SouthWest Virginia RockChuck!

[HillbillyLongRifle]

Little Brother got this Groundhog at 216 yds headshot with CZ 527 17 Ackley Hornet!

Groundhog was laying Flat as a Pancake on the Rock sun bathing!

25 gr Woodchuck Den Boattail at 3520 fps ended that for her!

Nice evening hunt we shot 4 for the day and 3 of them this evening at 102, 172, and 216 yards.

 

[HillbillyLongRifle]

I used my 20 Tac off tripod this evening as well!

 

[Hal]

Hillbilly
How steady is your tripod ?
How far can you hit with setup.
Not counting wind.
Thanks for sharing your hunting trip with us.
Hal

 

[HillbillyLongRifle]

Hillbilly
How steady is your tripod ?
How far can you hit with setup.
Not counting wind.
Thanks for sharing your hunting trip with us.
Hal

Its super steady if you practice alot!

Ive shot steel at 500 and 600 yards off tripod before.

Longest Groundhogs so far have been under 400 yards off tripod.

Several in the 300-350 yd range have been shot!

 

[JEFFPPC]

Hillbilly
How steady is your tripod ?
How far can you hit with setup.
Not counting wind.
Thanks for sharing your hunting trip with us.
Hal

They are not like shooting off a bench but if you get set up so you can rest your trigger elbow against something it's a big plus.

 

[17VLD]

Thanks for sharing you and your brothers hunt. As always great pictures of scenery and rifles with varmints taken in the field. Todd sure made some great 17 caliber bullets. I liked em all 23,25,27,29 and of course the 30 Gold. Do you remember his 25.5 grain low drag modeled after the 6mm Berger 88 low drag. Dan C and I shot a few at pds in Wyoming from a 17 Javelina,they were great as well and very flat shooting.
Matt

 

[Geronimo Jim]

Some of the best days of my life was hunting groundhog in Southwest Virginia.
Drove a 66 Corvette Convertible with top down all over back roads and shot from
the car. Nobody cared back in those days.

 

[MDT6BRA]

I wish we had more around here

 

[Rick in Oregon]

Hilllbilly, I read "Virginia" and "Rockchuck" and thought WTH, there's no rockchucks back there, then I saw your pic. It shows a chuck on a rock, so sure, I suppose it does qualify as a rockchuck! Rock + Chuck = Rockchuck. Who knew?

Just shows we can't be too hasty to judge, as one never knows what may turn up in the wild.

 

[RegionRat]

How steady is your tripod ?

Just to add a little comment to encourage you to give it a try some time.

A good tripod with a good ball head set-up, is definitely something to try if you walk to take a stand while varmint or predator hunting.

All methods have trade-offs where the situation gives one method or the other an advantage, but in many situations a good tripod set-up is worth the weight to hump it to a stand. YMMV

 

[HillbillyLongRifle]

Hilllbilly, I read "Virginia" and "Rockchuck" and thought WTH, there's no rockchucks back there, then I saw your pic. It shows a chuck on a rock, so sure, I suppose it does qualify as a rockchuck! Rock + Chuck = Rockchuck. Who knew?

Just shows we can't be too hasty to judge, as one never knows what may turn up in the wild.

I knew you would say that! LOL

 

[Hal]

Hillbilly
Thanks for the info.

Hal

 

[Hal]

RR

Thanks for the reply.

Hal

 

[ohlongarmisle]

View attachment 1665868I used my 20 Tac off tripod this evening as well!

HB, what can are you running, I run a Liberty Infinity on the 17 Hornet and a Velos LBP on the 204, baffles the intended targets, as you well know. Off to a slow start on GH's due to weather but we'll get going soon.Good shooting.

 

[HillbillyLongRifle]

HB, what can are you running, I run a Liberty Infinity on the 17 Hornet and a Velos LBP on the 204, baffles the intended targets, as you well know. Off to a slow start on GH's due to weather but we'll get going soon.Good shooting.

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