OK this is and isn't about cast bullet hunting
First off I am posting I went out and Maybe shoot a groundhog with the 22 Hornet using a cast bullet
But that was a simple barn yard groundhog that like the renters flowers to well
But what this is REALLY about is to get you out asking to shoot the darn critters
I also spent a lot of hours stopping at land owners houses and asking for permission to hunt
Sure a lot of those places I already had permission last year , so for all but 1 of them
They just signed a new years permission form
But I also stopped and ask a number of new land owners
I also stopped and talked to several farmers working on their machinery
As most I didn't know . hoping for new farmers to want a few groundhogs killed on land they farm
1 land lord had died
So I need to look up a son that got the land
I know him and figure he will still let me hunt there
I also got permission to hunt a new farm
Several maybes ( I figure I have a 10% chance they will let me hunt , so I do not count them) and 4 farmers told me who owned land they farmed
So I can ask the owners
All in all I figure I got about a 5 % increase in farms I can hunt
Not the greatest
But I also got to talk with 4 farmers that WANT someone to shoot groundhogs on land they farm
Those 4 farmers might help me get into a new area to hunt and all it cost me was some time and fuel
One BIG thing
Ask and talk to the farmers BEFORE they are working the fields
As when it is time to work ground or plant
Most will simply ignore you and get to back work
As there is never enough hours to do everything before it rains
John