Wuchak Hunting

[MrMajestic]

The original Algonquin Indian name that Woodchuck was derived from. The Corn is at 10 ft., Beans at 3 and the Alfalfa, in my "Long Range" shooting lanes, is at 2 ft.! This forced me to revert to stalking(Indian Style) new areas were 300 yards is an exception with most are sub-200 yds. Friday night found me carrying my Savage 16 sporting a PacNor 9tw 26" Varmint contour chambered in .17 Fireball. Went 6 for 6 and taking me to 103 for the Season. Only one noteworthy shot was a 155 yd. Free-Standing from my Tripod/Walking Sticks with only it's head exposed!
Saturday had me switching things up and carrying my 20" 10tw .17 Ackley Hornet chambered TC Contender for a great weight savings. I walked up on several Friday and was that close my scope would not focus so I strapped my S&W 617 10 shot .22 LR sporting a Burris 3X EER scope on my hip. Went 9 for 9 with the longest at 165 yds.! Those little 20 gr. V-Max at 3575 fps MV were the "Hammer of Thor"! Several went to ground beside me but would not return as if they knew I had the 617 trained on their burrow! Had a bunch of fun and will be back. Please address me as Chief Wuchak from here forward! :

 

[CaptainMal]

Yes "Chief".

 

[Geronimo Jim]

Wow ............impressive shooting.

 

[Nomad47]

Chief Wuchak. Well that certainly clears up things. Just the other day I was wondering how they ever came up with woodchuck as a name since I never saw one chucking wood.
Groundhog isn't much better since they are not even a distant cousin of a pig - and they are certainly a lot cleaner.
234 so far for the season. I got lucky - my organic farmer has a big (500 x 700 yards) wheat field that he just harvested and mowed. Since he can't fertilize, he plants clover as a cover crop to put nutrients back into the soil. A creek runs down one side and it is loaded with holes up the wazoo. 26 out of that one field in the past two weeks.

 

[MrMajestic]

Sounds like "Hog Heaven" Bill! Had a funny one last week at one of my mid range fields. Had one ranged at 607, dialed come-up and windage and sent one. Could have swore I heard the hit however one stands up a couple of yards to the left and ranges 609. Dang, must have missed, so I send another and swore I heard a hit again. Walked out at quitting time and you guessed it! Two Chucks laying! Tall grass and recoil makes it tough to see what's going on! ;D

 

[Nomad47]

A similar thing happened to me a few days ago, MrM. But my range was only 510 yards. Shot one standing up and it sure looked and sounded like I hit it. A minute later and a couple yards to the left it re-appears. No, this one is bigger. It comes over to my kill and it appears to pick up and shake my kill. So I shoot it. After shooting a couple others, I drove over to check things out. (this is the clover planted wheat field and the farmer told me it was ok to drive over any part of the field I wanted)(Man, is that ever nice). Anyway, what I found was the mother laying on top of her pup. Apparently she was trying to revive it.
I had the same thing happen last year and at first I thought I was watching a cannibal groundhog.