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View thread Contact supportHell yeah it counts!Does it count if you kill them with a broom? This met me late yesterday at the back door. Had just finished using leaf blower on the porch. Almost stepped on him going in the door.
Had a 38SPL with snake shot but that was a no go on the concrete. Shovel was too far away in the barn. Didn't want him to get away.
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Dang those things look hugeKilled over a dozen so far this summer, including 2 yesterday that had made holes in and around our bigger barn.
Everyone just cut hay with the record heat on the east coast coming this week, so should be even more visible going forward until the crops get too high
Mix of 6 ARC and 6.5 creed. 108 and 140 ELDM
Dang those things look huge. Are they woodchucks?
Can’t wait until the field I shoot on gets hayed. Got a pdog shoot scheduled in Aug too.
I wish Minnesota had some. I called the DNR once and they said there are very few here.Yes they are woodchucks. All have VERY healthy diets of corn, beans and wheat. You should see the ones I get in august once the beans start to ripen and they really fatten up. Massive.
I’ve killed literally hundreds in the fields around my parents barn since I was little and there’s no stopping them. Neighboring farm has roughly 3000 acres of corn and beans with hay fields mixed between. Untold amounts of them out there.
As far as I know we don't have them here eitherI wish Minnesota had some. I called the DNR once and they said there are very few here.
Does it count if the cat killed it?
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I figured it earned the beer, damn packrat was more than half it's size![]()
I wish Minnesota had some. I called the DNR once and they said there are very few here.
Yeah, but it’s a little weird why they don’t show up more in MN. Looks like they have the fur to survive here?half my family lives in Northern PA in the allegheny mountains along NY border. Further north, higher elevation and lake effect snow makes for much longer winters and less than ideal soil for crops. Consequently, there are significantly less groundhogs up there.
Probably a similar deal for you guys in Minnesota.
Boy! I have chased some damn big rats/mice out mowing at the farm….. going straight and then looks like I got drunk and hydroplaned lol.I love these threads
One of my favorites…
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And most recent. Straight lines be damned.
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You see, this is part of the reason I started this thread. You don’t see dudes mowing over elk or coyotes lolBoy! I have chased some damn big rats/mice out mowing at the farm….. going straight and then looks like I got drunk and hydroplaned lol.
It is only a lack of opportunity.You see, this is part of the reason I started this thread. You don’t see dudes mowing over elk or coyotes lol
Yeah, but it’s a little weird why they don’t show up more in MN. Looks like they have the fur to survive here?
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I find this Wikipedia graphic to be perhaps a bit optimistic?
I did learn that it is part of the marmot genus, which, in turn, is part of the squirrel family (subfamily Xerinae).
Also learned there are way more varieties then I thought possible (hoary, Olympic, Vancouver Island marmot, tarbagan, Himalayan, etc etc etc)
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Groundhog - Wikipedia
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“I suppose that in this day and age, the most readily available live animal upon which to practice will be the common woodchuck or ground-hog. From personal experience I can testify that excellent stalking practice may be gotten by anyone who will really stalk woodchuck, and not merely use them as a long-range rifle target. In recent years I have talked with a great many woodchuck hunters, many of whom told me what excellent ‘hunters’ they were and what splendid shots and kills they made. Mostly at the longer ranges running up to three hundred yards. I never bother to explain to them that it was rifle practice they had been getting and not hunting practice at all. Those of you who wish to learn the art of stalking under such conditions must hold your fire until you have stalked forward to within thirty to forty yards; which may readily be done in any hilly or rolling country, or where the grass or other cover is of any height. Too easy a shot, do you say? Well then: use a light .22 rifle and hold for the eye, or else take a running shot offered in the few yards distance our ‘chuck will be from his den. The idea I am trying to put over is that you must get your rifle practice on the paper target and your stalking practice on the woodchuck or other available live game.”
- A Rifleman Went to War by H.W. McBride © 1935 (pages 300-301)
The groundhog should be another trophy class game animal.Bought my first rifle the day I turned 12. Marlin 22 mag. Had pellet guns before that and killed plenty of chipmunks with it, but really Learned/taught myself hunting and stalking with that marlin and wood chucks.
Still doing it every summer, just much longer ranges.
Similarly, I’ve been educated on wind, mirage, and my “workflow” via ground hogs more than shooting steel. They don’t sit still very often
I tend to agree that long-range shooting of animals is not “hunting” in a fair chase sort of way.“I suppose that in this day and age, the most readily available live animal upon which to practice will be the common woodchuck or ground-hog. From personal experience I can testify that excellent stalking practice may be gotten by anyone who will really stalk woodchuck, and not merely use them as a long-range rifle target. In recent years I have talked with a great many woodchuck hunters, many of whom told me what excellent ‘hunters’ they were and what splendid shots and kills they made. Mostly at the longer ranges running up to three hundred yards. I never bother to explain to them that it was rifle practice they had been getting and not hunting practice at all. Those of you who wish to learn the art of stalking under such conditions must hold your fire until you have stalked forward to within thirty to forty yards; which may readily be done in any hilly or rolling country, or where the grass or other cover is of any height. Too easy a shot, do you say? Well then: use a light .22 rifle and hold for the eye, or else take a running shot offered in the few yards distance our ‘chuck will be from his den. The idea I am trying to put over is that you must get your rifle practice on the paper target and your stalking practice on the woodchuck or other available live game.”
- A Rifleman Went to War by H.W. McBride © 1935 (pages 300-301)
Just want to make clear, I know not of the exact philosophy of Shaolin beyond the awesome original Kung Fu tv series with David Carradine lol.Retards, and Shaolin monks.
That’s who worries about such trivial things as these.
Why the huge snow shovel to get up something so tiny.
Tell my dog his mouth is too soft or my wife to use her man handsWhy the huge snow shovel to get up something so tiny.
USE THEM MAN HANDSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
I hear ya!Tell my dog his mouth is too soft or my wife to use her man hands
I just clean up the mess I come home to, shovel and all. It was a big to do text wall today.
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I’ve got the same set up but with a can. I’ve used the bx15 mags and cci mini mags and have ambushed some and mowed them babies down with that chargerView attachment 8445106Another one living in the wood pile . 11 of the little bastards so far
Ha! I though for a millisecond you used a Glock with a bipod lolView attachment 8445106Another one living in the wood pile . 11 of the little bastards so far
Awesome lol!How small do we want to go? I smeared some maple syrup on paper at the 50 yard line hoping to attract some flies to shoot with my Vudoo. All that showed up were some ants. Here are some before and after photos.
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