I have never heard of anyone eating those dogs, except after you shoot them, then the hawks, eagles, coyotes, fox, badgers so on and so on…go after them.
I have built a number of shooting platforms that have some commercial type legs that fold up. They are really thick where the legs join the top. I dumpster dived at some carpeting places to get some padding and carpeting for the top. I put some shot size sand bags over the legs…anything to keep it sturdy…your favorite comfortable chair…somebody mentioned one time on bringing a recliner with LOL. Then bring out a patio umbrella…those frinkin hot plains days…plus try to keep the barrels somewhat cool…not in the sun.
The pink mist…oh yea. Some of those bullets are extremely explosive on those little runts. A 30-06…holly crap!
My ammo supply is really nice, I have 5 gallons pails of the brass that I use, and I seem to have enough powder and bullets. In the past number of years, I have bought some Nosler custom brass and some Lapua brass.
Most of my varmint rifles are in a .22 caliber, but they are center fire calibers…not .22 lr. Here is an example, you take the 220 swift, and you use a 50 grain bullet…you getting close to 4000 fps…same as the 22-250. Basically, a shooter wants to get the bullet downrange as fast as he/she can. Well, most shots are well over 100 yards, you have to fight gravity, and there is ALWAYS wind…coming from every direction…it seems. Those guys usually do not stick their head/body up for very long. They have a communication system, to warn other dogs…I thought somebody told me that there are different sounds for different predators…like one for humans
I agree MikeK, that varmint bullets are poor choice for self-defense. I looked at the bullet under a loupe and they are thin wall hollow jacketed bullets. I know that I would not use them in the winter here in the north. I have talked to a few old time cops that used the old .38 special load years ago and they hated using the .38 during the winter. I was wondering if these Noslers are any different if the criminal just has a t-shirt…any penetration with great expansion. I’m going to test them this summer. I do have some Winchester 45 grain jacketed frangible bullets…interesting
I have thought about it before about shooting something without eating. I’m not sure if I would eat all animals. I shoot rats, feral cats, feral dogs, woodchucks and other critters. That is more of a pest control issue. When prairie dog hunting/shooting is a way to improve my shooting and those farmers/ranchers just love it. The dogs destroy crops and cattle can injure their legs
Here are a couple of suggestions that have helped us out in the past. Farmers down in Iowa really love walleye, so when I have gone done there for pheasant hunting, we bring walleye down there. It is great tool for getting on the “good side”. If you don’t destroy any of their land or shoot any of their livestock, you can keep on coming back. We would give some of the pheasants to the farmer when we leave. So, we have done the same thing while dog hunting or any other hunting for that matter. We have brought fish and other game out west for that purpose. That has been one of my pet peeves. During deer hunting up north, we had pheasant hunters come on our property, they did not ask permission, and they were not wearing any orange (stupid) and threaten us when we asked them to leave