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    I have a woodchuck teasing me, at the back of our property. Comes out of its hole , lets me see him, and goes back down into the hole.

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    My current assignment from la jardinera is to get those burrowing rodents.
    Two down and looking for more.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Good Cheer View Post
    My current assignment from la jardinera is to get those burrowing rodents.
    Two down and looking for more.

    What rifle is this? Marlin?
    "Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face!" - Mike Tyson

    "Don't let my fears become yours." - Me, talking to my children

    That look on your face, when you shift into 6th gear, but it's not there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by trapper9260 View Post
    At the distance OP stated and not much movement , they do not spook easy and if they have not been shot at before. When I trap them. You can chase them in the hole and then set the trap and come back in about a hour or less at times they will be caught because they want to see what was out there. The less time I got one was chase it in the hole and went to set the trap and then seen another hole that was not far and was setting that trap and heard the trap go off and look up seen my wood stake move, I finish set the trap I was setting and then went to check the trap and had the ground hog.
    Maybe those Iowa groundhogs didn't receive a good education. Where I grew up when they go in the hole they don't come out for HOURS!!

    I give all anmesty now since I killed so many of them in my youth. If they are causing damage or trouble why shoot them. That's how I feel now. BTW the make a wonderful pet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WILCO View Post
    What rifle is this? Marlin?
    Rifle looks like a dandy Savage Sporter! Brand of scope? Unertl? And cal? .22 Hornet?

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    Maybe a Savage 340? 222

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    Quote Originally Posted by WILCO View Post
    What rifle is this? Marlin?
    Good morning WILCO.
    That's a Savage 25-20 and 3/4" tube x6 Unertl.
    Quietly coasts them in under an inch at 100 with very small charges of Unique.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Good Cheer View Post
    Good morning WILCO.
    That's a Savage 25-20 and 3/4" tube x6 Unertl.
    Quietly coasts them in under an inch at 100 with very small charges of Unique.
    How wonderful!! Thank you for the answer and thanks to the other members for their input to my question.
    Old school rifles are the best.
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    "Don't let my fears become yours." - Me, talking to my children

    That look on your face, when you shift into 6th gear, but it's not there.

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    I’d love to read your stories

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teddy (punchie) View Post
    Personally I would not have shot it unless I having trouble with them.

    They make their home along the woods (treeline) they are safe. Go out from there and they are toast, NO HOLE(s) in THE FIELD. They have a place and the hole they make are homes to others so I let them be. In fact I may not be upset to see their number rise. They are big ground squirrels if you will. Besides one of the last things left to hunt, Pheasant Gone, Ruffed Grouse Gone, Rabbits all but gone, Only thing we have are Deer, and Turkeys ....few squirrels here and there.

    Sad as I set here and think back 30 to 40 years and see how thinks have changed around the farm. I'm glad I did what I did growing up, My Beagles and Me; too many good memories to even recall. Maybe I'll start writing a few stories to post. Some sad and some with good turn out.

    I would love to read your stories

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    Quote Originally Posted by WILCO View Post
    How wonderful!! Thank you for the answer and thanks to the other members for their input to my question.
    Old school rifles are the best.
    Couldn't agree more. Just got the third one perfect through the chest out from in front of the house. Haven't even started on the rest.

    A project I've been wanting to crank up on is an extended eye relief scope on a .40 bore GM barrel fitted to a modified TC Renegade stock, shooting paper patched hollow based boolits. Just cleaned off the work table to start.

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    Popping Ground hogs over theyears has always been a good hunting time.
    Where we slice & dice corn crunchers the owner raises Herfords. One ground hog hole / tunnel is all that is needed to bust a leg.
    Have you ever seen a large bare spot in a corn / bean field.... It is not always white tails. We find numerous GH's established on field edges.
    Young one's make a good barbaque. Old ones are great for yote bait.
    "Come unto Me, all you who labor and are heavy burdened, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28
    Male Guanaco out in dry lakebed at 10,800 feet south of Arequipa.

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    Our old Savage is a 32-20. Has carried a receiver sight all our year's with it.
    "Come unto Me, all you who labor and are heavy burdened, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28
    Male Guanaco out in dry lakebed at 10,800 feet south of Arequipa.

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    Everything in balance!

    GHs eat a lot and where there holes are can also determine the policy a land owner has to develop about them.

    In my case, I and others over hunted them years ago. But we raise cattle and they eat forage so my policy is to allow them to return but carefully manage their population.

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    “There is more to this than dumping lead in a hole.”

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