Woodchuck Hunting
 

Anyone hunt woodchucks? Lets see some pics. I went with my wifes uncle in PA couple weeks ago while we were there, was pretty fun. We used a 30-30 the first night then used a 30.06 and the 30-30 the second night.

I missed alot the first night as I dont shoot much, Then the second night I used the 30.06 with a 10x44 scope that was alot clearer and got 2 in a row, one being a head shot at about 50-60 yards. He also popped a skunk that came out the first night.

Anyone that does hunt them, do you eat them or just let them lay? Ive heard they can be eaten, and am always willing to try eating something different.

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young groundhogs are very good.you can quarter them,batter them up and fry them.If you chose to eat an older one you may want to pressure cook it until it gets soft enough to debone and bar-b-que it.They are very edible.

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Cut the livers out of the ground hogs. The best channel catfish bait there is. Tom.

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Thanks for the replies guys. I will definately keep one next time I go up. The bbq method sounds good, thanks coyote#68.

Anyone have pics from their hunts?

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How about this one. Tom.

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i need to try to go this or next year somtime

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hey xcab02 you might want to lighten up on the rifle a little if you have a smaller caliber it would make shotting them more enjoyable.but if all you got is a big gun then that will work.get you a set of sand bags and you can shoot off of them and reach out there a lot farther and be able to hit them.I like to hunt them,to pass time until the next hunting season.

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I use a 1000 fps. air rifle. Good spot and stalk practice. Shot placement has to be perfect. Really great practice. We have big, fat rock chucks here!

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We were shooting from my wife's uncle's deer box blind out to an open field. Those are the guns he chose (I prefer bows), although after telling him that I wanted to get either a 22lr or 17hmr for varmits and squirrels, he emailed my wife and told her he went out and bought a 17hmr and got one at 165yards and loved the gun. So Ill probablybe buying a 17hmr to mess around with once we move to Ohio in a couple months.

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What setup are you using ilyotehunter?

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remington 700 lv sf 22-250, 4-16x40 elite 4200, harris bi pod

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I don't "hunt" chucks...but I shoot a hell of a lot of them. (by that I mean that I don't set-up and wait for them too much) We built a new house 3 years ago on 6 acres in the middle of basically pastureland. I shot 19 in one day right after we moved in. Mostly with a 17hmr, some with a .223.

Over the past 3 years I've probably shot around 150 or so. I've killed up to 20 out of a single set of holes. I thought only prairie dogs were like this...but these things reproduce like rabbits. I shot two this year the last day of January...and there was snow on the ground.

I've probably killed 50 out of my front yard since we've moved here.

They've slowed considerably, and I only shot about 30 this year...mostly along my driveway. That's part of the problem...I have a 1600' driveway that runs on the high side of a drop-off. There are holes for darn near the whole length. My 4 year old loves to take a walk down the drive with me...and watch me shoot them.

The buzzards love me:D