One repercussion of "cleaning up" prairie dogs is Bubonic Plague. They are know carriers. I am not trying to defend 'dog shooters, or the AR-15 toting varmit vigil-antis. Just a small bit for thought. In some areas, it is illegal to transport carcasses of prairie dogs. I don't agree with setting up portable tables and shooting for hours blowing up the little buggers and then leaving a mess of brass, trash, ect. This is pig-headed redneck activity. We owe mother nature the right to leave it as close to we found it.
Some cases there is a need for prairie dog reduction, I don't really care about your crop fields, though, the 'dogs were there first! They do however multiply like wild fire, and like snow geese can reach a point where they harm their own well being, and in that case I'd much rather see a sportsman kill some than joe blow running out there with some poison. What good does a poisoned carcass do if a scavanger of some sort eats it?
