Ain't nuttin wrong with eating ground hog! They're vegetarians!
Just look for hard marbly grey "fat" deposits under each of 4 legs and two between the shoulders... they're some sort of gland...and stink!
I did up a big ole sow my grandad made me clean and grandma cooked up at 14. It weight a whoppin 23# on the bathroom scale... so who knows for sure!
Clean critters and decent meat... we par-boiled 30 min on low w/ parsley and onion, then cooled, breaded and baked in oven like "shake n bake" and "Ah, halped" (gotta be 50 to remember that commercial!)