ground hogs

[bowtech29]

Hi can anyone tell me if there is a season for ground hogs. I just saw one come out from under my sun porch. I cant have that, and would like to eradicate it/them before anything gets outta hand.

 

[Yeah]

They are legal to take year round and you don't need a license.

DNR: Woodchuck (Groundhog)

 

[CSORuger]

Br careful it not Punxsutawney Phil, checking his shadow!

 

[Speckdaddy]

Drop him like a bad habit, nuisance animal.

 

[bowtech29]

Right on will do tomorrow after work. Just moved to the country and had no idea what it was but it looked like a beaver without the tail. A quick Google search and its a ground hog. Thanks for the info.

 

[Yukon227]

Bust em...I shot one last week....with my SKS....messy? yes....effective? VERY

 

[sloughfoot]

Great eating too.

 

[VERT]

Great eating too.

I was always told they were greasy. Never tried one myself. Shot a ton of them with a .22. Works good, dead as a hammer.

 

[Yukon227]

We had one around when I was a kid that had a nasty attitude, but he didn't last long.

 

[UncleMike]

Br careful it not Punxsutawney Phil, checking his shadow!

Kill em all!
Let God sort em out!!

 

[bowtech29]

Got one right after work today. Still have another though.

 

[Sticky]

No real season, except I always wait till a) mid July, or b) sometimes earlier if I see pups being moved to their own dens by Mom. The young groundhogs are usually all weaned by mid-July; sometimes up to a month earlier; depending on when they breed.

We used to hunt and eat them often; very tasty. I don't see near as many as before, since coyotes moved into Indiana.

 

[rhino]

I've heard that M193 5.56x45mm is effective on ground hogs. Or so I've heard. Especially when they happen to waddle across the base of the backstop at the range when someone is, oh, say, zeroing their red dot for instance.

 

[patience0830]

mmm, young ones!

No real season, except I always wait till a) mid July, or b) sometimes earlier if I see pups being moved to their own dens by Mom. The young groundhogs are usually all weaned by mid-July; sometimes up to a month earlier; depending on when they breed.

We used to hunt and eat them often; very tasty. I don't see near as many as before, since coyotes moved into Indiana.

Besides being a lot easier to skin, the young ones are tender a lot sooner when baking.

 

[booey50]

I have one in my woods next door about a month ago that destroys everything...and wouldn't you know I just saw 3 little pups running around too...even though they are almost full grown now...

 

[CSORuger]

Kill em all!
Let God sort em out!!

But he has a wife named Phillis, and five little shadows to fee!

 

[Yukon227]

I've heard that M193 5.56x45mm is effective on ground hogs. Or so I've heard. Especially when they happen to waddle across the base of the backstop at the range when someone is, oh, say, zeroing their red dot for instance.

BWWWAAAAHAHAHAHHAA!!!!

 

[CSORuger]

Country-Style Groundhog

• 1 groundhog
• 1/2 c. flour
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. pepper
• 1/4 c. cooking oil
• 1/2 tsp. sugar

Clean and skin as soon as possible. Remove all sent [sic] glands. Cut off head, feet and tail. Cure in cool place by suspending from hook approximately 4 days.
When ready to cook, lard according to recipe.
Dress groundhog as you would a rabbit, removing the small sacs in the back and under the forearm. Soak groundhog overnight in salted water to remove wild flavor.

 

[Boiled Owl]

We trapped 4 of them that were burrowed into the ramp leading up to the second floor of the barn. Then we got something bigger Monday.....a badger! We called DNR and turned it in. We're using a livetrap now.

 

[E5RANGER375]

Great eating too.

I was always told they were greasy. Never tried one myself. Shot a ton of them with a .22. Works good, dead as a hammer.

the young ones taste better.