We made the first trip to one of our spots on private property in southern Idaho. The weather was perfect! 50-60 degrees with mild winds. We anticipated a slow day of shooting and limited targets. We were wrong. We arrived on the 50 acre property at 09:45 and left at 14:30. 38 chucks were killed. 
Shooting was seated on rocks using a Primos Trigger Bipod or rested on a mobile shooting table. We only moved twice. I typically take three or four rifles. On this trip I had a Custom AR in 22 Nosler, 10/22 Magnum with Volquartsen barrel, and Christensen Arms 22/250. This is one of their older rifles, prior to their in house actions. The rifle features a factory stock that is pillar and glass bedded, PTG skeleton bolt, Jewel trigger and shaved 700 action to save weight. I never switched from the 22-250. Shots were quite easy with ranges between 100-240 yards. Most shots were at 170 yards.
I was using a fairly new load. 52 Grain Speer Varmint HP, Nosler Brass, CCI 200 Primer, and 36.5 grains of Varget. It was extremely explosive! A few large chucks laying flat along large rocks were tossed as much as 6' into the air.
This particular location has the ability to repopulate since a long deep creek runs along two canyon walls with multiple fields of various crops running along it for 20 miles. We have never put a dent into the population shooting early in the year for over a decade.
Shooting was seated on rocks using a Primos Trigger Bipod or rested on a mobile shooting table. We only moved twice. I typically take three or four rifles. On this trip I had a Custom AR in 22 Nosler, 10/22 Magnum with Volquartsen barrel, and Christensen Arms 22/250. This is one of their older rifles, prior to their in house actions. The rifle features a factory stock that is pillar and glass bedded, PTG skeleton bolt, Jewel trigger and shaved 700 action to save weight. I never switched from the 22-250. Shots were quite easy with ranges between 100-240 yards. Most shots were at 170 yards.I was using a fairly new load. 52 Grain Speer Varmint HP, Nosler Brass, CCI 200 Primer, and 36.5 grains of Varget. It was extremely explosive! A few large chucks laying flat along large rocks were tossed as much as 6' into the air.
This particular location has the ability to repopulate since a long deep creek runs along two canyon walls with multiple fields of various crops running along it for 20 miles. We have never put a dent into the population shooting early in the year for over a decade.
