one shot, two kills - groundhogs

[mazzgolf]

I was watching these groundhogs during turkey season - took all my will power not to blast one when they would come in and investigate my turkey decoys.  

But that experience gave me the desire to go out soon after turkey season to try my hand at groundhog hunting. It is not all that easy with a shotgun because you need to get in close and not spook them (and they get "super-spooky" - usually they are on high alert). But this morning I took two with one shot  3.5" #4 birdshot at 20 yards.

Just helping the farmer out - the extended family of groundhogs living here have an apartment complex underground.

[Lunatic]

Nice job. I need to get out there with my 22-250 but I am not sure the farmer cut the grass with all the rain we had so far.

[Buck154]

Nice

[Haskell_Hunter]

I have been battling groundhogs in my back yard for years.  It's becoming Caddyshack personal.

Nice shooting!  My neighbors are too close to take mine out with a cannon.  I need to be more stealthy...

[megavites]

I have to go out this week and take care of a couple groundhogs on the farm this week. High alert is right, but I snuck within 15 yds last yr on one.

 

[Live to Hunt]

Now that’s good shooting 

[Greg]

6 hours ago, Haskell_Hunter said:

I have been battling groundhogs in my back yard for years.  It's becoming Caddyshack personal.

Nice shooting!  My neighbors are too close to take mine out with a cannon.  I need to be more stealthy...

Nice bow practice.

[Rusty]

44 minutes ago, Live to Hunt said:

Now that’s good shooting 

[cantw82start]

Nicely done!

[Haskell_Hunter]

4 hours ago, Greg said:

Nice bow practice.

Whacked him twice with a field tip (not going to waste some good Muzzy's on him, if I win some Rages, then I'll waste those on him), and he survived.  Gave me the middle paw finger the next day.  Dirty bastard....

[Droptine 26]

2 hours ago, Haskell_Hunter said:

Whacked him twice with a field tip (not going to waste some good Muzzy's on him, if I win some Rages, then I'll waste those on him), and he survived.  Gave me the middle paw finger the next day.  Dirty bastard....

Not cool!

[megavites]

Nice shot!

I tried last night. Had one come out at 12 yds with his back to me. He must of heard me breathing cause the bastard stood up, looked back before I had my gun raised....gone. I have a different setup planned next time.

[allmann]

so what recipe are you going to try with these?

[Tarhunt]

21 hours ago, Haskell_Hunter said:

I have been battling groundhogs in my back yard for years.  It's becoming Caddyshack personal.

Nice shooting!  My neighbors are too close to take mine out with a cannon.  I need to be more stealthy...

Get some dry ice and put in down their burrows. Problem solved. 

[mazzgolf]

19 minutes ago, allmann said:

so what recipe are you going to try with these?

Well, I will admit -- I did try to skin them to see what the meat looked like. Well, their skin was tougher than squirrel, and that is saying something!! So I aborted that idea and left them for the vultures