rc109a
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While working several days ago I got asked by a farmer if I wanted to do some hunting for varmints. Of course I jumped on it. The only catch was I only have 3 months to hunt. He has over 150 acres. The ground hogs are hurting his livestock and making farming a pain. He removed all the livestock from this farm to another so he could replace all the fencing and said to have at it.
Since I never hunted ground hogs I am just playing by ear. I am still trying to find out when the best time to hunt is.
The first day I went out after lunch and shot one at 230yrds. My buddy got one at 145yds.
The second day went out in the morning and shot one at 165yds as it was sunning on a log. Later as I was walking around one jumped up in front of me and I shot it with my Ruger Single Six at 20 yds. That was the first time I thought of shooting one with a pistol. I was not that impressed since I had to shot it twice (I know shot placement, but it was running and a snap shot)
Well today I decided to try it after 4pm. We were driving around and one popped up at 200yds. I hit it and decided to walk up and check out the damage. I grabbed my 10/22 and started walking. As I got closer I spotted movement to my right and there was another about 30yrds away. He was way to close for my scope so I used the iron sights and dropped him. We went back to the truck and I was showing my buddy my S&W 41mag and he wanted to shoot it. So we walked to the tailgate and I noticed a ground hog burrow a few feet away. My jaw dropped when a hog popped up less then 10ft away. Needless to say the 41 got its first hog. My buddy looked at me and said "Looks like you got yourself a Trifecta".
Never thought of it like that...
I just thought I would share this story with you. If you have any ideas of the best time to hunt or anything that might help, please let me know...Thanks
Since I never hunted ground hogs I am just playing by ear. I am still trying to find out when the best time to hunt is.
The first day I went out after lunch and shot one at 230yrds. My buddy got one at 145yds.
The second day went out in the morning and shot one at 165yds as it was sunning on a log. Later as I was walking around one jumped up in front of me and I shot it with my Ruger Single Six at 20 yds. That was the first time I thought of shooting one with a pistol. I was not that impressed since I had to shot it twice (I know shot placement, but it was running and a snap shot)
Well today I decided to try it after 4pm. We were driving around and one popped up at 200yds. I hit it and decided to walk up and check out the damage. I grabbed my 10/22 and started walking. As I got closer I spotted movement to my right and there was another about 30yrds away. He was way to close for my scope so I used the iron sights and dropped him. We went back to the truck and I was showing my buddy my S&W 41mag and he wanted to shoot it. So we walked to the tailgate and I noticed a ground hog burrow a few feet away. My jaw dropped when a hog popped up less then 10ft away. Needless to say the 41 got its first hog. My buddy looked at me and said "Looks like you got yourself a Trifecta".
Never thought of it like that...I just thought I would share this story with you. If you have any ideas of the best time to hunt or anything that might help, please let me know...Thanks
