Woodchucks Again...........

[Lawdwaz]

Tonight in Arcade, 223ai on a hot summer's night, 3 shots, 3 kills.  (Pretty good pokes, too)

 

 

 

Only problem is my spot that has been very good for the last 4 years or so is now 100% all corn!  I killed these three on the farmers lane going into the fields.  In a few weeks the corn will be too tall to shoot over so I'll be SOL.  They are all holed up on the edges of the 400 yard long lane, for now.

[Dinsdale]

For you upstate guys that must be some good eating to get ya' through the month; eh?

[shawnhu]

For you upstate guys that must be some good eating to get ya' through the month; eh?

Oh nos!

[Lawdwaz]

Very tasty little rodents. (I've heard)

If anybody would like to try them, I can pm you the approximate coordinates...........

[Dinsdale]

Tastes like chicken. LOL

[PREDATE]

For you upstate guys that must be some good eating to get ya' through the month; eh?

Those of us with roots in these hills most likely have relatives/ancestors who used to eat most wild game. These were folks who worked their fingers to the bone to support their families. Would they complain? Nope, for they knew that they were eating better than their yuppy brethren down in the horse $**t covered streets of the city.

Sewer rats or woodchuck? I'd choose chuck!

 

...........and l do, after a long day of hunting. Nothing beats a cold winter woodchuck!

                                           

[wooly]

Looks like you got yourself some good catfish bait!

Sure will eat better than them rats!

I don't think walleye will eat them unless they float off the bottom and sell for more than 6 bucks a dozen......they have expensive taste!

[PREDATE]

Wooly- ever tried screening for dobson? It's pretty cool, plus stonecats are frequently caught if you do it in a shallow weedbed. We can usually get 4-6 doz. stoneys in an hour or two.

[dbHunterNY]

I've only been out a few times.  i'm up to 8 from earlier in the spring.  we just cut the hay fields last week so the count should go up quick.  last year I ended at a count of 82.  while haying on the tractor at my parent's farm, I noticed some new holes so i'll be out... maybe this evening.  second to last one I took with my actual varmint gun at 308-310 yards.  the last one I took with my dad's old Remington 7600 30-06 at around 160 yards.  Tried for a head shot and that '06 took it's whole head right off!  Little over kill and much prefer my 223.

[pistolp71]

Nice! Oh do I miss the days of good woodchuck hunting. There hasn't been anything to shoot by me(Delaware) in 15 yrs or so. Most people blame the coyotes, but I'm not sure why.

[stop em and drop em]

Me too, we used 22's and that was a lot of fun. Same problem in recent years, no chucks by me also in Delaware County. I have to agree that it is the coyotes, seen coyotes recently but no chucks.

[asav2013]

I had a slower year , last year I got 30, this year I got 18, longest was 380 yards , always heard why,coyotes are to blame because they can,lay in taller grass by a chucks hole, wait for em to pop out and slink out in to the field for a snack and bam coyote jumps on em, never seen it or had proof just what IV heard

[DROpTINE]

I haven't seen a woodchuck by my property in atleast 10 years. Coyotes are all over the place. Gonna be a fun winter trying to eliminate a few problems.

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