woodchuck hunting question
 

woodchucks(groundhogs) were should i look for them i want to hunt them but the only place i see them is in peoples yards anyone have any idea on what they might be feeding on? and were else i can find them?

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Farmer's fields are usually a good spot.

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Bean fields are really good places. Especially when the beans are 2-6 inchs.Hope this helps.

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ive been looking around but havent seen one for over a week

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Up to four so far.:D

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do they eat soy beans?

Well I have never hunted woodchucks before, but I am going to give it a try tomorrow. I bought this Beretta Cx4 Storm carbine last summer and haven't found a legitimate use for it other than shooting empty cans. I figured woodchucks would be a good use for it.

for me i find them in hay fields and open pastures more than anywhere else...

holes can be right in the middle of the hay field, but you'll likely find more of their holes on the edges of fields in the tree lines and hedgerows...

evening is usually best time to find them out exspecially if its hot and/or sunny...

also right after a rain ends..

theres 2 main styles of hunting...sitting over known areas and waiting for them to come out or walking the field edges...

their eye sight is rather good and they will bust you moving or shiny object even at a good distance...but some seem dumber than a box of rocks...i cant count how many i walked up on and they just sit there looking all fat dumb n happy...

ive also found if you put serious pressure on them consistently, they will start coming out when your not around...so i like to switch up fields...

good luck!! if you get into the sitting and waiting and longer distance shooting, it can get addicting QUICK....just something about laying in the grass behind the rifle waiting and waiting for that perfect shot and sending a bullet across the valley...

I'm surprised no one else mentioned it, but Iv'e had real good luck along the railroad tracks. They burrow into the sides of the built up areas under the tracks and feed on the bean fields. They have a habit of coming up onto the tracks to look around and generally sit up and make a great target. You find some burrows, sit down on the rail and wait. I'm hunting two big burrows in the middle of a bean field right now. With no cover out in a field and prefering the sit and wait method, I'm thinking I might try the prone position, close in, with a handgun. Good luck--------John

The tracks are one of the best places, especially if there's a beanfield on either side. We set just inside a woods and shoot across the field using the railbed for a backstop. Most shots are 120-150yrds. Great way to spend the day. We have a 430yrd. video clip at chuckwagginprod.com. Got him due to bullet fragment, but still got him.

I should have mentioned earlier, they are also very partial to under the edge of buildings. Three farmers I know have burrows right at the base of the barn wall. Two more burrows are under cottages here at the lake where the residents are very rarely here. We see them crossing the road to get to the lake, presumeably for a drink. As I stated before, most of my shots are relatively close, so a .22 is enough plus of course it's not as loud and alarming to the locals as a centerfire. Most of my hunting consists of just waiting where one has been seen. Let them come out, let them look around for awhile, most times they'll come on out and sit up for a real good look around. Bring the rifle up very slowly while they are looking the other way, it usually doesn't spook them, and you get your shot. Works for me..........John

im up to 27 this year...find them along ditches, in feilds of any kind, BEAN fields are excellant..they eat off the tops of the bean crop... rail road tracks...on the outskirts of woods...a groundhog can live almost any where...when he has food....because without food there teeth will grow up into their head and kill them...they must eat...keep in mind the bean fields.

I would recommend knocking on some doors of local farmers. They hate woodchucks. I have had several farmers give me access to their land during the summer to hunt woodchucks. Once I went a few times and they saw I acted responsibly I got the green light to hunt other game.

Any structure that makes for good shelter, near to a water source and ajacent to farmers fields are ideal.




IE: Big trees, rock anclaves, stone wall fences, etc.




Let them ALL come out before you start shooting, then space your shots a little bit.




Hunt at dawn and dusk................you'll do fine.