Quote Originally Posted by phantom
What is a Belding Squirrels ? Don't recall ever seeing one in the state of California . . are they Ground Squirrels or similar or a cousin to them ? Those I have seen ! We used to shoot Ground Squirrels by the hundreds north of Bakersfield, but the state is getting to where you can't use lead bullets anymore and that is kind of going away from what I hear from friends out there . . .
Ground rat.....about 1/4-1/3 the size of a p-dog.
I shoot on a pals ranch when out there. In March 2 of us removed 4587 in a weeks shooting. 8:30 amto 6pm everyday. To say its a blast is an understatement!

I also used to live in Bakersfield also, we shot up the road towards Lake Is. about 20 miles out of town....tons of big ground squirrels up there in the hills....at least they were in the late 90s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belding's_ground_squirrel