I have not been out after chizzlers for over a month. The last time Bounty Hunter 6 and I went hunting for chizzlers we ended up taking only about 60 total between us in two and one half hours of serious effort.
THERE ARE JUST NOT MANY OUT THERE. There are no babies, and the ones eventually taken were extra wary. Proud to say there were a lot of head shots dealt out as the vermin were in their holes just looking at us in the back of the truck glassing seated on our Squirrel-O-Matics. 70 to 100 yard shots with a 17 HMR on a chizzler head ( approx 1" diameter) is a pretty good shot.
This year, 2021, will make 3 years without good chizzler hunting. What is happening? Why are they so rare? I guess with the concentrated effort for many years we have managed to reduce the numbers of varmints to a LOW, LOW, LOW level. Perhaps it is a disease among them? Maybe the space chizzlers have come back to pick up the colonists?
I drew no tags for big game hunting in Utah in 2021 and therefore maybe am going to take up knitting or something to fill my time. {All my brass is pretty much full, or I would make "cookies"}
