Got one!

[Silvercreek Farmer]

Older Taurus 66 357, load is a .38 case, Lee TL158SWC cast out of ACWW, and 3.8 grains Promo. I've started carrying it with me to the pasture just about every day in hopes of getting a shot at a bean muncher. I missed him last week on the run, but today he peeked out of a brush pile to look at me from 10-15 yards away. One to the neck did the job.

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[quilbilly]

Well done, sir!!

[358wcf]

Outstanding, I say!!!!! Very well done-

[Silvercreek Farmer]

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[CT-shooter777]

I think he's got a cousin that was eating my garden:mad:.
I really like Taurus revolvers, some don't.
Other than the ridiculous Double action trigger weight, I always enjoyed mine.

[missionary5155]

Congratulations! Another good hole digging crop menace critter exterminated. I trust you get all the brother and sisters still scurrying about.
When my sons turned adults they each received a Taurus model 66 6 inch. Bought those two 16 years ago and still chunking lead with no problems.
Mike in Peru

[MBTcustom]

And you cooked him! Good job!

[country gent]

Judging by the size was one of this years crop so should be nice and tender to..... Try them barbequed / somked of a low heat. I have done several on the rotiserie with carcoal and Hickory wood chips. 200-225* for 3 to 4 hours marinate in barbeque sauce thined with water. put this in the pan to provide moisture and to use to baste occassionally. cooking low and slow helps to tenderize them also.

[Bzcraig]

That it'll teach em

[tdoyka]

way to go!!!!

[jaysouth]

I love a story with a happy ending. Win/win on your part. Got rid of a pest and got a good meal.

[warboar_21]

Nice shooting.

I have had a stainless 6" model 66 since 1991. It's shot thousands and thousands of both factory and hand loaded ammo. It's taken a few jack rabbits, coyote, and one Deer. It was my goto field gun for many many years. Now it's my wife's favorite gun.

[Redd508]

Congrats! What kind of rat is that? We dont have those down here.

[Hawks Feather]

Nice shooting. As for eating them I tried one once and it was cooked a little too long. Can you say leather?

[725]

Whistle pig to wet the whistle! I've never had one, but would like to try it one day. Nice shot.

[cainttype]

That's one heck of a squirrel!
Our's don't get that big in SW Louisiana, but their tails are longer.
You would make a lot of Coonasses happy if you could successfully cross-breed that hole-digger with our tree-rats... We already have plenty of recipes. :)

[fastdadio]

Congrats! What kind of rat is that? We dont have those down here.

Woodchuck, in the marmont family, sometimes called a whistle pig because they will squeal as a warning to others when danger is present.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog
They dig big holes to den and will sometimes under mine foundations causing much property damage. They like to feed on crops and gardens and can be quite tasty when cooked right.

[rking22]

Nice shooting ,,, and even better frying!!! Wife makes me cook them outside cause her dady stunk up the house cooking one :) Handled and cooked right the young one are really good eats!

[TXGunNut]

Nicely done!

[osteodoc08]

Good shootin. Good eatin.

[Gibbs44]

Very nice. One of my buddy's favorite meals growing up.

[roverboy]

Good shootin'. I've not killed one in a long time. I used to give them a hard time but, I don't see a lot around here anymore.

[hornady308]

Dang varmints are spreading all over the state. I've even seen them inside the city limits of Concord and Charlotte.

[Gofaaast]

Looks Tasty!

[kaptain kartridge]

Good cookin!!! When the birds poop on my car, I sit on the poarch and eat a big plate of scarmbled eggs, just to show them what I am capable of................................................ ...

[CastingFool]

Good shooting! I have gotten 5 of them so far this year, with my .22rf rifle. One did make it to the crock pot. 4 were on the ground, and one off a mulberry tree.

[Silvercreek Farmer]

Dang varmints are spreading all over the state. I've even seen them inside the city limits of Concord and Charlotte.

Never even saw one growing up!

[Silvercreek Farmer]

Good shooting! I have gotten 5 of them so far this year, with my .22rf rifle. One did make it to the crock pot. 4 were on the ground, and one off a mulberry tree.

They climb trees?

[Wayne Smith]

Not only do they climb trees, I once saw my german shepard about half way up a cedar tree barking and a woodchuck at the very top spitting down at him!

[jlchucker]

Way to go! I have a big one hanging around my toolshed in the back yard. He lives under the shed, and has tunnelled his way out to the neighbor's Christmas Tree Farm, where he has at least a dozen buddies. Wish I could use a .357 on one in the back yard, but these guys always seem to be between me and my propane tank or the wellhead for my artesian well. As soon as they see me they are gone. You done good.

[fastdadio]

Way to go! I have a big one hanging around my toolshed in the back yard. He lives under the shed, and has tunnelled his way out to the neighbor's Christmas Tree Farm, where he has at least a dozen buddies. Wish I could use a .357 on one in the back yard, but these guys always seem to be between me and my propane tank or the wellhead for my artesian well. As soon as they see me they are gone. You done good.

Start trapping them.

[Geezer in NH]

Start trapping them.
Use a strong trap. My son the animal control guy calls them chupacabaras for strength. He uses live traps as the paying customers want them removed but still alive. BWAHAHAHAHA! none are released by NH law.

The cheap live combos from TSC will not hold an adult, they rip them apart.

[mold maker]

Don't even think about chasing one. If cornered they grow courage and will turn on you.
Those teeth will penetrate a boot, and what's in it.

[robinsroost]

I killed truck loads of them, when I lived in Indiana, to help the farmers and ranchers. That usually got me permission to hunt, later in the year. I used a model 700 Remington, in .243, but center fire rifles were not legal to use for deer, at that time. I hunted deer with a .50 caliber Hawken, but now I would likely use my 1894 Winchester in .45 Colt. Keep yer powder dry........Robin

[HollowPoint]

The ultimate revenge is to convert them into human excrement; with a little alka-seltzer chaser for good measure.

HollowPoint

[xacex]

Don't have those over here on the far west side. Good tasting meat ehh? Looks tasty.

[trapper9260]

I mainly trap them with a 160 conibear trap.You can use a 220 also if you like.A 160 is a 6"open killer trap and a 220 is a 7" killer trap.You set the trap in front of there hole and most of the time come back the same day you got them.Years ago there was a apple farm I work on they had a problem with them and they did not know how to get rid of them I told them about usen a trap on them and they said try it out and see how it work out. Well in about 2 month I took out 48 of them and the owner took 5 more after that with the same traps.Some times you chase them into the hole and then set the trap and then come back about 1 hour later you got it. The normal amout I would get out of one hole is 1, but also 2 but some times 3.Depends on the year.Oh by the way with the type of trap I stated you use no bait just in there hole or trail to it.Also good eating and also I have sold the skins also they are use for fly fishing fly tyien.

[Geezer in NH]

Here in NH #2 Conni's must be 5 feet above the surface including snow. The 160's will do em great.

[Crusty Deary Ol'Coot]

That critter would be known as a "Rock Chuck" in Idaho, Washington etc.

If it is the same as our Rock Chucks, and I'd guess it is close family at the very least, the young of the year have light colored meat, looking a lot like rabbit, while those that have wintered over have much darker meat.

With a 22/250, it is head shots only if there is any thought of eating the critter.

Also, good to know or have someone along who is in the know about what to look for as to the possibility of the critter having some type of bug.

Used to hunt them in the scab rock country of Eastern Washington. There is mile after mile of the scab rock country and the rock chuck population was huge. Pick a ridge to set up on and shoot critters from close in to as far away as you can see them.

Last time I went to hunt the critters, there was not one to be found. Too big of an area and too many critters to have been shot out, so the only explanation is they got a bad bug that took out the population. On trips East to West through Washington's scab rock country a few critters can bee seen, so I'd hope that the population will come back to something close to what it once was.

Crusty Deary Ol'Coot

[Pumpkinheaver]

Good deal. I hate those things. There is a big one at my friends place that has my 10MMs name on it.

[John Allen]

great job, I wish we could get away with that around here but someone would just call the cops.