.22WMR (with scope), a nice bench or chair under a nice shade tree with a breeze, a good book, and a pitcher of iced tea...
Oh and some commercial trash bags... Or a good idea of where the local skunks are (they seem to take care of carcasses well enough) Be the mountain... Then reach out and touch them! -- John W Reames jream...@verizon.net Home: +14106646986 Mobile: +14437915905 On Apr 29, 2011, at 11:37, Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > My granddaddy used to shoot groundhogs with a .22 at some distance and it > would generally go right through them, not kill them right away, they would > usually crawl back in their hole never to emerge. Those things are pretty > tough. Getting close enough to them to use a shotgun is a good challenge, > they are wary and quick. They also seem to have a sense for a gun, on the > farm they would be out around the barn in the evenings, and you could get > fairly close to them before they ran off, but if you were carrying a shotgun > they would take off quickly as soon as they saw it. > > --R > > On 4/29/2011 11:25 AM, Curt Raymond wrote: >> At camp a squirrel can be dispatched with a .22 but a groundhog REQUIRES a >> .410 or larger because I'm nervous about a groundhog crawling under the camp >> to die. The stink would be awful! >> >> -Curt >> >> Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:30:58 -0400 >> From: John Reames<jwrea...@comcast.net> >> To: Mercedes Discussion List<mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Beyond OT: How to bait a trap to catch a wascally >> wabbit >> Message-ID:<b192579d-a126-4a9c-988b-be32bedde...@comcast.net> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> >> There is something to be said for something with 30lb-ft at the muzzle >> without using any sort of powder... >> >> That might deal with groundhogs at short-mid range... >> >> >> -- >> John W Reames >> jream...@verizon.net >> Home: +14106646986 >> Mobile: +14437915905 >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
