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Gil Martin Super Member
Joined: Jan 28, 2005 Posts: 1837 Location: Schnecksville, PA
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 3:10 pm Post subject: Groundhogs |
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I live in a rural area surrounded by farmland. Very few folks hunt woodchucks around here. I use a .223 Winchester 70 with a 3x-9x scope for most chuck hunting. The local farmers would welcome skilled and careful shooters to reduce the numbers of chucks. All the best...
Gil
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Crackshot Super Member
Joined: Oct 23, 2005 Posts: 1693 Location: Mich
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Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:05 pm Post subject: Re: Groundhogs |
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Hello Gil Martin, No one hunts the little pigs here either, no problem, more fun for me!
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Morax Super Member
Joined: Dec 18, 2006 Posts: 618 Location: Pittsburgh Pa
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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:47 am Post subject: Re: Groundhogs |
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Gil Martin wrote: |
I live in a rural area surrounded by farmland. Very few folks hunt woodchucks around here. I use a .223 Winchester 70 with a 3x-9x scope for most chuck hunting. The local farmers would welcome skilled and careful shooters to reduce the numbers of chucks. All the best...
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GIl where you at? as in where is schecksville or where ever yer from there? I am close to pittsburgh, maybe do a get together for some haog erradication this year?
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TomTalker Rookie Member
Joined: Jul 29, 2006 Posts: 24 Location: SW Ontario
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Mush Rookie Member
Joined: Dec 29, 2006 Posts: 6 Location: South Western Pennsylvania
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Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 4:03 pm Post subject: Re: Groundhogs |
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The Ground Hog hunting in Penna. is great. On some farms it is hard to walk because of the Ground Hog holes everywhere. When I wish to hunt an area I go introduce myself to the farmer. I will express my intrest in hunting on their land and I promise I will not harm them, their property or live stock. After a couple months of hunting with out harming the farm (and taking out some varmits) I have been invited to dinner, invited to go fishing in their pond, and invited to take deer when it is in season.
A little courtesy goes a long way.
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Morax Super Member
Joined: Dec 18, 2006 Posts: 618 Location: Pittsburgh Pa
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Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 6:53 pm Post subject: Re: Groundhogs |
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AMEN!! this was first year for my son hunting and i purposely stopped at a few places just to show him how it is done, and got the reactions as was expected for hogging to deer to squirrel, to hey if yer in the area just swing on by!! where abouts in SW-Pa are you? I am near pittsburgh, maybe get together for something this coming season?
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Mush Rookie Member
Joined: Dec 29, 2006 Posts: 6 Location: South Western Pennsylvania
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Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 7:32 pm Post subject: Re: Groundhogs |
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I took a 15 year old kid from down the block out ground hoging this year. I told him to work on hitting varmits at 200 plus yards then hitting a deer at the same range will be a piece of cake. He did well on the varmits and got a buck just 10 minutes after daylight on the first day. I think he is still smileing.......
I am NW of the city. Any place with farm fields out here has it's share of varmit.
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TomTalker Rookie Member
Joined: Jul 29, 2006 Posts: 24 Location: SW Ontario
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Mush Rookie Member
Joined: Dec 29, 2006 Posts: 6 Location: South Western Pennsylvania
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Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 5:53 pm Post subject: Re: Groundhogs |
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Nice pix. I hope to get my new 6.5 x 55 working this summer with similar results like your pix.
With my 223 and 45 gn hollow points or 50 gn balsitic tips, I do not see an exit hole past 100 yards and sometimes I have a hard time finding the entry hole. I just find a dead G-hog. With a normal to minimum load I can see the bullet impact from my scope. However, with the 223 from 200 to 300 yards, sometimes I can hit them but they run into the hole. Sometimes they come out, sometimes not.
When I give the farmer a "kill" report they don't seem to care to hear any specifics, just the "dead" count. And will I be comming back to keep the count going up.
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TomTalker Rookie Member
Joined: Jul 29, 2006 Posts: 24 Location: SW Ontario
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 8:55 am Post subject: Re: Groundhogs |
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LOL when you hit them with the .375 you can see the hit because they're still airbourne when you recover from the recoil. I only used it to prove a point to some ney sayers on another forum who claimed most guys can't shoot the big rifles well enough to make them a good choice . I had only 14 rounds left after sighting in with 235 Speers and 87 gr of 4350. I never missed a chuck with that rifle that day. 14 for 14 and some were offhand shots at 100+. Some of them flew 7/8 ft in the air doing the helecopter
.243 is my favorite for the hayfields where shots can be 400 and even more. .223 0r my .222 are great for walking the fence rows and shots under 300
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Grant Super Member
Joined: Aug 28, 2006 Posts: 325 Location: Grande Prairie, Alberta
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Dimitri Super Member
Joined: Nov 25, 2005 Posts: 5944
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 1:46 pm Post subject: Re: Groundhogs |
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I use a 8mm Mauser for EVERYTHING being my only rifle up untill recently (got myself a Sears Cooey Model 6C 2 weeks ago :D), but I don't have a scope on it and mainly shoot at 100 yards and under, so the 375 isnt too big in my opinion.
Dimitri
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Crackshot Super Member
Joined: Oct 23, 2005 Posts: 1693 Location: Mich
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hunterjoe21 Super Member
Joined: Mar 30, 2007 Posts: 1486 Location: Miles City, Montana
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 7:20 pm Post subject: Re: Groundhogs |
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So far .243 with 55 gr. ballistic silvertips have been my favorite load for little pigs. I will be working on a handload for the .243 once turkey season ends, along with an acceptable load for the .22-250. I've only killed one with the TC Encore w/ the .22-250 barrel, but have probably taken around 70-80 over the last 4 years with the .243. They are fairly skittish around here (most adults have been shot at,as cattle farmers dont want holes in pastures, and grain farmers would prefer not to lose crops to them), so fairly long shots (250-300 yds) are the norm. A great way to practice your woodsmanship is to carry your .22 lr and try to stalk within 30 yards. A .22 slug in the noggin at that distance will result in a quick and painless kill.
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Joined: Oct 23, 2005 Posts: 1693 Location: Mich
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