If you are not familiar with the Steel Dog, it is a relative of the Prairie Dog but, it has proven to be a much more elusive creature. They are similar in size to the prairie dog, about 12" in height but they tend to stand on their haunches at all times to tempt us. They do not whistle but they stay stationary so once they appear they are not hard to find. They appeared last fall for the first time on the property where we had a chance to engage them with 4 for us. At this showing they only appeared at 100 yards. They were engage with a various barrage of calibers 204 Ruger, 22-250, .223 and .308. With this showing we gained very valuable intel. They will stay put and allow you to shoot at them many times over. They prefer to be tipped backwards and will show you a flag when hit and then spring back for up the next person to try. We have found they will last quite a while as long as we utilize frangible ammo. This serves several purposes, you should be able to utilize the same ammo as you use for regular Prairie Dogs and more importantly reduce richocettes when missed at the longer distances. We found so far one non usable bullet. That is the lead soft points especially in the 22-250 round where it goes directly through the Steel and does not tip the Steel Dog. Other calibers seems to caused craters in the steel. Unlike it's cousin we are not trying to destroy them but shoot the same one over and over as many times possible.

Our scouting reports predict that they will appear sporatically so please check the calendar for their appearance. The will appear at distances between 250 yards to 550 yards. There will be a total of ten targets and no more than 40 rounds will be needed.

There is no cost to WHAC members and, if you would like to bring a guest, they pay only $10.

Sight in starts at 8am.
Set up will be at 9:30am.
Shooters meeting will be at 10am and we will start shooting shortly after that.

Do you have the lead and copper to join us?

Rules:

1. Choose any caliber rifle.308 or under capable of making accurate shot up to 600 yards.
2. You may use any Front Rest including sand bags or a bipod. A rear bag may be used too.
3. Start with round in hand for single shot or bolt guns with built in magazines or with one round loaded in a magazine and in hand for semi auto or box magazine guns.
4. Upon the start signal you have 15 seconds to load your weapon and engage the target.
5. Any shooter putting a hole in a steel target will replace the target at the cost of $50.
6. Maximum of 10 targets and 40 rounds will be needed.

Scoring:

1. Score is zero for no hit.
2. Score 1 point for targets hit within 10 to 15 seconds.
3. Score 2 points for targets hit within 5 to 10 seconds.
4. Score 3 points for targets hit within 1 to 5 seconds.
5. Shots taken past 15 seconds will result in a no hit.
6. Smallest group on 100 yard will be tie breaker.