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Cyclic-Rivers
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Re: Groundhog help
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Reply #20 on:
May 11, 2011, 09:01:00 AM »
MMMMM! Ground Chuck
Still trying to get one. Not as many here as there used to be.
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Re: Groundhog help
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May 11, 2011, 09:18:00 AM »
Now that you mention that, I believe you're correct. I have only seen one in six years on my property . . . and I scan the gardens and grounds every morning. Fields are larger, seldom left fallow, and farm equipment heavier to clear away ground snags and I don't think the 'chucks find the homey spots like they used to.
Haven't tried a Magnus Blunt on a chuck. They're bad medicine on bunnies.
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Red Beastmaster
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Re: Groundhog help
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May 11, 2011, 09:46:00 AM »
When they run down the hole on their own it saves you the trouble of stuffing them in later.
Hunting sod poodles with a stickbow is about the most fun you can have without getting hurt!
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Re: Groundhog help
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May 11, 2011, 01:53:00 PM »
Had only two that didn't run after taking punishment from a large snuffer. One was a head shot and one was a feeding head-on full length body shot. I wonder if whistle pigs are somehow related to turkeys.
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Doc Nock
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May 11, 2011, 02:06:00 PM »
Sod Poodles??
Oh, Mr. Lohr!
Grandad used to cut a willow switch about 4' long and shove down the hole and then we'd folow the stick shoveling, but like said above, if'n you killed it, you ate it!
Get all 6 glands off them and they really aren't bad table fare.
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Re: Groundhog help
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May 11, 2011, 02:17:00 PM »
Yep, throw a couple smoke bombs in a hole, cover it up and you will be surprised. Smoke with come out other holes you would never believe are connected. We did that growing up and had "hogs of the earth" running everywhere. Scared the heck out of a couple kids.
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Carbonkiller
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Re: Groundhog help
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May 11, 2011, 02:39:00 PM »
i shot one a few years ago and luckily my arrow didnt pass completely thru... he couldnt make it in the hole all the way. right as i got my second arrow in him...he had just chewed the first xx75 2020 in two!! tough critters and can be dangerous when hurt and cornered.
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Bjorn
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May 11, 2011, 02:55:00 PM »
This thread is making me want to watch 'Caddyshack' again.
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Re: Groundhog help
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May 11, 2011, 04:23:00 PM »
I woundn't worry with it myself.....
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Re: Groundhog help
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May 11, 2011, 05:53:00 PM »
I have eaten groundhog before and it was pretty good. We ate plenty of rabbit, squirrel and raccoon also. A buddy and I once did "Shake and Bake" an opossum...not so good and a big mistake for our dates, needless to say the girls weren't impressed. We should have tried it once, before we made that meal. If we killed it or trapped it, we generally tried to eat it, except for skunks and then possums. We still laugh about it though.
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7 Lakes
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Re: Groundhog help
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May 11, 2011, 06:42:00 PM »
Get some C4 and shape the charges like Mr. Bunny & Mrs. Squirrel, this way they won't scare the Whistle pig family. Drop them down each hole and wait for tomorrows golf tourny.
Or you could just call Bill Murray, Dan Akroid and Ted Baxter.
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May 11, 2011, 06:43:00 PM »
Might want to call Ted's neice also.
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Re: Groundhog help
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May 11, 2011, 07:11:00 PM »
'A modified bowfishing rig for ground carp'
Be careful what you ask for if using a line.
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Re: Groundhog help
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May 11, 2011, 09:43:00 PM »
I had one person who tried the Judo grabbers on the shafts behind the head in an attempt to stop pass through. Even if you don't get a pass through, they still break the arrow when they get to the hole. The shafts can't take the pressure of the chuck diving into the hole. Best chance is to take them as far away from the hole as possible.
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Re: Groundhog help
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May 11, 2011, 10:09:00 PM »
They are tough critters. Had one treed one time, emptied my quiver and it looked more like a porcupine when it reached its hole…8^) Never did retrieve any of my arrows.
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Red Beastmaster
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Re: Groundhog help
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May 12, 2011, 08:32:00 AM »
I rely on swap meets to supply my groundhog ammo. Cheap wood or aluminum arrows and whatever broadhead I can get.
My best swap meet purchase was at the Baltimore Classic. I got 36 Bodkin 3-blades for only $5. That was 5 years ago and I only have two left. I also was given a couple dozen assorted screw in broadheads, mostly Muzzys.
Most hits take the arrow down the hole so I use the cheapest stuff I can find.
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Re: Groundhog help
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Reply #36 on:
May 12, 2011, 08:53:00 AM »
Sorry if this is a duplicate.
I have tried everything under the sun to keep those little buggers from getting down their holes.
Broadheads always pass through allowing them to get down their holes, and judos usually stun them, but not enough to keep them from getting down their holes unless you hit them in the head.
I've found that my Groundhog set-up is this:
2 field points
2 broadheads
2 judos
I always take the first shot with the field point. It shish-kabobs them, usually leaving 6 - 8 inches of shaft on either end. This "usually" prohibits them from getting down their hole. Then a quick follow-up shot at the mouth of their hole can be made with the judo or a broadhead.
I've had them take my arrows down their holes with them, but a majority of them just can't get down the hole with shaft on either side of their bodies. Plan on a bent arrow for the field point first shot. They excert a lot of force trying to bend your arrow to get down the hole.
Hope that helps.
Matt
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illianabowhntr67
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Re: Groundhog help
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Reply #37 on:
May 12, 2011, 01:12:00 PM »
I gotta den on my property and wide assortment of old arrows and broadheads.Sounds like fun to me.I also got a buddy who will eat anything.Curious to see what he'll do if I kill one.
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Re: Groundhog help
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May 12, 2011, 03:30:00 PM »
There is one consideration that offers a possibility of greatly reducing a ground carp's swim to the hole.
Don't shoot me and cry heresy before reading the following suggestion. I had contemplated taking a mechanical 2 3/4"- 3 blade Tomahawk and securing the blades in the open position. Tuning would be paramount as well as the over-all arrow design to be effective.
While I only use fixed blade heads, I am fully aware of the damage these 2 3/4"- 3 blades inflict. This set-up,if feasible, would yield a Slash Factor 88% greater than the big Snuffer.
May be the end of ground carp tail walking.
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Matthew Bolton
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Re: Groundhog help
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Reply #39 on:
May 12, 2011, 07:50:00 PM »
Friend has a pretty good idead working there. I like it.
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