Ever see a groundhog up in a tree?
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hpshooter
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One place where I worked had a row of 5 peach trees bordering a loading dock area. When the peaches were about ripe the ground hogs would climb the tree and wipe the peaches out in a matter of a few days.
Gave serious thought to shooting them from the loading dock but the facility was in an industrial park where shooting would have been problematic.
I killed my first groundhog with a bow out of a tree. I don't know why it was up there but it was a poor decision on his part.
HillbillyLongRifle
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Ive killed several out of a tree and off fence posts. They are a member of the squirrel family.
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JEFFPPC
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Hey I agree. I love seeing them fall of a fence post. I have seen them several times go up trees and lay on a limb. Can't shoot them in a tree , no backstop.
I have hunted them over 50 yrs, seen more than 1 in a tree . Dangest hing I ever saw one do was climb a split rail fence.
NorCalMikie
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No ground hogs around here but we have Fox that climb trees. Had to do the Google thing to see for sure. Yep. Some do.
Yes, but I've only seen it once.
Several years ago I was hunting at one of the farms I frequent and while watching a tree line, I saw a hog climb up a small tree and sit in the space where the tree branched into two parts. The hog seem to be surveying the area for threats. I couldn't take the shot because there was no back stop so I waited until he climbed down and emerged into the field then took the shot.
I've seen them more frequently climb on concrete pillars that anchor the large metal towers carrying high power electric lines. These pillars are about two feet off the ground. Again, the hogs seem to be surveying the area for threats and once satisfied that the area is clear, they emerge into the hay field.
I seen them also climb up on fallen logs seemingly for the same purpose to survey for threats. I shot a few off the logs since there was an adequate back stop for those shots.
Once saw one on top of a hay bail, but again, couldn't take the shot, no back stop for the shot.
You guys all probably already know this but it bears repeating, never take a shot unless you have an adequate back stop for the shot.
Several years ago I was hunting at one of the farms I frequent and while watching a tree line, I saw a hog climb up a small tree and sit in the space where the tree branched into two parts. The hog seem to be surveying the area for threats. I couldn't take the shot because there was no back stop so I waited until he climbed down and emerged into the field then took the shot.
I've seen them more frequently climb on concrete pillars that anchor the large metal towers carrying high power electric lines. These pillars are about two feet off the ground. Again, the hogs seem to be surveying the area for threats and once satisfied that the area is clear, they emerge into the hay field.
I seen them also climb up on fallen logs seemingly for the same purpose to survey for threats. I shot a few off the logs since there was an adequate back stop for those shots.
Once saw one on top of a hay bail, but again, couldn't take the shot, no back stop for the shot.
You guys all probably already know this but it bears repeating, never take a shot unless you have an adequate back stop for the shot.
I've have shot them up trees , bushes , tree stumps on logs sunning in a brush pile . Probably the highest I ever seen one is 15 or so feet . The one in the bush was on a limb stretched out watching me . When I spotted it with my scope I said good night and touched the trigger. The coyotes have really hurt our population of ground grizzlies . I've been fortunate enough to dust a couple of them while ground hog hunting.
Coyotefurharvester
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Shot a Red Fox out of tree in the winter once, off the roof of old partly collapsed sheds a couple times.
We used to stop be the neighbors and borrow their hound when we went to our river place. one time he treed a groundhog up a tree that wasn't too tall beside a woven wire fence. well the dog was on one side of the fence and dad (who could throw a rock hard and accurate) rolled him out of the tree with one. The groundhog fell on the other side of the fence but seeing that, the dog jumped the fence and was under him befor he hit the ground. sure don't need a backstop when you do it that way. That was probably 65 years ago and I still remember like it was yesterday.
One Sunday late morning about ten years ago we saw a groundhog in a very short hickory tree off the deck of a friends place west of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
We were fascinated to see a groundhog in a tree, let alone one in this part of the country.
The grand finale came just a minute later when a healthy bobcat dispatched it in broad daylight while we looked on in amazement.
I’d give anything to have that brief series of events on film.
We were fascinated to see a groundhog in a tree, let alone one in this part of the country.
The grand finale came just a minute later when a healthy bobcat dispatched it in broad daylight while we looked on in amazement.
I’d give anything to have that brief series of events on film.
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