ground hoggin it

[bambeklr]

Well boys I been gettin the old 22-250 warmed up. The ground hogs here in delaware have been takin a lickin. I been wackin a few foxes while I am at it. I shaot a big fat old ground hog yesterday at 250yds. When I went out to look at him he had no teeth left. Guess you could say I wiped the smile of his face huh. ANy body been after them critters. I look at it as target practice and a lot of fun with the fellas. Heck my old lady even tries to shot them, key word tries. But she is gettin better. She did get one the other day. I wont mention how much it cost me in brass when she goes along.

[quigleysharps4570]

Sounds like fun. Don't have many in these parts. Had a couple wonder in a few years back...they decided to stay.

[DocHolladay]

coyotes have had a big impact on them here. you see the every now and again, usually dead on the roadside.

[bambeklr]

Guys do you all have fox poblems were you are. I bet I have shot 8 foxes this week. They are everywhere. Here in delaware we can hunt them now. I have a red light and a predator call. My 22-250 has been nockin them off. I have killed a couple more ground hogs to. The other day I made and awsome shot with my marlin 7000 .22cal. I ranged it at 125yds. That hog was eating and I placed the winchester hollow point between his eyes. You could hear it hit (THUMP). The teeth were so big on him I actually cut them out. They grew out and curved back in to his skin. They are about 2 1/2 inches long. I have never seen that before. I have been having alot of fun. You all should try this varment and predator hunting its great practice.

[DocHolladay]

dont just tell us about them, show some pics...lol

[KwackWacker]

Well, we've got a lot of foxes down here, but they're nothing compared to how many coyotes we're getting. Those things are eveywhere. I think I saw more coyotes last year than deer.

[artjaggard]

Hi folks,
I'll take the foxes over coyotes any day. As for groundhogs, the little brown ones are pretty tasty. You've got to clean them right away and they have glands in their armpits that have to come out. But if you have chuck and noodles at our house you can bet Debbie didn't cook a cow.
Art

[bambeklr]

I wish I had a scanner to put the pics on here but I am workin on it. As for the coyotes we dont have to many in delaware. They have spotted a few and captured one. They also have cougar sightings now. I shot a 55lb coyote in south carolina. I got him mounted at a full run. I just found a road runner on ebay mounted and won the auction. I cant wait for it to get here. That is gonna look great in the huntin room. Wiley coyote has chased the road runner for the last time. Or maybe the other way around.

[KwackWacker]

That was my favorite cartoon growing up. Being a little hunter I was always on ole Wiley's side.

[bambeklr]

Yup me to. I figured it would be a good conversation peice along with my jackalope and the deer rear end on the wall.

[padeerhunter72]

well, i cant say i've done to much groundhog hunting here in p.a., but when i first got my .243 my stepdad took me out and we popped a few with it, (longest shot was ranged at 243 yrds, which indeed my dad shot) but when i get my new shotgun my mom said she's getting me for my b-day,when i get it im going right to our feild and im shooting some with it. also did anyone ever try groundhog bow hunting?

[artjaggard]

Hey padeer,

When I was a little skinner I lived in the woods. Really. The crazy little wild boy. I'd crawl out a window if I couldn't make it to the door. They finally just bought me a flashlight and told me to be back for breakfast. I was in the third grade when I shot my first groundhog with a bow.

It was a fiberglass stick pulling 30# with cedar arrows and field tips. I used to shoot carp and once got a 28" Northern pike. had to put three arrows in that one before I pinned it to the bank. I really was a little skinner. The fish was almost as big as me. But that's another story.

I was out in the woods and it was getting dusky. I had already harvested a pretty good size snapper by reaching up under an underwater brush pile and was trying to figure out how to drag it home when a groundhog ( we used to call them whistling pigs), stood up to see what the commotion was about.

I drew and hit it right in the belly. The arrow bounced right off and the groundhog grunted and ran off. Turtle soup is pretty good. Seven kinds of meat in a good sized turtle.

At any rate, in our family if you killed it you ate it. Groundhog is good eating. Shoot the brown ones, not the grey ones. Skin it immediately! In the armpits are small glands, about the size of a pea. They look like chunks of fat. Clean them out right away. Gut the whistling pig and slow roast or pressure cook. Debbie serves it with noodles and makes a gravy that is as good as it gets. One groundhog serves a family of four with a little leftover for the pooch.

By the way, they're called whistling pigs because if you get close to them but stay out of sight, try whistling at them. They'll stand up to see what is going on. Curiosity killed the groundhog.

Art

ps. Sometime I have a groundhog story that made news over 1/4 of Ohio. Stick around, it'll show up.