Shannon and Garrick of Red Frog Team joined us in Silver Lake to shoot sage rats and the 1200 yard and mile targets July 6-8, 2018. We had a great time! Red Frog is a tactical training company that offers elite-level training in locations around the US. Garrick is a retired Navy SEAL and former … Read more
The Cowboy Dinner Tree is a special place. It’s down a forlorn country road, seemingly in the middle of nowhere in Lake County, Oregon, a county bigger than New Jersey with fewer than 8,000 residents. From La Pine, turn onto US31, then drive 55 miles or so through desolate wilderness, just to eat dinner. Totally … Read more
Brian Leupold and his daughter Lilli joined us for a long range rifle camp in Mid-May, 2018. We gave Lilli handgun lessons, carbine lessons and helped her ring steel at 1225 yards! We also shot some sage rats. We had a great time and shot a ton of rounds. We ate like royalty at the … Read more
At 4350′ elevation, Silver Lake, Oregon is a great place to shoot long range. We’d been shooting 1000 yard and 1250 yard targets earlier in the week with a new Bergara 6.5mm Creedmoor LRP Premier rifle (with a .30 Gemtech can), and on the last day of a recent trip, Patrick said he wanted to … Read more
Shooting sage rats and long range steel in Central Oregon with Rat Patrol Sage Rat Safaris. Video and editing by Brian Leupold. Thanks Brian!
We had a great seven-day sage rat hunt and long range steel outing in late May. Over the week, we had eleven different shooters, including Ryan and Missy from Threat Dynamics and TG Ammo. We discovered that it’s not hard to hit steel at 550 yards with a 9mm Glock or a .22LR rifle. Good times. … Read more
Below are some photos of Fort Rock in Lake County, Oregon taken by Brian Leupold.
Our hunting field is densely packed with sage rats. There will be plenty of rats within 100 yards to shoot at. Most sage rat hunters use rimfire rifles. While you can use centerfire rifles such as .223 Remington or .204 Ruger, rimfire ammunition is preferred because it is less expensive, less loud, and has lower ricochet … Read more
Sage rats (Belding’s ground squirrels) are destructive agricultural pests that cause tens of millions of dollars of damage each year. Livestock animals are injured when they step into the rat holes, irrigation pivots get stuck in sinkholes caused by collapsed burrows, and fields become impassible by vehicle. Their voracious appetites and extensive digging significantly reduce crop yields. … Read more
Rat Patrol hunts on private agricultural land outside Silver Lake, located in Lake County, Oregon. Cowboy Dinner Tree Restaurant Oregon Outback Scenic Byway Fort Rock Crack-in-the-Ground Hole-in-the-Ground Summer Lake
Our fields in Lake County, Oregon are ideal for long range precision rifle target shooting. If the rats duck into their holes, we bust out the centerfire rifles and see just how far we can hit targets. We mount up to 180 lb man-sized steel silhouettes and a variety of AR500 gongs. For the extreme long … Read more