Originally Posted by
.243coyote
I have heard of people shooting wood chucks wiht every thing from a pelet gun to a 30-06 and I believe they all work.
Speaking from experience. We've got a chuck in our yard (a big sucker, 30+ lbs I'm guessing) with about 7 or 8 lead pellets in him. One day, perhaps, lead poisoning will take him down, but a .22 LR is a better bet.