Hunting & Fishing Fall time + bean fields = Dead woodchucks!!!!!

[Mgordon]

I looked over the last couple pages and I did not see any kind of woodchuck hunting thread, and because its the best time of the year to hunt them little fat bastards I figured I would start a thread about my first hunting passion!!!

Lets get some pictures posted!

 

[Mgordon]

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With the AR-15!

 

[Mgordon]

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With the handgun and shotgun!

This Glock 23 .40 cal had many kills around the farm as my CCW, 180 Gr Speer Gold Dots did a number on them and usually stopped them dead in their tracks with one shot.

 

[alaska guide]

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Mark,great shooting there sir.Just gotta love shooting them woodchucks.I'm back from guiding in Alaska we killed some very large,hairy critters this season.Getting parts together for you to do a build for me.Take care waggs

 

[Mgordon]

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Jim, great to hear from you. I'm looking forward to some pictures. Let me know how I can help.

Mark

 

[Drumie]

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Mark,
Great job!! Woodchucks are my favorite targets. But I hunt mostly orchards around here and the pickers are in there in the fall so I only usually hunt in the spring and early summer. I will get some pics up in the spring for sure. That 17fireball you built for me is a real tack driver!!! It shoots the 20gr and 25gr remmington loads to the some poi out to about 150 yards. I never had a 17 fireball group the 25 at all.
Kevin

 

[salty dog]

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got this one a few weeks ago i dont usually hunt them but it was tearing up my barn and turned out to pretty fun to hunt.

 

[blackblue]

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Looks like alot of fun, I only see a few every year around here.

 

[flounderv2]

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And of course Mark forgot his favorite weapon of choice for woodchucks. hahahaha

 

[ajwcotton]

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that looks to be a serious woodchuck infestation.

 

[MIKE ASHWORTH]

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those are some jacked up chucks! lol

 

[powell]

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Kind of wish we had woodchucks to blast. Only prairie rats (dogs) not usually alot left with a good hit on them.

 

[Tripwire]

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We call 'em Groundhogs around here...

87 grain Vmax.

25ish yards from a moving tractor whilst mowing alfalfa.

A footrace to the hole...figurin' I won.

The Boy, first "chuck" with new rifle.

 

[Tripwire]

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A few from last year....

 

[Biscuit]

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Nice 722

 

[Killswitch Engage]

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killed with a S.A.C built boom stick.

 

[rweaver00geo]

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heres one of my favorites from october of last year. I really like the tufts of red hair under the arms. 13.2lb my largest and latest in the season. savage 223, 170 yards using 55gr hornady soft point, I was actually loaded up for coyote. (the yellow string attaches to the scale)

 

[rweaver00geo]

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heres an 11 pounder from 10-9-10 90 yards using a midway dogtown hp, it was super sunny so the color is washed out a little.

 

[Mgordon]

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Here are a couple misc pictures.

 

[bugshooter]

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Hey you woodchucks - quit chuckin my wood!

Good shootin.

 

[rweaver00geo]

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thats funny i love that commercial. somewhere ive got a picture of what a 90 gr tnt hollow point from a 270 does to a groundhog when i made a texas heart shot. gotta find it - this thread kicks butt

 

[TEAMSENDIT]

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mark it sounds like you need to build a 243ai 8 twist and send some 87gr vmax there way in a hurry results will be beautiful.

 

[shaman]

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Nice pics everyone

 

[CharlieTN]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bugshooter</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Hey you woodchucks - quit chuckin my wood!

Good shootin. </div></div>

I couldn't get that add out of my mind while looking at this whole thread.

 

[Mgordon]

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I loaded up a .223 round the other day that works really well for a Remington .223 SPS V that was just crowned.

Hornady 50 gr V-Max
26.2 gr of Varget IIRC
going almost 3200 FPS.

I shot this GROUNDHOG at 200 yards and it flipped him up in the air and he did a back flip and landed on his back. Didn't even twitch!!!

Mark

 

[Anvil]

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I like the post Mark, chuck hunting is a passion of mine also. There is no better unknown distance training in my opinion than giving the good news to those little bastards. i have to start takin more pictures.

 

[rweaver00geo]

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270 90 gr tnt, I never did find his head? I cant wait till spring time I hope this thread doesnt die!

 

[wnroscoe]

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woodchucks..........taste like chicken

 

[dpreston]

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how bout woodchuck stew. My neighbor makes it.
Hit my new record this year with 104 of them. I stopped shooting in my good spots around the end of august so I could save some breeding stock.

 

[apricot]

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dam i am not gettin anywhere near you guys!!! lol