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jhm757
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I've waited long enough!
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July 23, 2021, 10:04:28 PM »
I have held off shooting any G-Hogs this year as they had gotten kind of scarce around here. But now their numbers seem to have recovered as I have been seeing them pretty regular. One in particular was living in the old milk house and I decided to take him this evening.
In the first picture you can see the shot was kind of low, but it dropped on the spot and just twitched for a minute. The second picture shows the exit hole.
Then a few minutes later I see another one in the barnyard and I got him too! Yup! a double!
The little one I shot right in the ear, and the last picture shows the exit hole on that one.
The first one by the milk house was at about 50yds, the second one was standing right in a hole at about 40yds.
I got them both with my .25 SynRod shooting the 34gr JSB MKII's at about 900fps
Jim - jhm757
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July 23, 2021, 10:44:59 PM »
Good shooting on those groundhogs Jim. They have been scarce around here...
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July 24, 2021, 12:59:59 AM »
Nice shooting with the Synrod, you don't hear much about the Marauders anymore, still a great gun and Hunting platform.
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July 24, 2021, 01:04:58 AM »
Good shooting. If they’re anything like the ground squirrels here in Ca, you gotta get them when you see them as they multiply fast
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July 24, 2021, 01:48:36 AM »
Nice take Jim! And I respect your appreciation for their continued existence by holding off till you saw more of them coming back. Bravo.
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July 24, 2021, 04:56:33 AM »
Great shooting on the Ghogs Jim !!! Ghogs don't spread disease like ground squirrels, ground squirrels are definitely a very nasty critter indeed, lot of people don't like the fact that I shoot chipmunks however they're just as nasty being a ground squirrel. I eat ground hogs and if fixed right they taste great, the main thing I do with them is make sure that I get all the fat off them before I even think about cooking them.
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July 24, 2021, 09:27:06 AM »
Good shooting, great pics..
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July 24, 2021, 12:14:25 PM »
Jim, fantastic shots on both ghogs! Very nice patience to let their numbers increase! Nice photos.
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July 24, 2021, 10:45:41 PM »
Nice shooting Jim!
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Mrblonde40
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July 27, 2021, 03:47:03 PM »
There's no scarcity of them around here. I've had a 16 year truce with them. They stay out of the yard and I don't bother them. But this year they broke that truce and burrowed under my shed, shot 2 so far. There are 2 to 3 more that are staying out of sight, if they're smart they'll keep it that way.
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