Spring has sprung. Get out and shoot your Henry
What Critter ?
-
JEBar
- Town Marshal / Deputy Admin
- Posts: 19339
- Joined: Sun Mar 20, 2016 10:58 pm
- Location: central NC
What Critter ?
for something a bit different .... What critter made these mounds ?
- Attachments
-
- IMG_0101.JPG (220.02 KiB) Viewed 1910 times
-
- IMG_0102.JPG (196.65 KiB) Viewed 1910 times
0 x
-
RanchRoper
- Forum Ambassador
- Posts: 12691
- Joined: Mon Mar 21, 2016 12:14 am
- Location: Land of Shining Mountains, Alberta
Re: What Critter ?
Either mole or vole. We get them too.
0 x
1860 Colt SA Richards Conversion Revolver .45C
1860 Henry .45C
1885 High Wall .45C
1820-1840 Frontier Percussion .50
1790-1820 Frontier Flintlock .50
Ohkínohkomit - Shoot skillfully
1860 Henry .45C
1885 High Wall .45C
1820-1840 Frontier Percussion .50
1790-1820 Frontier Flintlock .50
Ohkínohkomit - Shoot skillfully
Re: What Critter ?
They are hell on an alfalfa swather
0 x
Remember, it's not how many guns you have. It's how many bullets you have.
-
JEBar
- Town Marshal / Deputy Admin
- Posts: 19339
- Joined: Sun Mar 20, 2016 10:58 pm
- Location: central NC
Re: What Critter ?
vole or mole may well be right but the folks in the area where these pictures were taken have a different name for them
0 x
-
Sir Henry
- Administrator / Owner
- Posts: 12118
- Joined: Sun Mar 20, 2016 10:58 pm
- Location: Price County Wisconsin
Re: What Critter ?
I would guess ground hogs but I don't see any holes.
0 x
Hi, my name is Gene and I'm a Henryholic from Wisconsin.
Range Reporter: Henry Repeater
Range Reporter: Henry Repeater
Re: What Critter ?
gophers?
0 x
Vietnam, Cambodia, DMZ
101st Airborne, Recon. ( Where in the heck are we?)
25th Inf. Div.2/22 Inf. Reg.(mech.)
Sgt., U.S. Army, Sniper
S&W Model 67
Uberti 1851 Navy Conv.
Uberti 1873 Bisley
Henry .357 Carbine CCH
Henry SGR .22
Taurus 856
101st Airborne, Recon. ( Where in the heck are we?)
25th Inf. Div.2/22 Inf. Reg.(mech.)
Sgt., U.S. Army, Sniper
S&W Model 67
Uberti 1851 Navy Conv.
Uberti 1873 Bisley
Henry .357 Carbine CCH
Henry SGR .22
Taurus 856
Re: What Critter ?
Pocket gophers?
0 x
I can remember saying I'd never own a GLOCK,never own an AR15 and never get married. I found out that never is a long,long time!
-
North Country Gal
- Firearms Advisor
- Posts: 6086
- Joined: Thu Apr 07, 2016 12:46 pm
- Location: northern Wisconsin
Re: What Critter ?
Moles, by the nature of those mounds with no plugs. Gophers leave a plug of dirt in the mound. Voles leave an open hole.
0 x
-
JEBar
- Town Marshal / Deputy Admin
- Posts: 19339
- Joined: Sun Mar 20, 2016 10:58 pm
- Location: central NC
Re: What Critter ?
the local folks call them gopher mounds .... as noted above, these are different from the ones I'm used to seeing in South Dakota .... those have a ring of dirt surrounding an entrance/exit in the center ..... the moles back home tunnel just under the surface of the ground and leave ridge that shows where have been
2 x