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Am I reading the season on woodchucks correctly, the digest says 2024 rifle season runs from March-September?

If this is correct meaning the season is currently open, does anyone have leads on property owners looking to get rid of their’s?

I’m willing to pay to hunt them.

Smungung

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16 minutes ago, Turkeyslayer said:

go do some door knocking I can promise most guys would love to have you

 Meh.. my experience is the complete opposite. Several years ago I went door knocking at a bunch of local farms around me (I can remember spending an entire weekend driving miles around stopping at local farms and such)... no one gave me permission. It was either "no, I don't need it" or "guys already hunt it" or "let me get back to you" and never did.

I never got a single person that said they would love to have me hunt groundhogs on their property.

I never offered to pay though, and the OP says he is willing to pay, so that might grease the wheels a little bit. But then again, if the people he offers payment to actually know NJ law, they would understand that accepting payment would open them up to liability that they would not otherwise have to worry about if they just granted permission without payment. So that could actually be a detriment.

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I agree it’s not as easy as it once was.   Once the dairy industry shut down the hunting dried up.  Also the coyotes clear a lot up. 

I spent most of my money on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.

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Sussex county woodchuck county capital of the state. Miss those days. 

  True story! I got crazy lucky once knocking on doors. Farm in Stillwater.He ended up being from my hometown where his father came from Jim Stabilejr. Was with my friend crazy ralph I was trying to fulfill my butts and bows triple quest. oh I hit one. it was a good hit, sucker hit the hole bent my aluminum arrow right in half. I put my ear to the hole and could hear moaning and groaning, went to the barn and asked him for a pick and shovel he said sure help yourself I got to take my wife to the hospital her water broke.I recovered that sucker about a 15-ft long 1 ft dig.

https://wildwestcity.com/our-story/

 

. my friend thanks for the memories!

https://www.njherald.com/story/news/2018/12/02/happy-trails-sendoff-for/4153776007/

Plan a summer visit.Great place for a family day!

His children and great  children would  greatly appreciate carrying on the tradition.

Edited by hunterbob1

“In a civilized and cultivated country, wild animals only continue to exist at all when preserved by sportsmen.” -Theodore Roosevelt

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38 minutes ago, CJ3a said:

I agree it’s not as easy as it once was.   Once the dairy industry shut down the hunting dried up.  Also the coyotes clear a lot up. 

I had one farmer explain to me he doesn't need any hunters because he "blows them up with gas." He talked briefly about a tool he has and what he does. He didn't name the tool he had, but I later looked it up and I'm sure he was talking about the Rodenator. Gotta admit .. I was kinda jealous... That looks awesome lol

 

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7 minutes ago, smungung said:

So it is currently open season on woodchucks right now?

 

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“In a civilized and cultivated country, wild animals only continue to exist at all when preserved by sportsmen.” -Theodore Roosevelt

Posted
7 minutes ago, smungung said:

So it is currently open season on woodchucks right now?

Yes. It is open now 

It's a long season. With bow or shotgun it's almost year round... Rifles during spring and summer BUT on private land only!

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one way to rid the garden of woodchucks is to use a flex hose one end down the hole and the other end on the tractor exhaust pipe. the other way is a 17m4 cooper.

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Hey Mazzgolf better than Crow.

 

“In a civilized and cultivated country, wild animals only continue to exist at all when preserved by sportsmen.” -Theodore Roosevelt

Posted
18 minutes ago, Lowerbay402 said:

  It says an HIP certification is required to hunt woodchuck, yet I go on the website to buy it & I can find it. Am I blind? 

Hip is for migratory birds

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