Fireball Rockchuck Walkabout

[Stormbringer]

Christensen Arms 22-250 CF Barrel, Remington 700 stripped down and trued, Jewel Trigger, Remington SPS stock bedded and opened up with Bushnell Elite 4200 6-24x40. Mirage was so bad could only use 12 power but shots were all under 225 anyway. Load was Hornady 50 Vmax, Nosler Brass, CCI 200 Primer and Varget.

It's been a good chuck hunting spring for me. The little ones were out last Saturday and we shot 65-70 in 4.5 hours. 55 or so of those were tiny. That puts me up over 200 this spring!

Rock art!

Thought he was safe only peeking out giving on a tiny bit of his head in the woodpile!

 

[Kurz]

Never underestimate the ingenuity of a woodchuck...

 

[Rick in Oregon]

Is there a story to that pic? Was he launched off the fence post soon thereafter?

So we have woodchucks, rockchucks, and now possibly treechucks? Great pic for sure!

 

[Kurz]

Probably. I borrowed this one from a friend of mine who took it just before performing long range brain surgery on the wood chuck. It was over quick and the patient didn't suffer...well not much!

 

[Kurz]

By request, I searched out a picture featuring a wood chuck 'up a tree'!

This one I know nothing about but it illustrates the ability of the 'chucks to find resources above the ground.

 

[300_whisper]

By request, I searched out a picture featuring a wood chuck 'up a tree'!

This one I know nothing about but it illustrates the ability of the 'chucks to find resources above the ground.

At that point doesn’t it become a squirrel??

 

[Kurz]

Ooooooo... good question! Call out the biologists!