Any one else shooting groundhogs?

plumberone · Apr 26, 2015

I've switched to using a Smith & Wesson M&P 15, .223
Burris 3 X Prism scope
Fiocchi 50 grain v- max polymer tip bullets.
Yesterday, 162 yards

outrider58 · Apr 26, 2015

Sticky said:
No, I died from PI after retrieving that arrow!!

He was climbing a tree... a rare thing for a groundhog, but... I was in my tree stand, where I have killed quite a few. He climbed a few feet up the sapling, stopped and fell quite quickly... LOL

I have to dig back a bit.. I do have clean headshot with a bow on a computer here somewhere..

They love to climb Mulberry trees to eat the leaves. I have a weeping ornamental one in my yard an I've killed a couple GHs for noshing on it. I have to use a bow.

Bertfish · Apr 26, 2015

I've got one who keeps digging up one corner of my barn. I always see the hole and fill it in but he must be a ninja because I am never witness to him re-excavating. Need him dead ASAP.

plumberone · Apr 30, 2015

17 grains of 17 hmr from a Savage model93. 168 yards

Streetgang · Apr 30, 2015

Mixed emotions here. Glad I'm not dealing with groundhog destruction but wish I had them to shoot!

rico903 · May 1, 2015

plumberone said:
77 yards downhill
Tough angle
Scope eye
Posted for your entertainment

Youch! Was that from your .223? Must have been right on that scope.

plumberone · May 1, 2015

Yes, it was the .223. I was laying downhill, off camber, trying to lean out around some brush.

ToBeFree · May 1, 2015

Well

rico903 said:
Sure wish I had a place to shoot them. Thought my friend'd FIL's dairy farm was going to come around but he was worried about bothering neighbors???????? I have a 5M I'm dying to try on these varmints. IMO a .22LR is inadequate unless a head shot. I can put a can on my .17 HMR and .22 Mag. Can't quiet down the .243 unlit I get it threaded.Even so it and my AR will be loud.

.22lr is what I got and have put down lots of the buggers with it.
I'm on an acre so I don't have very long shots. It seems to work quite well! One of my neighbors calls me when she spots one!
August 2015: Spotted - 13 , Kills - 11
two more to go

Edit date and kills

Flametamer · May 1, 2015

Our deck and shed seem to be varmint magnets. Last 12 years: 53 groundhogs, 8 polecats, 4 feral cats, and a couple dozen warf rats. About a third with .22LR at up to 40 yards, other 2/3 or so with double spring trap.

Four so far this year... all by 22.

Since they keep digging under the deck skirting, I oblige by setting the trap in their access burrow. Doesn't take but a day or so before they're fox food...

T'Challa · May 1, 2015

CrabbyMcNab said:
They taste alright if you cook them properly, especially the young'uns

Heavy Metal Doctor · May 1, 2015

tailboardtech said:
:
I don't care how much of a hard ass ya are when you ignite it you giggle like a school girl

Like I said earlier - I get shots at them most often while working around my property, not really true hunting.
I once had a fit of ground hog hatred fueled rage when a particular fuzzy bastard keep getting away every time I saw him poke his head out - by the time I got the gun up he'd haul-azz back down his hole. If I did manage a shot, I'd miss. I happened to be working with some power equipment that time and had a gas can handy -- In my rage, I poured about 2 gallons down the hole right behind him, a little "fuze" trail out a few feet and lit it off - kind of a WOOOF - POOOF and smoke came out both holes for few minutes...never knew if I got him, roasted or smoked to death, but it sure did make me feel better!

Wife started calling me Carl (Caddyshack).

plumberone · May 10, 2015

I'm waiting for the farmer to cut the hay(grass) so I can see those hogs again.

44man · May 10, 2015

plumberone said:
I'm waiting for the farmer to cut the hay(grass) so I can see those hogs again.

find you a bean farmer.

ShoreShooter · May 10, 2015

One so far this year. Each year it is 1 to 3 of them. Same shot to same place ... my back porch to a treeline out back, 75 yards.

Heavy Metal Doctor · May 19, 2015

Mullberrys are starting to come out. They're green now, but will ripen and start dropping eventually...and that's like crack to the fat-fuzzies on my place, so I'm sure they will be coming out a lot more soon.....

Rockzilla · May 22, 2015

ground chuck said:
I have one under my shed. I leave him alone.

Same here... he comes out eats...so I don't bother..

For hunting them..thou...
Ruger 77 in .220 Swift 52gr Sierra HPBT 4-12 Leupold
Ruger 77V Heavy Barrel 25-06 Sierra 90 HPBT 36X Leupold
Remington XP100 .221 Fireball Sierra 50gr Blitz 4X Leupold

-Rock

Second Amendment · May 22, 2015

plumberone said:
I've killed 7 this week. Shooting a Savage model 93 in .17hmr.
Longest was 120 yards.
Last year longest kill was 180 yards.
I'm looking for a gun to reach out further with, any one care to make recommendations?

Hey, can I pay you to come out to my place and kill six of them?

Sticky · May 22, 2015

Second Amendment said:
Hey, can I pay you to come out to my place and kill six of them?

Where are you? I'll come just to shoot em (no charge.. lol)

Overboost44 · May 22, 2015

Second Amendment said:
Hey, can I pay you to come out to my place and kill six of them?

And if Sticky won't visit, I will

T'Challa · May 22, 2015

Best game meat ever! Fond memories of my old man baking groundhog.

Any one else shooting groundhogs?

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