Anyone else notice in increase in Chuck activity? i'm assuming the days are getting shorter and the push is on to fatten up for the long nap. 32 in five outings with many in the 400-550 yard range. Made back to back 537 and 534 yarders with the .20-.223AI and 55 grain Berger. Guess they didn't know I was dialed in! ;D
32 last week!
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thekriebles
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MrMajestic said:
That is very impressive... congrats on your recent groundhog outings!
They soy beans around her are so healthy and tall, it's difficult to see the hogs.
Yes the beans are high but the pastures with wooded fence lines and alfalfa fields are really producing! Pastures bordering train tracks have been great also!
Thanks guys! No need to discuss the other week when shooting the 39 grain BlitzKings with 5-7 mph switchy winds.... ;D
I'm up to 89 for the year which began April 6th, thirty two outings so far this season. Weather is great here in eastern PA but the hay is high and I'm waiting for the next cut.
The weather was so nice here last Friday I went out anyway even though the hay is fairly high and you can only see them if they're standing. I went to one of my favorite farms and after shooting the bull with the farmer I drove to a remote field. As I drove up the farm lane I spotted a hog standing in the far hay field. I back down the lane behind a row of corn to conceal my presence. I retrieved by Rem 700 223 with the 26" heavy Douglas Match barrel, my shooting cross sticks and portable sportsman's chair and headed back up the lane concealing my movement by hugging the row of corn.
When the field came into view I saw the hog bobbing up and down. I quickly set up for a shot. When he bobbed up again I ranged it at 258 yards. I got into a shooting position and waited. When he stood up again I place the cross hairs on his head and sent the 55 grain Nosler. He disappeared. The shot felt real good but I couldn't tell if I got him or not. So I walked up to the area, searched and found him, shot through the neck area.
The shot was memorable for two reasons, it was the longest shot I ever made with the 223 and it was my 1,500th confirmed kill since I have been keeping precise records starting in the 1999.
However later in the day I was humbled when I saw one at 202 yards. I could only see his head in the high hay but it's a shot I've made before at this distance with this rifle which is a 1/4 moa rifle. The shot felt good but when I went down later to check there was no hog. I found a number of holes in a nearby fence line, checked them, no hog or blood. I missed clean. The miss brought me back down to earth.
I'm a ghog hunting addict - the only cure is more ghog hunting. Can't get enough of it.
The weather was so nice here last Friday I went out anyway even though the hay is fairly high and you can only see them if they're standing. I went to one of my favorite farms and after shooting the bull with the farmer I drove to a remote field. As I drove up the farm lane I spotted a hog standing in the far hay field. I back down the lane behind a row of corn to conceal my presence. I retrieved by Rem 700 223 with the 26" heavy Douglas Match barrel, my shooting cross sticks and portable sportsman's chair and headed back up the lane concealing my movement by hugging the row of corn.
When the field came into view I saw the hog bobbing up and down. I quickly set up for a shot. When he bobbed up again I ranged it at 258 yards. I got into a shooting position and waited. When he stood up again I place the cross hairs on his head and sent the 55 grain Nosler. He disappeared. The shot felt real good but I couldn't tell if I got him or not. So I walked up to the area, searched and found him, shot through the neck area.
The shot was memorable for two reasons, it was the longest shot I ever made with the 223 and it was my 1,500th confirmed kill since I have been keeping precise records starting in the 1999.
However later in the day I was humbled when I saw one at 202 yards. I could only see his head in the high hay but it's a shot I've made before at this distance with this rifle which is a 1/4 moa rifle. The shot felt good but when I went down later to check there was no hog. I found a number of holes in a nearby fence line, checked them, no hog or blood. I missed clean. The miss brought me back down to earth.
I'm a ghog hunting addict - the only cure is more ghog hunting. Can't get enough of it.
CaptainMal
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You ARE dialed in.
Wonderful to read about all the fun you are having.
Wonderful to read about all the fun you are having.
I've never seen a groundhog!
Shot lots of prairie dogs and coyotes, however!
Shot lots of prairie dogs and coyotes, however!
I call them Chucks except when in Amish company(which is a large amount of the time) then I call them Gruntsows! LOL Groundhogs, Whistle Pigs and many others. Farmers know them as vermin that cost them money! the one man broke a tractor window when he hit a burrow!brians356 said:
It was awful!
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