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2011 Groundhog picture thread
4/25/2011 2:54:16 PM
I haven't seen a thread started yet so I guess I'll start it off.
Saturday I killed my first of the year, I was going to wait until late may/june but he looked like he was playing whack a mole popping his head up and down out of the hole and temptation got the best of me. Distance was 230yds and he was quartering towards me. You may be able to see the entrance wound right below the eye, exit was the ear on the other side. I'm sure he never knew what hit him.
Saturday I killed my first of the year, I was going to wait until late may/june but he looked like he was playing whack a mole popping his head up and down out of the hole and temptation got the best of me. Distance was 230yds and he was quartering towards me. You may be able to see the entrance wound right below the eye, exit was the ear on the other side. I'm sure he never knew what hit him.
4/25/2011 3:03:09 PM
What is that thing chambered in?
4/25/2011 3:15:09 PM
308
4/26/2011 4:41:04 AM
Im jealous. I miss taking out those little rodents.
4/30/2011 8:36:17 AM
action is still slow here. females should be dropping those pups about now.
I hit a farm yesterday afternoon, did'nt even see one! we have had cold temps,lots of rain,high winds in April this year.
I only have 5 total this year so far. first 2 weeks in june are always the best if the farmers can get there beans in between the rain.
I hit a farm yesterday afternoon, did'nt even see one! we have had cold temps,lots of rain,high winds in April this year.
I only have 5 total this year so far. first 2 weeks in june are always the best if the farmers can get there beans in between the rain.
5/8/2011 4:51:25 PM
skunked again today.
gotta see them before you can shootem. Finally a day without rain
as you can see usually this time of year the fields are turned and if corn were the crop it would be planted by now. Most all crop fields are as they were left last year after harvest
gonna be tuff on our farmers this year if the weather does'nt come around quick.
I'm going to a hay field in a few after a bite to eat
gotta see them before you can shootem. Finally a day without rain
as you can see usually this time of year the fields are turned and if corn were the crop it would be planted by now. Most all crop fields are as they were left last year after harvest
gonna be tuff on our farmers this year if the weather does'nt come around quick.
I'm going to a hay field in a few after a bite to eat
5/9/2011 11:14:52 PM
4-10-11 Female
5-2-11 Male
5-6-11 Male
5-2-11 Male
5-6-11 Male
5/10/2011 3:21:57 AM
good shootin 6453 
5/13/2011 11:06:42 PM
Can I play? I got Rock Chucks.
5/14/2011 6:35:07 PM
Im so jealous
I wish I lived in a place with enough flat land to actually see and shoot groundhogs. I have always wanted to do it
I wish I lived in a place with enough flat land to actually see and shoot groundhogs. I have always wanted to do it
5/14/2011 6:47:45 PM
Originally Posted By Shawnmt6601:
Im so jealous
I wish I lived in a place with enough flat land to actually see and shoot groundhogs. I have always wanted to do it
Im so jealous
I wish I lived in a place with enough flat land to actually see and shoot groundhogs. I have always wanted to do it
shit dude. set up high by a hay field down there.
I run camera tripods to get elevation to shoot here because it's slight rises. At least with a small hill ya can set up high with a bipod.
My good friend got a ticket a few years (sheriff in medina county) back standing in his truck bed shooting groundhogs off his roof with a soft bag! Can't shoot out of a vehicle here
5/14/2011 6:56:57 PM
Originally Posted By Lungbuster:
Can I play? I got Rock Chucks.
http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad314/Lungbuster_photos/IMAG0016.jpg
http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad314/Lungbuster_photos/IMG_0923.jpg
Can I play? I got Rock Chucks.
http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad314/Lungbuster_photos/IMAG0016.jpg
http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad314/Lungbuster_photos/IMG_0923.jpg
good shootin.
I suspect all N.E.Ohio groundhogs have built an ARK and sailed to Pa. ect.
Crap I can't believe the rain this spring. How would ya like to be setting on $9-$10,000 of corn seed here. At least he can trade back for Soybean seed. Dang I'm real tight with my farmers here and I certainly feel they're pain now!
5/14/2011 9:12:47 PM
I got first blood with my new LMT defender this morning. Female at a little over 100 yards.
5/16/2011 9:51:42 PM
Rock Chuck at 425yards.
5/21/2011 7:03:38 PM
Didn't see this thread.
First one of the year:
First one of the year:
5/21/2011 9:58:32 PM
Love it - every year I look forward to the groundhog carnage pictures! It fills the gap during my lull in the predator season - all I have to shoot around here is lame jackrabbits. Got a few last night, though.
And I like that setup, PAPPYO!
And I like that setup, PAPPYO!
5/22/2011 1:33:11 PM
Originally Posted By Lungbuster:
Can I play? I got Rock Chucks.
http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad314/Lungbuster_photos/IMAG0016.jpg
http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad314/Lungbuster_photos/IMG_0923.jpg
Can I play? I got Rock Chucks.
http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad314/Lungbuster_photos/IMAG0016.jpg
http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad314/Lungbuster_photos/IMG_0923.jpg
Very nice.
What are the details on the rifle in the top picture? It certainly did a number on that 'chuck.
5/23/2011 8:50:18 AM
This one was shot back in early April in a corn field about a mile behind my house, 67 yard right above the jaw using Winchester subsonics, it was DRT. The rifle is my $60 pawn shop Savage MKII with TAC-65 can, Nikon Monarch 1.5-4 and homemade Karsten style cheek piece. That gun has taken more game than all my others combined.
This one I took yesterday, 72 yards through the ear with a NEF 357. I was shooting 158gr 38 special loads that are subsonic in the rifle, the suppressor is a 9mm from Thompson Machine.
This one I took yesterday, 72 yards through the ear with a NEF 357. I was shooting 158gr 38 special loads that are subsonic in the rifle, the suppressor is a 9mm from Thompson Machine.
5/24/2011 12:13:38 AM
Originally Posted By Maynard:
Very nice.
What are the details on the rifle in the top picture? It certainly did a number on that 'chuck.
Originally Posted By Lungbuster:
Can I play? I got Rock Chucks.
http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad314/Lungbuster_photos/IMAG0016.jpg
http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad314/Lungbuster_photos/IMG_0923.jpg
Can I play? I got Rock Chucks.
http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad314/Lungbuster_photos/IMAG0016.jpg
http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad314/Lungbuster_photos/IMG_0923.jpg
Very nice.
What are the details on the rifle in the top picture? It certainly did a number on that 'chuck.
Rem700 BDL .22-250
50gr V-max / 38.5gr H380
Scope is an old Burris 4.5x14x44
5/25/2011 7:31:27 PM
before this afternoons rain. we get rain everyday
5/25/2011 10:14:25 PM
Originally Posted By Maynard:
Didn't see this thread.
First one of the year:
http://imageshack.us/m/31/6112/part1306012692096.jpg
Didn't see this thread.
First one of the year:
http://imageshack.us/m/31/6112/part1306012692096.jpg
how much rain are you gettin in your part of ohio?
were gettin hit everyday lorain ,medina co.
I won't be shooting bean fields up here in early june this year!
5/26/2011 1:13:16 AM
Originally Posted By PAPPYO:
how much rain are you gettin in your part of ohio?
were gettin hit everyday lorain ,medina co.
I won't be shooting bean fields up here in early june this year!
Originally Posted By Maynard:
Didn't see this thread.
First one of the year:
http://imageshack.us/m/31/6112/part1306012692096.jpg
Didn't see this thread.
First one of the year:
http://imageshack.us/m/31/6112/part1306012692096.jpg
how much rain are you gettin in your part of ohio?
were gettin hit everyday lorain ,medina co.
I won't be shooting bean fields up here in early june this year!
Tornado warnings twice this week.
We're well above average and none of the 4 properties I hunt have anything planted. We've had a ton of rain here and we're getting ready to get hit again as I type this.
Grass is very tall also due the moisture making them harder to spot.
All my good fields are beans this year too.
5/26/2011 4:42:00 AM
Originally Posted By Maynard:
Tornado warnings twice this week.
We're well above average and none of the 4 properties I hunt have anything planted. We've had a ton of rain here and we're getting ready to get hit again as I type this.
Grass is very tall also due the moisture making them harder to spot.
All my good fields are beans this year too.
Originally Posted By PAPPYO:
how much rain are you gettin in your part of ohio?
were gettin hit everyday lorain ,medina co.
I won't be shooting bean fields up here in early june this year!
Originally Posted By Maynard:
Didn't see this thread.
First one of the year:
http://imageshack.us/m/31/6112/part1306012692096.jpg
Didn't see this thread.
First one of the year:
http://imageshack.us/m/31/6112/part1306012692096.jpg
how much rain are you gettin in your part of ohio?
were gettin hit everyday lorain ,medina co.
I won't be shooting bean fields up here in early june this year!
Tornado warnings twice this week.
We're well above average and none of the 4 properties I hunt have anything planted. We've had a ton of rain here and we're getting ready to get hit again as I type this.
Grass is very tall also due the moisture making them harder to spot.
All my good fields are beans this year too.
lets hope june brings a dry spell. There will be alot of no-till beans up my way. I hate that, when they spray the roundup and kill the weeds theres clumps of brown everywhere. Looks like groundhogs a few hundred yards off
goodluck this year.
5/26/2011 9:32:45 AM
Got another one yesterday in the sweltering humidity, was really gnarly looking like it may have gotten mange from a family of mangy foxes we have running around.
5/26/2011 9:57:20 AM
Originally Posted By PAPPYO:
lets hope june brings a dry spell. There will be alot of no-till beans up my way. I hate that, when they spray the roundup and kill the weeds theres clumps of brown everywhere. Looks like groundhogs a few hundred yards off
goodluck this year.
Originally Posted By Maynard:
Tornado warnings twice this week.
We're well above average and none of the 4 properties I hunt have anything planted. We've had a ton of rain here and we're getting ready to get hit again as I type this.
Grass is very tall also due the moisture making them harder to spot.
All my good fields are beans this year too.
Originally Posted By PAPPYO:
how much rain are you gettin in your part of ohio?
were gettin hit everyday lorain ,medina co.
I won't be shooting bean fields up here in early june this year!
Originally Posted By Maynard:
Didn't see this thread.
First one of the year:
http://imageshack.us/m/31/6112/part1306012692096.jpg
Didn't see this thread.
First one of the year:
http://imageshack.us/m/31/6112/part1306012692096.jpg
how much rain are you gettin in your part of ohio?
were gettin hit everyday lorain ,medina co.
I won't be shooting bean fields up here in early june this year!
Tornado warnings twice this week.
We're well above average and none of the 4 properties I hunt have anything planted. We've had a ton of rain here and we're getting ready to get hit again as I type this.
Grass is very tall also due the moisture making them harder to spot.
All my good fields are beans this year too.
lets hope june brings a dry spell. There will be alot of no-till beans up my way. I hate that, when they spray the roundup and kill the weeds theres clumps of brown everywhere. Looks like groundhogs a few hundred yards off
goodluck this year.
Thank you, good luck to you too Sir.
5/26/2011 8:46:10 PM
ill play, just took a little one tonight in the back yard at about 75 yards with a browning a-bolt in .25wssm.
5/27/2011 9:27:47 PM
this evening got one chuck.
then moved over to the sheep barn. Farmer said his wife has been seeing 2-3 coyote snooping around there everyday.
young male. maybe 2 yr. old. teeth are to good of shape to be older than that, plus he's small for this area
she's worried about this years spring lambs and they've been locking the barn.
then moved over to the sheep barn. Farmer said his wife has been seeing 2-3 coyote snooping around there everyday.
young male. maybe 2 yr. old. teeth are to good of shape to be older than that, plus he's small for this area
she's worried about this years spring lambs and they've been locking the barn.
5/29/2011 7:26:42 PM
mid 50's I can still catch pups by hand out back. Though with my old feeble hands I wear welding gloves now
Another big storm coming as you can tell by the dark background.
Another big storm coming as you can tell by the dark background.5/29/2011 7:55:10 PM
Originally Posted By PAPPYO:
mid 50's I can still catch pups by hand out back. Though with my old feeble hands I wear welding gloves now
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i342/lennyzrx/017.jpgAnother big storm coming as you can tell by the dark background.
mid 50's I can still catch pups by hand out back. Though with my old feeble hands I wear welding gloves now
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i342/lennyzrx/017.jpgAnother big storm coming as you can tell by the dark background.
Nice catch old man!
I went out tonight, saw two but no shots. That storm came through here earlier.
I did take some pics:
Walking up to check the barn, it's loaded:
Another outbuilding:
My mule:
My trusty .17 Rem.
I'm fortunate that I have access to this property. It has a little bit of everything with short range shots in the barns and 600+ yards out in the field to the left.
5/29/2011 8:13:23 PM
Yep. rain everyday up here. Like you said earlier the fields are so grown up it's tuff hunting.
Roger called earlier 6:30 pm and his wife seen 3 more yotes by the sheep barn.
Maybe I'll get up early tomorrow morn 4-5 am and get after it.
gotta love that 17 Rem. I load them for one of my farmers. He has a BDL. I have a TC Contender in 17 Rem.
brass quality from Rem. is poor nowadays. I pitched 12 cases out of this lot because of the necks
Roger called earlier 6:30 pm and his wife seen 3 more yotes by the sheep barn.
Maybe I'll get up early tomorrow morn 4-5 am and get after it.
gotta love that 17 Rem. I load them for one of my farmers. He has a BDL. I have a TC Contender in 17 Rem.
brass quality from Rem. is poor nowadays. I pitched 12 cases out of this lot because of the necks
5/29/2011 8:20:47 PM
I'll bet that big dodge comes in handy in this soft stuff
I have a 2wd Ranger. It adds about 1000 yards to the walk in this weather!
I have a 2wd Ranger. It adds about 1000 yards to the walk in this weather!
5/29/2011 9:17:06 PM
Originally Posted By PAPPYO:
I'll bet that big dodge comes in handy in this soft stuff
I have a 2wd Ranger. It adds about 1000 yards to the walk in this weather!
I'll bet that big dodge comes in handy in this soft stuff
I have a 2wd Ranger. It adds about 1000 yards to the walk in this weather!
It takes me wherever I want to go.
I've got older factory brass, some nickel cases and formed up some LC cases for .17. I'm sitting pretty good for brass.
I'm going back out tomorrow, good luck to you if you do.
5/29/2011 9:41:54 PM
Originally Posted By Maynard:
It takes me wherever I want to go.
I've got older factory brass, some nickel cases and formed up some LC cases for .17. I'm sitting pretty good for brass.
I'm going back out tomorrow, good luck to you if you do.
Originally Posted By PAPPYO:
I'll bet that big dodge comes in handy in this soft stuff
I have a 2wd Ranger. It adds about 1000 yards to the walk in this weather!
I'll bet that big dodge comes in handy in this soft stuff
I have a 2wd Ranger. It adds about 1000 yards to the walk in this weather!
It takes me wherever I want to go.
I've got older factory brass, some nickel cases and formed up some LC cases for .17. I'm sitting pretty good for brass.
I'm going back out tomorrow, good luck to you if you do.
I'll hit Rogers place early, take some heat off his back from the wife over the yotes. I don't care much for shootin them till fall though. A few other farmers have told me they see yotes all times of day now? The does are probably starting to drop fawns now plus I believe NE Ohios yote population has upped a bit?
I can hit a couple other farms after that. Like you said dang fields have grown up so tall it's tuff.
5/30/2011 1:55:32 PM
5/31/2011 6:53:50 PM
20 miutes ago
flip flop needed to keep his teeth busy. LOL
flip flop needed to keep his teeth busy. LOL
5/31/2011 7:10:18 PM
This is too much ground to cross if your a little fella with short legs
actually 7-8? years back I ran down a good sized male 9lbs. or so out back. He lit me up pretty good
You'll not hold an adult by the cuff of the neck! LOL
actually 7-8? years back I ran down a good sized male 9lbs. or so out back. He lit me up pretty good
You'll not hold an adult by the cuff of the neck! LOL
5/31/2011 8:07:05 PM
soon poor old maynard will be reduced to chasis'n Buckey Chucks this way.
as the weeds grow in un-tilled/planted fields us Buckeys get on edge and are sadly reduced to this
ti's very sad I have to do sprints to corner these bastards.
I'm goin for bigger stuff soon! More Bud will be needed after prior combat holds on these critters!
I will go with the new swinging tail hold, stay tuned!
got to find another camera person! All I hear out of the wife is asshole and some other stuff. I'm to busy to understand it all?
as the weeds grow in un-tilled/planted fields us Buckeys get on edge and are sadly reduced to this
ti's very sad I have to do sprints to corner these bastards.
I'm goin for bigger stuff soon! More Bud will be needed after prior combat holds on these critters!
I will go with the new swinging tail hold, stay tuned!
got to find another camera person! All I hear out of the wife is asshole and some other stuff. I'm to busy to understand it all?
5/31/2011 8:29:57 PM
All I can say is that I'm disturbed you haven't shot that groundhog yet.
5/31/2011 8:45:54 PM
Originally Posted By Maynard:
All I can say is that I'm disturbed you haven't shot that groundhog yet.
All I can say is that I'm disturbed you haven't shot that groundhog yet.
nope. not out back here. What ya don't see is a new BIG HOUSE built in the old bean field next to me. I simply could'nt dump 52k on 2.3 acres! Figured no one would build that close on a 4 lane within 80 yards and to me 20k my offer sounded fair
it lasted 2 weeks
I'm most likely headed down south out of ohio anyhoo
5/31/2011 9:13:17 PM
here ya go 52k ? not in my world. Then again I'm from eastern Ky.. Yea Hillbilly
52k goes a good better ways down there and I really don't care for this part of ohio! to many shitbags this way
52k ? not in my world. Then again I'm from eastern Ky.. Yea Hillbilly
52k goes a good better ways down there and I really don't care for this part of ohio! to many shitbags this way
5/31/2011 9:40:31 PM
across from the house! how long do ya think this will be crop field with the New Cleveland Clinic about 1 mile away?
time to haul ass! AND I'll probably do very well on my place!
time to haul ass!
AND I'll probably do very well on my place!6/1/2011 12:22:29 AM
I got a neighbeor who I'd like to stick that little guy in his mail box.....
6/2/2011 12:08:01 PM
Originally Posted By Lungbuster:
I got a neighbeor who I'd like to stick that little guy in his mail box.....
I got a neighbeor who I'd like to stick that little guy in his mail box.....
little fellas got a temper for sure. They'll actually charge after you once you have'em cornered up.LOL
big adults are a handfull. Good neck muscles on them and they can open you up real quick
6/2/2011 9:29:29 PM
My first huntin' experience ever today... 'Been shootin' for years, but never at anything living.
My first kill.. A bit on the small side, but I figure that made for a challenge. 'Small target y'know
Not a long shot... maybe 75-100 yards taken with my Savage 10FP in .223
One of my buddies with his and the days first kill... 'Was supposed to be mine, but... I couldn't find him even with help from another bino-equipped buddy.
I'd say 175 yards.. Taken with a Rem 700 in .243
A short clip of our "guide" taking one at about 100yrds with his Rem700 also in .243
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSAF6AiG74w
Awsome day... Can't wait to do it again.
My first kill.. A bit on the small side, but I figure that made for a challenge. 'Small target y'know
Not a long shot... maybe 75-100 yards taken with my Savage 10FP in .223
One of my buddies with his and the days first kill... 'Was supposed to be mine, but... I couldn't find him even with help from another bino-equipped buddy.
I'd say 175 yards.. Taken with a Rem 700 in .243
A short clip of our "guide" taking one at about 100yrds with his Rem700 also in .243
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSAF6AiG74w
Awsome day... Can't wait to do it again.
6/3/2011 7:38:17 PM
Originally Posted By Girlieman:
My first huntin' experience ever today... 'Been shootin' for years, but never at anything living.
My first kill.. A bit on the small side, but I figure that made for a challenge. 'Small target y'know
Not a long shot... maybe 75-100 yards taken with my Savage 10FP in .223
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v204/Girlieman/Firstkill.jpg
One of my buddies with his and the days first kill... 'Was supposed to be mine, but... I couldn't find him even with help from another bino-equipped buddy.
I'd say 175 yards.. Taken with a Rem 700 in .243
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v204/Girlieman/chuck3.jpg
A short clip of our "guide" taking one at about 100yrds with his Rem700 also in .243
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSAF6AiG74w
Awsome day... Can't wait to do it again.
My first huntin' experience ever today... 'Been shootin' for years, but never at anything living.
My first kill.. A bit on the small side, but I figure that made for a challenge. 'Small target y'know
Not a long shot... maybe 75-100 yards taken with my Savage 10FP in .223
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v204/Girlieman/Firstkill.jpg
One of my buddies with his and the days first kill... 'Was supposed to be mine, but... I couldn't find him even with help from another bino-equipped buddy.
I'd say 175 yards.. Taken with a Rem 700 in .243
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v204/Girlieman/chuck3.jpg
A short clip of our "guide" taking one at about 100yrds with his Rem700 also in .243
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSAF6AiG74w
Awsome day... Can't wait to do it again.
good shooting
weather has cleared here. Farmers are hot on the fields. maybe a bit of rain tomorrow.
I figure on lumping seed sat.,sun. to help out
no hunting this weekend.
I'll figure shooting bean fields first week of july if all goes well!
6/4/2011 1:31:00 AM
Welcome to the varmint hunting world Girlieman, it's fun and exciting.... can get expensive too....
Congratulations on your first kill.
Congratulations on your first kill.
6/5/2011 8:26:32 PM
Originally Posted By Lungbuster:
Welcome to the varmint hunting world Girlieman, it's fun and exciting.... can get expensive too....
Congratulations on your first kill.
not alway's fun,
Welcome to the varmint hunting world Girlieman, it's fun and exciting.... can get expensive too....
Congratulations on your first kill.
my stealth ride for the weekend LOL.
I got to make sure I have targets in the future. I can half ass farm when pressed into it. It's been a hard spring up here in N.E, Ohio so when it's dry and late they call the old fudd's to help.
6/5/2011 8:41:22 PM
Originally Posted By PAPPYO:
my stealth ride for the weekend LOL.
I got to make sure I have targets in the future. I can half ass farm when pressed into it. It's been a hard spring up here in N.E, Ohio so when it's dry and late they call the old fudd's to help.http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i342/lennyzrx/002.jpg
Originally Posted By Lungbuster:
Welcome to the varmint hunting world Girlieman, it's fun and exciting.... can get expensive too....
Congratulations on your first kill.
not alway's fun,
Welcome to the varmint hunting world Girlieman, it's fun and exciting.... can get expensive too....
Congratulations on your first kill.
my stealth ride for the weekend LOL.
I got to make sure I have targets in the future. I can half ass farm when pressed into it. It's been a hard spring up here in N.E, Ohio so when it's dry and late they call the old fudd's to help.http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i342/lennyzrx/002.jpg
and yes! that Deere is close to my age!
6/6/2011 7:53:17 PM
I rolled one in the weeds tonight and couldn't find it. I'm still stuck at 1.
6/7/2011 4:32:04 AM
I'll get out wed-thur. Almost all the fields are planted around here now. I figure 2 weeks till shootable bean fields.
hopefully more pic's then.
hopefully more pic's then.
6/11/2011 7:58:40 PM
i know you guys are getting tired of me saying it
but man I wish I had a place to shoot groundhogs anyone willing to let me pay them to hunt on your farms in OH?
but man I wish I had a place to shoot groundhogs
anyone willing to let me pay them to hunt on your farms in OH?