GROUNDHOGS!

[LookMomNoSights]

Been seeing alot of groundhogs ....out in the grass here and there....eating dandelions and whatever else they eat.  Seen a few Id really like to get rid of.   Never put an arrow to one before though.   There are a couple spots where I can use some thick cover and slither within 20 yards or so.  So I have to ask - My Woodsmans or my ACE hex blunts? What say you?  

[Guru]

Broadheads!!!  Don't even consider blunts, 'chucks are one tough little critter!  Bh's give the best chance to kill them without them making it back to their holes.

Good luck!

[BCWV]

Woodsmans. Whistlepigs are tough. Broadheads for sure. I like hunting them almost as much as big game.
 Good luck.

[caleb7mm]

X2 on the above. and post up your after shot pictures!!  

[bmfer]

Groundhogs can can be pretty tough, gotta have a broadhead. Lots of fun to hunt, I lose arrows though.   :rolleyes:

[Red Beastmaster]

Use any cheap broadhead you don't mind losing down the hole. Most G-hogs will take the arrow with them. You will never see your Woodsman again unless you get a pass thru or it dies above ground.

I pick up my groundhog heads at swap meets. I'd never use an expensive broadhead.

Blunts just pi$$ them off.

[reddogge]

They are very tough critters and take a ton of killing.  Also a tough target at 20 yards.  You have a vital the size of an tangerine.

[Gunnar Mullins]

Id use a cheap broadhead like everyone else has said

[Shinken]

To put a groundhog down ethically with a clean kill using stick and string takes a great shot and I would recommend the same terminal equipment that you would use for any big game - a razor sharp broadhead - that is well placed.

Shoot straight, Shinken

[wollelybugger]

Broadheads, the last time I shot a groundhog with a regular arrow it took five arrows to dispatch. Never again.

[ishoot4thrills]

You got your work cut out for ya when it comes to arrowing a groundhog with trad. If it were me, I would find an active den and play the waiting game and hide in some thick stuff about 15 yards away and wait for him to come out.

[smokin joe]

Use your deer set up with sharp broadheads. You will have fun. They are tough to get close to. Setting up near an active den is good...better if you have a tree stand near an active den.

[Ryan Rothhaar]

I used to be pretty hard on the local groundhogs back in Ohio - I don't have enough around where I live to hunt them now and I really miss that.  They are great training for becoming a good woodsman and hunter.  I always said if they weighed 100 lbs they'd be able to fight a grizzly bear - like the other guys said, use your deer setup for 'chucks.

The last year I seriously hunted them in Ohio I killed an even 50 with my recurve, that was pretty good in an area that a serious rifle hunter might get 100 in a year with a 22-250.

My Dad always said if he was King of the World an aspiring deer hunter would have to bring him 20 tails from bowkilled groundhogs - then he'd be ready to start hunting deer.

Ryan

[Gila]

Woodchucks are fun to hunt, but amazingly tough for their size. They have an excellent sense of smell and must be approach with stealth. Like mentioned in previous post, use sharp broadheads that you are willing to lose, because even a fatally hit "chuck" will take your arrow down the hole. Shoot straight. Bruce

[59Alaskan]

How do they taste?

[Doc Nock]

C24,

I've eaten up to big old sows and they were fine. There are tricks. Under each of 4 legs there is some gnarly grey "fatty" looking stuff... they're some sort of "gland" and STINK! There are 2 more between the shoulder blades.

One I shot as a kid weighed 26# on grandma's bathroom scale...fwtw. I took off 5 qt pail of fat skinnin it. I'm told the fat renders down wonderfully...and smells just like Vit E! Might be loaded with Vit E since they're Vegans.

We par-boiled in onion and salt/pepper and then breaded and baked in oven...I've fried, too, and done up other ways. The youn'uns being kicked outa the hole later in the summer are DELICIOUS!

I use old Savora replaceable blade heads. I sharpen the blades with a KME B-head sharpener and as stated, often loose them or have them damaged beyond use. They weren't excellent to start, but are sharp!

Only one I ever saw killed w/ a blunt was a compound guy hit one in the eye with a muzzy blunt from an 80# bow! Wouldn't count on that though! Broadheads! Sharp ones!

[Bluehawk]

I use MA3s for Ground hogs very tough and easy to sharpen.      YOUNG ground hogs taste great boned and put on shish-ka-bobs   jsut like real good pork

[NJWoodsman]

Towards the end of deer season last year I was wearing a leafy suit walking down a path in the woods. I saw a woodchuck scooting right towards me, so I stepped behind a sapling and he scurried right past me. I shot him with a Magnus MAII quartering away at 8 yards First shot, just under the armpit, pinned him down. Second shot did the trick, but he just about gnawed through my wood arrow first.

I made a delicious beef-style stew from the ribs & legs after soaking the meat in salt water for a couple of days.

[PSUBowhunter]

Dont even consider blunts or field points. Groundhogs are crazy tough and will quickly destroy an arrow. I use some older steelforce heads that I have.

[shedhunter]

160 snuffers!!!!!  good medicine! ron