RPR -N- 17 HMR @ P Dog Town

Ruger Precision Rifle in 17 HMR wearing a 5x25 Vortex Venom with a Tacta Cam goes to Prairie Dog Town.

[@blairbreland1443]

It appears that you may need to lighten your trigger pull for less missed shots.

[@dogbone1358]

I have a Ruger Precision in 6 Creedmoor. It has a great trigger. He needs to practice dry firing to get the trigger press as smooth as possible.

[@CDaisy-tp7hw]

Yes, something needs to be done. With that set-up he should be shooting their eyes out at that range.

[@d3ltaohniner261]

Considering I can splatter flies at 50 yards with my .22LR Ruger Precision Rimfire, ethical kills should quite possible with .17 HMR at 100 yards or under. I've also practiced quite a bit with my rig at various distances from 10 yards to 250. Familiarity with equipment, rifle, sighting system, ammunition makes the biggest difference.

[@jamesporter6352]

A little bit of tuning and polishing on the bolt and inside the receiver will quieten thngs and make cycling the rounds nicer. Easy way to go from factory to precision in one afternoon.

[@Yahooligan72]

Oh look how everybody is a gun building engineer on here!

[@jmontoya1677]

Why do I feel the urge to watch caddy shack suddenly?

[@JimThomasOutdoors]

I know, right... I have been having those thoughts since last year when I started doing P-dog shoots.

[@jmontoya1677]

@@JimThomasOutdoors 😂🤣😂🤣😂👍🏽

[@itsme-gn2vg]

Heck yeah ! Keep on keeping on. Good shooting

[@jackcoke2426]

Carl? Is that you, Carl?

[@Yahooligan72]

no

[@frankammirati3385]

Man I could sit there all day and do this .

[@JimThomasOutdoors]

I would too, but the sun gits to acting like a Lazer beam and my eyes start to seeing dazzling sparklers that isn't really there.

[@Strutingeagle]

You are about as handy with that rifle as a cub bear with his new peter.

[@JungleJargon]

Allen! Allen! …that’s not Allen… Steve! Steve! Steve!

[@joeyoung4121]

That took a lot of time and effort. Thanks for posting it. I enjoyed it👍

[@DarthWolfen077]

at least he is not using a 300 Win Mag like a video I saw before... the P Dogs were disintegrated before the tip of the bullets touched them.

[@frankammirati3385]

🤣

[@notsofast60]

Seems to me that gun/ammo combo is not very accurate. Might want to test it on paper before taking it hunting again

[@Bhaisthenruas]

This guy is too slow.

[@Mystic45708]

Sounds like a strong wind blowing adjust your shooting techniques

[@nickallen8333]

The only thing that I don’t like about the .17 is how much the wind affects it.

[@ferdytacomaboy3628]

Good video. The .17 HMR is a great cartridge. The wind affects the bullet travel. Those are some uneducated p dogs. My p dogs run when they see a human or hear a shot.

[@michaeltaylor7025]

Try Burying your tripod sticks in the ground because you shake like crazy

[@mikeorood1975]

I like the different scope angles. Keep up the good work

[@fpveverything7129]

He is a terrible shot

[@wildcoyote34]

@@fpveverything7129 actually he is using a new gun that he isn't used to and he is also shooting a very small round against the wind which makes for very poor accuracy,, i personally use a 22 magnum or 223 in conditions like this cause the bigger heavier bullets aren't bothered by the wind as much , i can easily erase Prairie dogs from 300 yards with a 223 and 200 or more with a 22 magnum ,even with a 10-15mph or more gusting wind

[@davejonas3107]

You almost put them on the endangered species list thanks for posting

[@Yahooligan72]

Yea the bullets 🤣👍

[@judsonlee6497]

atleast you show your misses as well as your hits cudos to you

[@rubberbabybuggybumper6270]

.17hmr is a great round for longer range varmint hunting, but I feel on windy days like this you may be better off using a .22 hornet or a .223. The heavier 50 or 55 grain bullets won’t be pushed around by the wind so badly.

[@BK-qc8rr]

I know they are pests but its stil sad to see them die like that v,v

[@Anthanos89]

That wind makes it tough going with that little 17 grain pill. I'm looking at getting a 17wsm to minimise this a little. Thanks for posting

[@redneckrepairsandmusic2469]

It seems you need better sighting, lighter trigger, and better stability

[@JohnDoe-jn4ex]

Love that Ruger.

[@dogbone1358]

Used to shoot groundhogs with a Marlin 17 HMR. Could put one in their ear at 150 yards.

[@earlmiller6093]

Dude your having fun … it’s been 2 yrs since I done any doggin… I use 22 LR

[@lyndonhamby7432]

Awesome 👍👍

[@firestorm8471]

9:30, your bullet did not expand. Critter was dead, he just did not know it right off. I saw several shots in this vid where this appeared to be the case. They appeared to be missed but were not. I think your rounds came from a bad lot maybe. ? Copper alloy was too hard maybe.

[@aaronunterseher1627]

Don't be afraid to add wind.. I could tell your wind just by the video... it was left to right and averaging 2 to 4 MOA.. If you like using 17hmr, 204, .223 rem for dogs it doesn't hurt to grab 50 rounds and put 4 foot tall piece of cardboard and get your dope out to the max cartridge range going in 25 yard increments... It'll make contending with wind and range changes much easier and feel far less wasteful because you won't have so many range and wind misses

[@John-mf1sz]

I was thinking/observing the same. Should’ve been fairly obvious to adjust slightly.

[@estilomax4961]

That’s funny how the other one was doing CPR😅

[@jdmbraceyourself695]

Must have been Hump Day

[@Elpolloloco47]

I love my 17 hmr. Im not skilled with scopes enough to school over 100 with it. What scope is that btw?

[@JimThomasOutdoors]

Right now it's the 5x25 Vortex Venom... so it makes the longer shots seem closer.

[@Elpolloloco47]

@@JimThomasOutdoors awesome gotta give it a try. Thank you for your time

[@d3ltaohniner261]

@@JimThomasOutdoors no, 5-25x. You're giving magnification range of an optic, not the dimensions of a rectangle.

[@Juzzy520]

Possibly using remington ammo??? I had probs with a batch of them, the necks on the casing split causing inconsistant shots! Changed to hornady 17 grain ammo, no misses since!💥💥💪💪👍

[@juanrojos78]

We have tons here in Montana, wish I have time to go shooting

[@Yahooligan72]

You watched this video and had enough time time to comment. Why not shoot?

[@pootinhammer]

wild seeing then not even budge when one gets whacked right next to them

[@scottkemper5918]

Maybe switch to decaf?

[@JimThomasOutdoors]

Ha ha ! Good one!

[@chadmcswain5389]

All I see is a bunch of Narcissist leaving negative comments about this older dudes shooting. First of all, he's outside enjoying the great outdoors. Second, he's definitely helping to control the population with the amount he's taking out. Last, the majority of you making fun of his misses....well.....let's just say you probably couldn't do any better and truth be told you'd probably do a lot worse. For shooting a very lightweight grain bullet out of a rimfire on such a windy day, he's actually shooting fairly decent 👍

[@JimThomasOutdoors]

Thanks Chad, I appreciate your insight and support !

[@candycoatedrazrbladz]

What a slaughter.

[@NUT_SLAPPER]

The camera takes beautiful video, especially that very first shot that you completely missed. 😂

[@eyetolduso]

RIP Big Ounce

[@Lungmat36]

Sóc đất thật tuyệt vời

[@sai6997]

Great video, what camera are you using?

[@JimThomasOutdoors]

The scope cam is a Tactacam 5.0 and the zoom camera is a Nikon P-900.

[@genem9725]

Get a wind shield for that microphone. Fun video

[@James-xe3yu]

Get to the range and check your scope. You may have lost your zero. Way too many misses and wounds.

[@JimThomasOutdoors]

Good suggestion... I shot 4, five shot groups and determined that I was three clicks too far to the right. Hopefully getting that straightened out will help on those longer shots . Thanks for the comment !

[@jmf1976jmf]

​@JimThomasOutdoors You are way to nice to these keyboard warriors

[@johnbuck6685]

5 mph hour wind moss miss miss

[@firestorm8471]

9:04 , that would have been a 2 fer 1.

[@Lungmat36]

Tôi yêu đất nước bạn và muốn sống ở đó

[@Armendicus]

I wander if these creatures really understand the concept of death cause they are walking past their dead friends n sniffing like like they're confused.

[@forestgrump2168]

nice

[@Congbamang-sl8ed]

Giới thiệu súng nhiều lắm mà bắn có trứng mấy dâu

[@MrTakeYoBitsh]

Nice setup Jim

[@JimThomasOutdoors]

Thanks Alan !

[@dumbotater2158]

Hmmmm, not doing too well with all that expensive gear, huh?

[@CDaisy-tp7hw]

My personal thought is that you need a lot more practice. I shoot ground squirrels out to 150 - 175 yards with a Browning T-bolt and have a much better kill rate. Those ground squirrels are about ½ the size of prairie dogs.

[@RH-xr8ms]

where can a person find access to prairie dog hunting ???

[@ChaotiX1]

If you want the best, Colorado. They are EVERYWHERE out here. On every farm, every park, every empty lot. They need culling badly

[@user-ze4bk2mw1t]

真的太过瘾了，播主，你的枪法真的很让我羡慕

[@JimThomasOutdoors]

真的太过瘾了，播主，你的枪法真的很让我羡慕

[@bobbythompson3544]

Trigger technique is poor, or else trigger is poor! Some of the wounds are inches away from the point of aim, some of those animals were badly wounded and suffered unnecessarily!

[@sirtango1]

Remember when bill ruger, of ruger firearms, and smith & wesson backed billy bob klintons assault weapons ban back in the 90’s? We didn’t forget! Both companies can surf the same turd down the toilet as bud light, as far as I’m concerned! Both companies main business was revolvers. Like the redhawk, blackhawk, gp-100, combat masterpieces, J,K,&L frame revolvers, etc. They thought people would rather have 6 magnum caliber rounds rather than 10 lesser caliber rounds with the high capacity magazine ban called for in the AWB! They thought wrong! Never forget these companies! They sold you out once before. They’ll do it again!

[@JimThomasOutdoors]

I did not know that. I am glad that you took the time to bring it to light. I'll try and keep it in mind. I now am almost exclusively using the Savage A-17 HMR for Prairie Dogging. It is accurate and good for follow-up shots. On a near windless day I got 33 dogs with 35 shots... but a week later with a bit more wind it took 45 shots to get 25 prairie dogs. I do love that 17 HMR but it don't buck the wind worth a darn.

[@sirtango1]

@@JimThomasOutdoors Lots of people have forgotten or simply didn’t know. This happened 30 years ago, many of the younger generation wasn’t even alive when they did that. And ronnie ray gun garnered the last few needed votes for it to pass! He was NO friend of the Second Amendment! He signed the NFA act of ‘86 into law limits the number of machine guns available to the public. Many people arent aware of that fact either. And they forget that jim brady, husband of handgun control inc sarah brady was reagans press secretary. I have been looking at getting one of those A17’s. I have a Savage 93 stainless that is an absolute tack driver in calm winds. But as you said wind affects the small bullets drastically. I think I’m going to thread the barrel of the 93 and try a couple of my .22 suppressors on it to see how well it works. We have a lot of groundhogs here. I killed one out of the garden with the .17 and got 4 with a suppressed .300 blackout. They try to eat it faster than I can plant it!

[@TT-rz7lx]

what state you hunting in ? beautiful there.

[@JimThomasOutdoors]

Colorado.

[@TT-rz7lx]

@@JimThomasOutdoors Thanks, Jim Love your videos

[@SkyGlitchGalaxy]

Poor little buggers.

[@mr19471985]

You would never make it in the USMC range

[@sirtango1]

PMI: Fire at will! Gomer: Which one is Will Sgt?

[@craigphillips9810]

I think you need to get a better rest position, looks like you are moving all over the place.

[@bcortez709]

OMG you are a terrible shot sir I’m sorry to say it but how can you miss at this distance with that set up even with the tripod and sitting down yo-yo still shaking

[@kylekreider2173]

Bet half you big talkers shoot worse than him. 17 hmr will move a good bit in the wind. When you have a lot of magnification in the scope it shows more wobble. Keep up the good work man. You killed a lot of dogs

[@JimThomasOutdoors]

Thanks for the support Kyle. I'm guessing some folks are expert shots on the video games but they have little experience in the real world.

[@jadsonaraujo2267]

Bom vídeo

[@TT-rz7lx]

Jim., what do you think of the Ruger vs the 93 in accuracy?

[@stephenmyers4857]

Not one to steal a comment but I own a Ruger A-17 and slapped a cheapo scope from Walmart on it. Sighted at 100yds and it hits anything I point it at up to 300yds before having to aim a little high to reach out further, VERY flat shooting. So far 3 coyotes, 2 opossum, 1 bobcat and 1 fox. It’s my go to plinkster shooting pennies at 100yds with the kiddos.

[@irishkelly654]

@@stephenmyers4857 - Are you sure that's enough gun for coyotes, past 75 yards? Also, not having to aim high from 100 to 300 yards? I gotta call BS on that! Sorry but the trajectory for the HMR is just not there to back that up. Good try, LOL.

[@stephenmyers4857]

@@irishkelly654 ear hole. And yes it’s bs but my oldest shot a yote with it at 300 so couldn’t tell ya holdover but did kill it. My bobcat was 365 and I held over about 24 inches and hit him in the neck. Love this little rifle

[@TT-rz7lx]

@@stephenmyers4857 Hi Stephen, I'm sure your excited about your rifle. So excited you refer to it as a Ruger. Ruger doesn't make the A 17, it's a Savage. I own a Savage 93 HMR used it on prairie dogs( My first time pdog hunt) and found it to be fairly reliable to 200 yds or so, 100 to 150 yds way better. 300 yds it drops over 30 inches and I imagine the energy left on that little bullet to be questionable for good kills on coyotes . can It be done ? you attest to it . I hunt coyotes in Florida for ranchers at night, 300 yds yes but I use a 243. Still hopeful Jim will answer since he has hands on experience with both rifles . Im interested in the Ruger precision but read it has a polymer receiver and will it change over time? And Stephen I enjoyed the comment

[@stephenmyers4857]

That is correct my Ruger is my 350 legend rifle. It is a Savage.. my mistake. Reason for using 17 hmr is smaller kiddos and WAY less recoil than anything else I own. I’ve taught them to shoot at spine base of neck or bottom of ear. Works for everything and cci ballistic tips just energy dump

[@jdmbraceyourself695]

You smoked the horney rodents 😂

[@handsupbud]

This hurts to watch because they remind me of my Yorkie.

[@JimThomasOutdoors]

I know. They are so cute, but the land owners are adamant that they want to be rid of them.

[@handsupbud]

@@JimThomasOutdoors I get it. Moles are all over my area and they just wreck a yard and some underground wiring so they gotta go.

[@Xsheaffer]

You shot your Yorkie with a 17?

[@handsupbud]

@@Xsheaffer Try to pay attention and keep up with the rest of us.

[@irishkelly654]

Got to ask...what's with all the camo? LOL...

[@JimThomasOutdoors]

I like to get up in and amongst them and the camo seems to reduce the amount of time I have to wait for them to come up out of their holes- and it reduces the amount of alarm chirps the sentinels give off.

[@irishkelly654]

@@JimThomasOutdoors - I see...so glad the gun fire doesn't alert them.

[@rmpc50]

@@irishkelly654 He must have camo on his bullets.

[@bobsmith9329]

Why does a rifle have to look like something out of a Buck Rogers comic strip?

[@Bullfighter6262]

you need a semi auto my friend

[@3roxxxy]

Bad shot, you need to go to the range.

[@tonykirby9574]

The 17 seem a little bit too small for these, to many wounded. Better move up to 22wmr.

[@jayrom12]

No it's enough

[@dogbone1358]

It’s all about shot placement.

[@coltwidener4706]

He just doesn’t know how to compensate for bullet drop and wind drift and sends them strait on till they hit

[@stevebzz839]

would look a lot better and probably slightly more accurate with a moderator.

[@Yahooligan72]

*accurate Smart one

[@TheTarotCardGuy]

Thanks for the video, but the amount of unclean kills made it unbearable to watch till the end.

[@M3thodbombz]

I enjoy hunting but I felt the same way. I felt really bad for some of these little guys

[@Sniperboy5551]

How dumb are these things? Their den mates are getting shot but they just keep standing there 😂🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Utaboh]

2:36

[@lyndonhamby7432]

Ka thump 😂😂😂😂😂

[@funtview6774]

Горе охотник...

[@ytucharliesierra]

Armageddon!

[@vrod1a]

Good shooting 👍

[@captnjack69]

dude your aim ???

[@user-db3vm1uj4c]

雖然這物種破壞自然生態 但這種解決方式也是殘忍

[@LikePhoenixFromAshes]

It looks like those rounds drift in the wind A LOT. Most of those misses were not shooters fault...

[@JimThomasOutdoors]

Yes they do. I try not to even think about going out to P=dog town on windy days.

[@stevebzz839]

surely if you don't compensate it's your fault you missed?

[@LikePhoenixFromAshes]

@@stevebzz839 Yes, you are right, but at some point, when the bullet you are using is comoletely unusable because of unpredictability, and yet it should not be that bad, it's your fault but not completely. This ammo seems to drift much more than weight, drag, power and speed would suggest, which hints at wrongly designed bullet design (f.e. bullet too short, wrong nose ogive/cone, badly calculated boattail, wrong twistrate, etc.)

[@stevebzz839]

@@LikePhoenixFromAshes so ultimately should bring a more robust calibre.. 223 perhaps.. so still the shooter’s fault..🤣🤣.. teasing ya 😉

[@LikePhoenixFromAshes]

@@stevebzz839 Yea, I know you are. ^_^ By that logic (and well, it is good logic IMHO) it is shooter's fault, choosing ones tool is the symptom of one's mettle. 😁 It's just strange, because It seems to me that shooter is pretty advanced and knows what he is doing but those pills are spilling wherever they want, like leaves on the wind. Even really weak ammunution should not behave like that. So absolutely, .223 it should be, no use in discovering the wheel all over again. 🤣

[@HmongGuitarPlayer]

With the big scope you can smoke one on the moon.

[@timbo86051]

Man those critters are dumb.

[@jamaljones6125]

Take your time sitting in your weapon. If you adjust something re zero again. Or your just a crappy shot. Good stuff.

[@Yahooligan72]

Crappy shot

[@katana258]

you do not know the model of the scope you have read it its on the scope for gods sake

[@jamestboehm6450]

Not real impressed with the rifle and ammo combo. Better go back to the wsm or a good hornet.

[@JimThomasOutdoors]

WSM is certainly my favorite rimfire round. I have a few boxes of WSM left in the locker but I'm saving it for the longer-range places that will be coming up soon. Sometimes ya just gotta make do with what ya got - or what ya can git :-)

[@NUT_SLAPPER]

@@JimThomasOutdoors better work on your close game before you go for longer shots, he really made a lot of those prairie dogs suffer with your horrible aim.

[@proteus371]

I'm a good enough shot not to need to use living things just for target practice, more morals I guess.

[@JimThomasOutdoors]

The land owners have ask me to eradicate the Prairie Dogs from their land - and have even bought me ammunition with which to do so. Even though I have likely killed several hundred, all parties are fairly certain that I am loosing the battle. When you have varmints living in your backyard that have been known to carry Bubonic Plague, then I'm guessing, you will know what to do.

[@jmf1976jmf]

You are clueless

[@proteus371]

@@JimThomasOutdoors yeah, all those plague cases going around 🤣, good excuse though.

[@proteus371]

@@jmf1976jmf Explain yourself, I mean yeah, I'm not white, so don't have that propensity to just kill everything that annoys me, Is that what you mean?

[@jmf1976jmf]

@@proteus371 Thinking it's based on race disqualifies you from intelligent conversation

[@thebulljapan]

This some really sick and disturbing shit! GOD didn't give you the right to decide these innocent animals lives.. Maybe ppl shouldn't over populate where these animals been living before man

[@jeffplowman8503]

What a clown, hog are quite safe😂

[@elishgundimi7385]

Why do u people kill the innocent animals,save that which God created

[@earthq1077]

2:37 Although I have shot some small bird in my life time, I find this scene so cruel and heartbreaking.

[@IRZ09xX]

Cruel and heartbreaking is when farm animals, worth thousands of dollars, like horses and cows, step in these holes and break their legs. A broken leg is a death sentence for most any farm animal

[@Oldspartan65]

Damn man you have the shakes bad no wonder you cant hit nothing

[@greggarmin9426]

Too many non clean kills. You need to watch Cavedweller59 videos on how it’s down.

[@tomskimcdouglegaming806]

You're a really bad shot.

[@henrymoreland8719]

Not the cleverest critter.

[@zhikongli879]

It's painful watching old people shot.

[@PileofBrass]

What’s really painful is watching you spell.

[@DeeDeevanGogh]

Not a good shooter. Cant read nor adjust for wind values.

[@nzhuntahr]

nice