Last year I was introduced to groudhog hunting, and now I find myself constantly searching the fields for these little buggers. I've already been out once this year and I have a few days off towards the end of the week and intend on hunting whistle pigs at least one of those days. Just wondering if how many other members get excited about groundhog hunting?

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I love to hunt them, as crumby as it is here now I saw two of them today.

We used to have tons of them. The farms are mostly gone and so are the chucks. I would love to spend a day or two hunting them. Shawn

I love it. Got 3 dens I've built small blinds near, ready to go. The males have started roaming out a bit but not enough to ensure a shot if set-n near a den. another week or so of good weather and it's ON! Don't limit yourself to the ones you see in open fields, in my experience for every den in a field theres 3 or more less than 30 yds in the woodline surounding it.

jct, I argree the woodline is good, I have been scouting for dens throughout the winter. I have never hunted them from a blind. I kinda like still hunting for them.

Woodchuck hunting is very challenging here. Where I hunt them, you got to sneak up on them and catch them feeding. They don't venture too far from their holes. I love it, great way to keep sharp.

I have one in the woods behind the house..I missed him last year when sitting in my ground blind waiting for a deer to walk by.

Here is a few shots of my son and I out groundhoggin. Lots of fun and a regular pastime come spring and summer. No shortage of them around here.

Love it but havent tagged one yet.I hunt them while walking the 3D range at my club when its just my son and I o the property.Lots of fun.

We have a small orchard and our yard is quite large. We occaisonally have a family or two show up each year so I hunt them in order to protect our garden. One summer I got 6 of them. I used to go out and look for them but farming is dying out and they are hard to find. Coyotes have also taken their toll on them.

I just love "chuck" huntin! When I get the chance I chase them in the rocks of Wyoming...Rockchuck, Marmota Flaviventris, Yellow belly marmot.
 

Of course I go way back hunting Woodchucks
...groundhog, whistle pig, Marmota Monax...  in my home state of Missouri
 

You find them in isolated pockets anymore. Other than a "honey hole" they are widely scattered and more a target of opportunity.
 

Last year I had one living in my pond dam and if he shows again this year, he's toast!
 

Fine hunting and good eatin.

Dave, maybe we need a groundhog safari when ya'll thaw out up there?   :rolleyes:  I'll show you how to cook em.

JC, you gotta pass on the recipe....

Charlie, those levies along the rivers used to be full of them....

Kevin, search the recipe forum...you'll find some good ones there.

Ground Hog hunting is going to be my story when out in the woods and fields this spring and summer.  Here in NJ, we can't stump shoot on public property, but woodchucks are in season almost year round.

I didn't harvest a deer this year, so ground hogs will be my quarry until next fall. Spending time in the woods, hunting ground hogs, stump shooting, learning more about deer teritory, what more could you ask for?

TJ

P.S. Don't ask my wife this question

You mean there are people who don't hunt groundhogs with their bows?

I love hunting ground grizzlies around home. We have plenty of them in my area and here's one that I shot last spring.
 

10-4, Joe, I found it...    

My wife comes from a long line of Missouri hillbillies (self-admitted) so we've had opportunity to eat a number of things, but never groundhog...

I know the boys will eat anything, but sometimes she tries to deny her roots....  :D