Exploding Woodchucks - What I Did Today

Dr. Spec
Dr. Spec Posts: 3,780
edited February 28 in Clubhouse Archives
A horse farmer around the corner will soon be hosting the nation's largest horse and vintage carriage show - 31 years running.

He has a bad woodchuck problem in the field where the show will be taking place, so he recruited me to clean them out. Seems he didn't want his horses breaking their legs in the holes. Can't say as I blame him.

Shooting was done from a concealed position with camo netting and clothing, seated at a portable card table, with an Outers varmint rest. Rifle is Ruger M77 MKII stainless synthetic chambered in .223 Rem. Optics are Simmons 3-10x50 Whitetail Classic with Leupold rings, Steiner Predator 8x30 binocs, and a Bushnell laser range finder. Ammo is Federal AE 50 grain jacketed hollowpoints. 5 confirmed kills, no probables, and 3 confirmed misses. Average shot distance was 175 yards, with a short of 135 and a long ball at 227.

Note horrific exit wounds created by the diminutive hollowpoint bullet, especially on that neck shot. Sucks to be them......

Anybody else sniping chucks in the summer heat?

Doc
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  • OrangeToupee
    OrangeToupee Posts: 488
    edited July 2002
    Takes a real man to shoot little animals ;>[
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  • nascarmann
    nascarmann Posts: 1,464
    edited July 2002
    Agree OT.....I see nothing impressive?:rolleyes:
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  • LiquidSound
    LiquidSound Posts: 1,261
    edited July 2002
    It takes even more of a man to watch your horses snap their precious legs and not do anything to prevent it. Life sucks. Be glad you're not a woodchuk.
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
    edited July 2002
    digging holes??

    I thought they only would or could chuk wood

    But nobody know how much wood they would chuk if they could chuk wood.

    If a woodchuk can't chuk wood, maybe he could get Viagra.

    Thank you, thank you .. I'll be here all week
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited July 2002
    Excellent Doc! I've gone pig/wild boar hunting many a time up North. The lady's ranch we hunt on has a huge ground squirrel problem, so she asks us to kill them for her.

    I use an old Winchester .30-.30 lever action rifle with iron sights. Best shot so far was a squirrel a 220 yards.

    Of course the most fun is hunting jackrabbit with my AK-47, Man them **** will give you a run for your money. Tried to eat one once, they're disgusting.

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  • Dr. Spec
    Dr. Spec Posts: 3,780
    edited July 2002
    As usual, the subject of shooting animals has generated polarized responses.

    I can't see what manhood or lack thereof has anything to do with eliminating varmints for a local resident who owns horses and doesn't want them to break their legs in the holes. These chucks are so troublesome to this guy, they have been poisoned, smoked, shot, and even blown up with demolition charges.

    This is the largest vintage horse and carriage competition in the nation - 31 years running. Imagine the bad press this guy would receive if a competitor's horse broke it's leg and had to be put down.

    I do not derive any satisfaction per se from killing woodchucks. I take satisfaction in helping a neighbor eliminate dangerous pests. They are destructive animals and have always been the bane of horse and crop farmers. I take pride in my shooting skills and knowledge of in flight and terminal ballistics.

    Varmints are very wary, and have keen hearing and eyesight. Varminting is much harder than the casual and uninformed reader would imagine. I challenge anyone who would argue otherwise to try it once.

    Doc
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  • goingganzo
    goingganzo Posts: 2,793
    edited July 2002
    i think if you eat what you kill then hunting is good but just to get a trofythat is not good i fish never been hunting but have good frends who hunt if i would hunt i would go deer hunting it tastes good
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  • jrausch
    jrausch Posts: 510
    edited July 2002
    OOOpps, -5 on the bad karma meter. Unless your karma runs over your dogma. :eek:
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  • Dr. Spec
    Dr. Spec Posts: 3,780
    edited July 2002
    I'm with you goingganzo. Except for varmints, I eat everything I hunt, and generally avoid "trophy" hunting, since it is considered poor deer management.

    Ron, where the heck did you find that icon of the bench shooting guy? That is cool. I have scheduled a boar hunt (my first) this fall, and I hope it is fun and challenging. Wow - hitting anything that small at 220 yards with a .30-30 ironsight Winchester lever s a real accomplishment - great shooting!

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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited July 2002
    Doc, here is a slew of smilies...SMILE

    Enjoy your boar hunt, man they are fun, just be careful, they will charge at you.


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  • Dr. Spec
    Dr. Spec Posts: 3,780
    edited July 2002
    Ron:

    Acknowledged. I have read accounts of this. Thanks for the warning, and the smilies.

    I will be packing a Ruger Super Redhawk 9-1/2" stoked with Garrett 310 grain hard cast flat nose whompers (www.garrettcartridges.com)chrono'd in my rig at 1382 fps and nearly 1,400 ft-lbs of power.

    I am taking the sledgehammer approach......no chances with a 300 pound Russian wild boar. The Garretts WILL punch all the way through, even lengthwise on a charge.

    One day I'll tell you more about the guy who thought it would be cute to hunt pigs, gators, and coons in the swamps of Florida with a .22 Magnum (no typo) and a .50 cal smokepole......it doesn't end well. It made the papers up here.....

    My buddy says they have bad eyes, bad attitudes, but great noses and ears and scream through the woods like greased footballs. The meat is supposedly very good, and the outfitter offers curing, smoking, and bacon, etc. for only $75.

    Doc
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  • Micah Cohen
    Micah Cohen Posts: 2,022
    edited July 2002
    I just love the word "varmints"!

    varmintsvarmintsvarmintsvarmintsvarmintsvarmintsvarmintsvarmintsvarmintsvarmintsvarmintsvarmintsvarmintsvarmintsvarmintsvarmintsvarmintsvarmintsvarmintsvarmintsvarmints!

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  • nascarmann
    nascarmann Posts: 1,464
    edited July 2002
    I just love the word "varmints"!

    Is this something from childhood......:D
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  • burdette
    burdette Posts: 1,194
    edited July 2002
    Woodchuck Stew

    First, git yerself a dade woodchuck, hopefully one that ain't bin dade too long... Hol' dat var'mint over a far ta burn the hair off.. puttin' it on a stick'll hep ya not burn yer fingers..

    Throw dat dehaired critter in a big pot and poor in a few cans uh yer buddy's beer... don't go wastin' yer own beer...

    Throw in any 'taters yuh got dat ain't black and stinky... maybe a turnip er two if'n ya gottem... if yuh ak'chully eat any udder vetchtibles, throw dem in der too.

    Poor in a heap uh salt.. woodchucks ain't wirt a sheeeit wit'out 'nuf salt..

    Turn up da far an' cook dat critter 'til it looks lak yer gran'ma.. all wrinkly and whatnot...

    Yuh can put in any udder critters yuh got if'n yer buddies'll be stayin' fer supper... if the critter already stanks.. cook'er a little longer...

    Don' fergit.. da giz'erds best wit' cone'brad..

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  • nascarmann
    nascarmann Posts: 1,464
    edited July 2002
    burdette

    You bin drankin....
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited July 2002
    and I'm about to......
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,656
    edited July 2002
    Originally posted by burdette
    Woodchuck Stew


    Don' fergit.. da giz'erds best wit' cone'brad..


    Truer words have not been spoken....LOL

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