Nice Weather Public Land Chuck Hunt

[Stormbringer]

Made it out to a familiar haunt for some Rock Chuck shooting. Weather was perfect and after a few days of high winds pretty calm. I was shooting my Remington LVSF in 17 Remington and my brother an old 700 in 22-250. 44 Chucks were killed, most off shooting sticks or the truck. Longest shot was 320, but most were in the 150-275 range. We managed 92% hit ratio.

The Chucks were quite healthy with some nice pelts this time of year. My 25 grain V-max load was performing well out to 300 yards. Most chucks hit at 220+ had no exit but died quickly with the bullet fragmenting quickly and turning the insides to jelly.

 

[boltfluter]

Nice! Be sure and save a few for seed. It's very easy to shoot out a good chuck spot. As you probably already know. Nice field pics.
Paul

 

[Klong]

How do they taste?

 

[Stormbringer]

Been a long time since I consumed one. Back then, we made tacos out of them with some added pork and fat. They were ok!

 

[K22]

Been a long time since I consumed one. Back then, we made tacos out of them with some added pork and fat. They were ok!

Try marinating the hind legs with A1, Soy Sauce*, Garlic Powder, Oregano, and Pepper. Add a small strip of bacon on each leg then grill. Delicious with a six pack of your favorite beer.

*Worchester Sauce as an alternative depending on your taste.

PS: My eastern ground hog hind leg recipe. Yummy!