First groundhog this year

[tatters]

I'm behind a bit. About 60 yards or so with my much maligned Savage 42 with a Simmons fixed 4x... 22 Mag over .410 Dang thing grouped well at the range when I sighted it in and didn't let me down. It was a good shot. She stood up then went back down for a bite on the edge of a bean field, and I shot. Heard the thud and it was lights out. Just to make sure, since I'd never fired the .410 barrel, well..you know. It's not a benchrest rifle, it's not the old Savage 24, but it certainly served it's purpose and I'm glad I bought it.

 

[Bennettjh]

Good. Nasty little creatures.

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

Good deal. An ol buddy of mine used to collect 24s. He loved 'em. Left a savage 20 at my house "just in case." (He had a key.) That's all I have left of him, except for memories.

 

[padawan]

We got our 1st Saturday. 175yds. 36grn Barnes Varmint Grenade. Sort of disemboweled the critter.

 

[Cam]

I spotted the first of the season out back yesterday. We played hide and seek all afternoon. Soon, Mr. Woodchuck.......soon.

 

[IndyDave1776]

The little b*****d apparently saw his shadow before you shot him with all the rain we have been getting!

 

[sloughfoot]

How did you cook it? I like to smoke them myself.

 

[patience0830]

How did you cook it? I like to smoke them myself.

I'll bet they ARE good that way.

 

[1775usmarine]

There were 5 in my neighbors yard about 75 yards away hanging by his shed. Wife went over to ask if we could take care of them and he said he would tell his son to get some traps when he seen him next.

 

[possumpacker]

shot this one last thur. looks like big daddy. got big momma 4 days earlier. shot another big one at another location and caught 4 little ones in traps. all were digging under buildings causing problems.

 

[PRasko]

Be happy they come out of their holes. I have to sit in my yard with a frog gigging pitch to nail the moles in my yard.

Up to 4 this year, haven't gotten a single one with traps yet.

You should see the looks the neighbors give me when I'm staring at the ground holding a pitch in my hand, debating to myself whether the ground just moved or not...

 

[Field King]

Twilight zone, I have shot 6 this year so far, have not seen one in last week, I am reading this thread and wife runs in the room saying "darn ground hogs by my garden" . I grabbed the Ruger .44 carbine and eased the back door open, 1 less Whistle pig on my property. I have shot 7 now and missed a few.

 

[KellyinAvon]

1 less groundhog is a good thing. When I was a kid you saw them out in open fields. The coyotes chased them in close to buildings. Had one that dug a hole under a 500 gallon fuel tank, another moved into the machinery shed. That machinery shed has scars from #4 shot. I did get them eventually. Caught the one form the fuel tank out in the open, 48 yard shot with 00 buck. One pellet caught him, that was all that was needed.

 

[gregkl]

Man, I only wish I could shoot them and some of the other wildlife in my yard. One of the pitfalls of living in a neighborhood. How quiet are those pellet guns with the silencers?

 

[PRasko]

Got another one this morning.

I get them better with the pitch then I do with the damned half dozen traps I've been using.

 

[possumpacker]

this is the third adult ive shot livivg under my shed. from the looks of her underside there should be a bunch of little ones around somewhere.