.20 Ghost on some early spring prairie dogs

[Franklink]

The ones in my area hibernate-none seen above ground for months. BUT, an unusually mild winter, and now a warm spring, has them above ground already.

Spent about an hour today sniping them with the Ghost .20. Started with pellets and killed 6-8 but moved on to slugs when I realized the combination of them being skittish from minimal ground cover (long range only), and the wind, made the slugs the better choice.

Totaled out @ 33 dead dogs. Almost all were 90+ yards, with the furthest being 147. With gusts up to 25mph during the shooting, I felt pretty good about it.

These were a couple of the easiest to gather for a photo op. Head shots are usually bloody with these .20 NSA slugs, as they go clean through and make two places to leak from.

 

[Danman]

The ones in my area hibernate-none seen above ground for months. BUT, an unusually mild winter, and now a warm spring, has them above ground already.

Spent about an hour today sniping them with the Ghost .20. Started with pellets and killed 6-8 but moved on to slugs when I realized the combination of them being skittish from minimal ground cover (long range only), and the wind, made the slugs the better choice.

Totaled out @ 33 dead dogs. Almost all were 90+ yards, with the furthest being 147. With gusts up to 25mph during the shooting, I felt pretty good about it.

These were a couple of the easiest to gather for a photo op. Head shots are usually bloody with these .20 NSA slugs, as they go clean through and make two places to leak from.

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That thing is dialed! I will be mighty happy if my Ghosts .22 slug barrel shoots anywhere near that good!

 

[Franklink]

That thing is dialed! I will be mighty happy if my Ghosts .22 slug barrel shoots anywhere near that good!

Shoots really well. I shot some paper @ 100 yesterday evening, I'll share it when I get a minute to post it up.

 

[Franklink]

Doesn't look like it, but the following is a link.

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Post in thread 'The elusive airgun that AVERAGES 100 yard sub moa groups.'

Feb 27, 2026

Been spending a lot of time testing airguns my typically methodical way. Lots of 100 yard paper shooting of pellets, which can be an exercise in frustration, regardless of the gun.
Anyway, took a break yesterday afternoon and got after some prairie dogs.
.20 Ghost on some early spring prairie dogs

Decided to shoot a card @ 100 with those slugs yesterday evening. And this is how it went.



Just shot the one card. Took 3 shots to figure out what the wind was doing, upper left. The next three shots went into about 3/8", centered on the ten ring lol.

Scored a 230, with...

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