't have a problem with people shooting them just don't understand calling it hunting. its just shooting.

How much ammo do some of you go through on a prairie dog shooting trip?

How much ya got bring it!

1K. Sometimes a little more.

I've watched guys shoot 4 rounds a minute for extended periods, We shoot in teams, the spotter who calls the shot, range ,windage, how many clicks then fire for effect and the shooter. This way you learn a lot about the wind, ballistics and your gun. Also on a warm or humid day you can watch the bullets in flite. Using suppressors you can usually sit in one spot till you get your fill.

Also if you spend a little time on google earth and a map of "walk ins", you can find PD towns, some real gems close to the road.

I used to be that guy, shooting 1K + rounds in 3 days. That was 20 years ago. Got expensive re-barreling rifles every couple years.
Now we’re like you Diggerman. Taking turns spotting for the other. Much more enjoyable. I guess age has that effect on a person?
I’m headed out this Thursday for a week.