2023 Groundhogs

[duanewade]

Got another pup tonight. This is #3 and when I shot this one there was another running towards the brush pile before I could get off a shot.

 

[04FXSTS]

My biggest issue with groundhogs are damage done to the foundations of my out buildings. About 5-6 years ago our ditch bank washed out when a heavy rain hit the area and the overflow from the field hit the groundhog hole and turned it into a water jet washing away about 30 feet of bank into the creek.

They are very destructive, we have property next to the local covered bridge. They have been undermining the foundations on both ends of the bridge. The county knows about it and are saying there is not enough money to fix it. The bridge has been closed to traffic since 1973.
I very seldom see any of them and then it is usually a brief glimpse. There is a county road on one side, a restaurant across the river and sometimes people on another side so almost impossible to get a clear and safe shot. Jim.

 

[Hookeye]

We don't count em if they make it down the hole.
So prefer .22 mag over .22 LR

 

[duanewade]

We don't count em if they make it down the hole.
So prefer .22 mag over .22 LR

Would you count one like this?

 

[Hookeye]

If you can retrieve, it counts.

 

[Bucky623]

I caught this mama in the act of stealing beans.

I came to the house for lunch and see some turkey buzzards by the shed. It seems I tossed mama groundhog in the bucket of the loader tractor then went in to put the rifle away and got sidetracked. Stinky.

 

[flyingsquirrel]

My beagle boys treed one yesterday so I brought it down with the .22. Wasn't quite dead and one paid the price twice by rushing in too soon. They were still proud and only licked wounds for a bit.

 

[BiscuitsandGravy]

154 yds GPS.

6.5G 90gr Speer TnT over 30.6gr H335.

 

[freekforge]

Thinking about taking the 300blk out to my wife's families farm. Don't have a magnified optic for it but I know I can drill a playing card at 100yd with an eotech on it. Might be fun with some 110gr. VMAX.

Can also take the shotgun for all the dang pigeons out there too

 

[flyingsquirrel]

My boys treed another today. They must be part raccoon. I made sure it came down dead to void bites. My daughter wanted to borrow my truck today and I forgot about the one I put in a trash bag 2 days ago. She was not impressed. Both are now 100 yards away feeding the buzzards.

 

[BiscuitsandGravy]

148yds GPS.

Had to blurr the pic for the censors.

 

[BigRed]

148yds GPS.

Had to blurr the pic for the censors.

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Groundhog was fishing?

 

[yetti462]

Back before the coyote was here my dad would tell stories of 90 ish hogs a year. I would love to see that. He's trapped them behind is garage and turned them loose. I told him , turn them loose on me. Now that I've lost the wild hog to hunt, might as well have ground hogs to hunt.

 

[Angrysauce]

FIL was complaining about a family of groundhogs under his shed eating his garden. Stopped by with a CZ457 w/ Deadair Mask and domed one from his porch, around 25 yards with open sights. He tagged another one the following day with a 22 caliber pellet gun.

 

[BiscuitsandGravy]

Courtesy of my son about 830 this evening at 177 yds GPS. 55gr Wolf Gold from a 14.5" w a Vortex Strike Eagle 1-8. Had to black it out this time due to being very messy.

 

[Trevelayan]

I got this one with my .22 Mag at about 60 yards, from my kitchen window

 

[duanewade]

I got this one with my .22 Mag at about 60 yards, from my kitchen window

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Is that a Marlin model 25?

 

[Trevelayan]

Is that a Marlin model 25?

I don't have it in front of me at the moment but that sounds right, I know it's a Marlin for sure but I'm not sure the specific model. An old family friend gave it to me and I'm guessing it's from the 70s or 80s based on the scope.

 

[duanewade]

I had a model 25 and shooting 40 gr solids could take groundhogs out to 125 yards. It was a very accurate rifle

 

[BiscuitsandGravy]

Funny story... I was stretched out on the couch early one morning with the GSP sort of listening to the birds starting to chatter... All of the sudden the dog stood up... A ground hog had made its whistle sound. In all of the bird chirping that one whistle pig sound she jumped up from a sleep...