hey lanse! i'm hunting in ohio also. if you just take a drive into the country and find a farm, ask if you can knock out a few hogs, i'm pretty sure they'll let ya. the best groundhog killer around my house is my bloodhound. it's not too fun to take about a TRACTOR BUCKET full of ground hogs out of my yard every couple of days but it beats breaking the tractor axle and replaceing equiptment parts. you can find about anywhere to hunt groundhogs in ohio