Hogzilla

[Petey]

Starting my summer groundhog season off with a couple fatties. No that’s not trick photography in the top pic!

230 yards with .223, 55 grain v-max


One of my favorite places to sit, a neighbors horse farm that wants them all dead. First one was shot by the round bails and the second one on the woods line to the right.





Only about 20 mins in and batting 100 so hopefully it continues be be like whack-a-mole the rest of the night

 

[hogpatrol]

SWEET!

 

[pdog06]

Thick as thieves! Lol

 

[Tommie]

Holy smokes!

 

[Gabe22BR]

Looks like my 2 hander from yesterday !!!

 

[DumpHollow]

Yup, those filthy rodents don’t belong in a horse pasture. I’ve been trying to develop a new pasture for two years, no thanks to the ground hogs. One hole! I shot two out of it last year and filled it in. Thought that I was done. NOPE! Dug out this spring. Shot another one, filled in the hole and it was dug out….one more time! OK, NOW it’s a Caddyshak III. Went to Agway and got the poison bombs.Threw one down the hole to hear the little b-tard squealing when it burned him. …Filled in the hole…one more time and it was dug out. Poured a gallon of gasoline in the hole and lit it. WOOOMMMPPPFF!! Filled it in and it was dug out a day later. I don’t have time to wait around to feed them another VMAX. So, I set up a box trap with a cement block pathway that forces them into the trap. GOT ‘EM! Nothing gets out of the trap alive. 40 gr of 22 LR in the ear and its over.

 

[snert]

"Chorus...I'm all right, nobody worry bout me...

 

[JohnD]

Hey Gabe, what gun is that? The stock looks really nice.

John

 

[Gabe22BR]

Oh- it’s a rifle I built on Cooper m21 action, from parts-chambered in 20-221AI.

 

[Petey]

I continue to chip away at them!

 

[Gabe22BR]

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I continue to chip away at them!

Quit playing with them !!!

 

[Petey]

What a pretty pose! Lolol

 

[Gabe22BR]

Nice !!

I didn’t go today-…

 

[Petey]

2 hander.. lol.. yeah some of these suckers require the olympic style hammer throw to chuck them into the woods. I'm sure the neighbors get quite the chuckle at that sight, spinning in circles with both hands on the tail.

 

[SeabeeKen]

Back in the 80's I was hunting a farm that I dont think was ever hunted. In 2 seasons, I killed 400 wpigs. They were in the woods, fields, etc. I shot them off tree branches, split rails, logs, etc. One morning I shot 14 while the landowner was talking to me and he was spotting them. I hunted Sat Sunday, took 20 rnds each day and left with no ammo and no misses. Used a 243 ruger varmint with 25x Leupold benrest scope and Sierra 85 gr HPBT. Rifle was a tack driver out to 400 which was the limit there. Once in a lifetime honeyhole

 

[Petey]

Back in the 80's I was hunting a farm that I dont think was ever hunted. In 2 seasons, I killed 400 wpigs. They were in the woods, fields, etc. I shot them off tree branches, split rails, logs, etc. One morning I shot 14 while the landowner was talking to me and he was spotting them. I hunted Sat Sunday, took 20 rnds each day and left with no ammo and no misses. Used a 243 ruger varmint with 25x Leupold benrest scope and Sierra 85 gr HPBT. Rifle was a tack driver out to 400 which was the limit there. Once in a lifetime honeyhole

Bet that farmer was glad you came around... A good honey hole now-a-days is 15-20 on a farm.

 

[SeabeeKen]

Bet that farmer was glad you came around... A good honey hole now-a-days is 15-20 on a farm.

He found me actually. I was hunting from my truck and he tooted at me. Thought I was in trouble at first. He saw my rifle and my Seabee bumper sticker. He said he was a WW2 seabee. He said he owed from a fence on one hill to the fence on the other hill and I could hunt anytime. While he was talking I could see several running around at about 300 yds. He left a roll of hay at the top of the hill for a rifle rest, it was perfection. Farm next door was unhuntable from the road also so they were loaded and kept coming over to his field as I shot them. I'd shoot 2 from each hole and the next day do the same thing. They just kept coming. By the end of yr 2 they were getting scarce. That was in Antietam, MD. Man it was fun!!
On my property, I'm lucky to get 2 a yr

 

[Gary in MD]

He found me actually. I was hunting from my truck and he tooted at me. Thought I was in trouble at first. He saw my rifle and my Seabee bumper sticker. He said he was a WW2 seabee. He said he owed from a fence on one hill to the fence on the other hill and I could hunt anytime. While he was talking I could see several running around at about 300 yds. He left a roll of hay at the top of the hill for a rifle rest, it was perfection. Farm next door was unhuntable from the road also so they were loaded and kept coming over to his field as I shot them. I'd shoot 2 from each hole and the next day do the same thing. They just kept coming. By the end of yr 2 they were getting scarce. That was in Antietam, MD. Man it was fun!!
On my property, I'm lucky to get 2 a yr

Been hunting not far from there since the 1970s, it sure has changed. Good hunting farms gone with houses built on them. It used to be a ground hog hunting paradise.

 

[Gary in MD]

I’m actually out right now so back to the regular scheduled programming…

 

[Gary in MD]

Went 5 for 5 today with a couple Big Uns