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"Field of Dreams.....an EPIC Groundhog Hunt.."

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so I am trying to get in some "late" season groundhog hunting.

I went to one farm I had not hunted in awhile. Shot a couple groundhogs, decided to scout for new farms.

I drive down one gravel road, see a farmer in his John Deere..follow him to his farm....ask for permission, he said he didn't own the land and the landowners were not home. I said no problem and left.


Drive around some more...turn down another dirt road...come over a rise in the road....and WOW....


I walk up to the door...an older lady probably in her late 70's answers, I ask her for permission to groundhog hunt, she said OKAY...no one has hunted her fields for at least 5 years [translation = TARGET RICH ENVIRONMENT!!]....

and then we proceeded to talk for about 30 minutes, I could tell she was a widower.

Anyways, she excused herself as she was visiting her son who happens to live in the same lake community I live in.

SO, I walk across the dirt road, with my 50# Eberstock backpack loaded with my 23# 260AI and assorted equipment including my video camcorder....

Long story getting short......15 shots fired today, 12 confirmed kills.....


I just got done editing the 23 minute 1080p HD Video...no way in heck am I gonna upload this video with my country DSL speeds! So, we shall wait until Monday at work!

Here's a picture for a little tease....lol

..it's 540 yards to the far treeline...

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The "movie" turned out great!

It took as much time to edit, render, and compile the video as it did to actually "hunt" the video...HAHA


I made a DVD to play on our 55" Big Screen TV.....sure makes the kills more VIVID!!
 
CatShooter said:
260Ackley said:
The "movie" turned out great!

OK, OK... the movie is great :)

Now, the movie is getting uploaded "WHEN"???

:)


HAHA.....I'll give you a perspective on country DSL speeds, last year it took me almost 10 hours to upload a 12 minute 1080p HD video @0.77Mbps


at work, I sometimes see upload speeds approaching 30Mbs....helps to work for a big corporation!!,,lol

...like a teaser for a Big Blockbuster movie, eh....lol....hardly,


I can only dream of hunting fields like this in Ohio....my 30th year "chasing" groundhogs.....yes, the coyotes have done a number on their populations....back in my youth....I remember killing over 400 groundhogs one summer....

one day, I will travel out West....shoot prairie dogs and rock marmots = that is what I want to do!
 
260Ackley said:
CatShooter said:
260Ackley said:
The "movie" turned out great!

OK, OK... the movie is great :)

Now, the movie is getting uploaded "WHEN"??? :)

HAHA.....I'll give you a perspective on country DSL speeds, last year it took me almost 10 hours to upload a 12 minute 1080p HD video @0.77Mbps

At work, I sometimes see upload speeds approaching 30Mbs....helps to work for a big corporation!!,,lol

...like a teaser for a Big Blockbuster movie, eh....lol....hardly,

I can only dream of hunting fields like this in Ohio....my 30th year "chasing" groundhogs.....yes, the coyotes have done a number on their populations....back in my youth....I remember killing over 400 groundhogs one summer....

one day, I will travel out West....shoot prairie dogs and rock marmots = that is what I want to do!

The coyotes have totally decimated groundhogs in my state. I used to see the little rascals everywhere - even munching on the shoulders of the parkways... I have not seen even one this year.
 

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