|
Sponsored By... Watlington Outdoors – Plan & Book Your Hunting Trips Monroe Township, NJ (732) 236-2185 - duane@watlingtonoutdoors.com http://www.watlingtonoutdoors.com |
|
|
| Home PMs Upload New Posts |
| Posted: 31 May 2005 12:13 AM | ||
|
Registered User, Sponsor |
Posts: 6842 Addicted to NJH:  Join Date: Feb 2005 |
|
Does anyone else out there hunt woodchucks?
I've found it to be a great way to practice for deer season. They are plentiful pests that most farmers welcome hunters onto their land to eliminate. And a hunter that trims a landowner's woodchuck problem, and shows he's a " safe " hunter can find his foot firmly in the door when asking permission to return for deer season  __________________ President-UXBNJ
http://www.uxbnj.com/ --} ---> In the end, it's the "HUNTER" that gets the deer not the BOW ! The bowman, to be successful as a hunter, must learn to perfection the habits of his game. NO MATTER WHAT TYPE OF BOW HE USES ! |
||
| Posted: 31 May 2005 5:57 AM | ||
|
Registered User Currently Offline |
Posts: 90 Fawn:  Join Date: Mar 2005 |
|
| Look under small game there's a whole thread on it.Griz | ||
| Posted: 31 May 2005 7:54 AM | ||
|
|
Registered User, Sponsor |
Posts: 6842 Addicted to NJH: Join Date: Feb 2005 |
|
Thanks, I should have looked first. __________________ President-UXBNJ
http://www.uxbnj.com/ --} ---> In the end, it's the "HUNTER" that gets the deer not the BOW ! The bowman, to be successful as a hunter, must learn to perfection the habits of his game. NO MATTER WHAT TYPE OF BOW HE USES ! |
||
| Posted: 31 May 2005 7:58 AM | ||
|
Administrator, Sponsor |
Posts: 11871 Addicted to NJH: Join Date: Feb 2005 |
|
Nightstalker... what type of gun to you use to shoot them? __________________ |
||
| Posted: 31 May 2005 10:12 AM | ||
|
|
Registered User, Sponsor |
Posts: 6842 Addicted to NJH: Join Date: Feb 2005 |
|
I've been using a Re. Model 7 in .223cal. I shoot it all summer for chucks, then when Pa. deer season come around, I grab my Rem. Model 7 in 7MM-08. Same gun/ scope combination. It's just like practicing all summer with your deer rifle.
For the longer shots, I have an TC Encore in 22-250, with a 14X scope. But it tends to rattle the windows on the smaller farms  __________________ President-UXBNJ
http://www.uxbnj.com/ --} ---> In the end, it's the "HUNTER" that gets the deer not the BOW ! The bowman, to be successful as a hunter, must learn to perfection the habits of his game. NO MATTER WHAT TYPE OF BOW HE USES ! |
||
| Posted: 31 May 2005 10:46 AM | ||
|
|
Registered User, Sponsor |
Posts: 6842 Addicted to NJH: Join Date: Feb 2005 |
The picture I posted in the photo gallery shows my old ( it was Dad's ) Rem. model 788 in .22-250. Since it was made in 1968 ( I believe ) and has sentimental value, I don't shoot it anymore. But it was accurate enough to get the other chuck in the photo at 300+yds, from my deck  __________________ President-UXBNJ
http://www.uxbnj.com/ --} ---> In the end, it's the "HUNTER" that gets the deer not the BOW ! The bowman, to be successful as a hunter, must learn to perfection the habits of his game. NO MATTER WHAT TYPE OF BOW HE USES ! |
||
| Posted: 14 Jun 2006 3:59 PM | ||
|
Registered User, Sponsor |
Posts: 2691 Monster Buck:  Join Date: Nov 2005 |
|
I'd like to shoot them. No place to go . __________________ Hunt with what you want and do it well...
Proud member of UBNJ V.P. of UXBNJ http://www.uxbnj.com/ Mike ---} ----> |
||
| Posted: 14 Jun 2006 4:21 PM | ||
|
Registered User Currently Offline |
Posts: 2810 Monster Buck: Join Date: Jun 2005 |
|
| i hunt them as well i shot one last week that was digging holes under my shed.. | ||
| Posted: 14 Jun 2006 5:25 PM | ||
|
Registered User, Sponsor |
Posts: 13028 Addicted to NJH: Join Date: Oct 2005 |
|
i would shoot them if i had a place to shoot them at __________________  Git-R-Done
FREE RUGGIE     [spy] |
||
| Posted: 14 Jun 2006 5:28 PM | ||
|
Registered User, Sponsor Currently Offline |
Posts: 7952 Addicted to NJH: Join Date: Mar 2005 |
|
Would a .22 rifle be sufficient to kill them little buggers?
David __________________ NJ... Where fun comes to die!
|
||
| Posted: 14 Jun 2006 5:32 PM | ||
|
Registered User Currently Offline |
Posts: 2810 Monster Buck: Join Date: Jun 2005 |
|
| i have killed them with my pellet rifle | ||
| Posted: 14 Jun 2006 5:34 PM | ||
|
Registered User Currently Offline |
Posts: 2810 Monster Buck: Join Date: Jun 2005 |
|
|
i have killed them with my pellet rifle
|
||
| Posted: 14 Jun 2006 5:35 PM | ||
|
|
Registered User, Sponsor Currently Offline |
Posts: 7952 Addicted to NJH: Join Date: Mar 2005 |
|
Quote:
i have killed them with my pellet rifle Really? Then there must be something wrong with my pellet rifle then. I've shot squirrels with my pellet rifle only to have the BB bounce off them. David __________________ NJ... Where fun comes to die!
|
||
| Posted: 14 Jun 2006 5:37 PM | ||
|
|
Registered User, Sponsor |
Posts: 13028 Addicted to NJH: Join Date: Oct 2005 |
|
dave pellet riffle use the pellets not the bbs...i shot a bunny with 2 bbs and he just wobbled and finally ran off next time he came around i shot him with a pellet in the head and he didnt move again...my garden was safe __________________ Git-R-Done
FREE RUGGIE [spy] |
||
| Posted: 14 Jun 2006 6:04 PM | ||
|
|
Registered User, Sponsor Currently Offline |
Posts: 7952 Addicted to NJH: Join Date: Mar 2005 |
|
Quote:
I'll bet it would be fun with your Hand Cannon I shot last Sat.... There would be nothing left of the Woodchuck if you hit it with that thing
David __________________ NJ... Where fun comes to die!
|
||
| Posted: 14 Jun 2006 6:15 PM | ||
|
Registered User Currently Offline |
Posts: 829 Typical:  Join Date: Feb 2006 |
|
| When ever I get time to get up to my properties in Branchberg,Whitehouse and Readington | ||
| Posted: 14 Jun 2006 6:30 PM | ||
|
Registered User, Sponsor |
Posts: 6363 Addicted to NJH: Join Date: Dec 2005 |
|
Quote:
I used to shoot them with my 257 Robert's...Ah another gun these kid's never heard of.. Rich, I'm waiting for the PM telling me I can buy it from you __________________ Capitalist - Pro Staffer
|
||
| Posted: 14 Jun 2006 7:48 PM | ||
|
Registered User Currently Offline |
Posts: 1850 Non Typical:  Join Date: Jun 2005 |
|
Nightstalker, I hunt hogs as well. I hunt farms all over Northern Jersey and I use a worked Remington 243 BDL. I also use a 22mag for the close quarters shots. It really is a lot of fun. The long range shots are the most challenging(500 yards). As soon as we get a break from the rain the farmers will begin cutting the fields. Then the fun begins! __________________ Member FMBA local 21
Member UBNJ |
||
| Posted: 14 Jun 2006 7:53 PM | ||
|
Registered User Currently Offline |
Posts: 113 Spike:  Join Date: Dec 2005 |
|
| My father has been after them with his Ruger no.1 in 220 swift. Killed 34 in the last month. | ||
| Posted: 17 Dec 2008 10:49 PM | ||
|
Registered User Currently Offline |
Posts: 166 Spike: Join Date: Dec 2008 |
|
|
i nailed 2 of them,1 with my 12 gauge #8 lr/ln target load,the other with my nylon 77 .22 lr. last time i saw on any my land was 5 months ago.
i know there's more of them around here, cause the last time i seen any their was 4 at once munching on grass together. can't use rifle unless on private land. public land is shotgun only,3 shells, no larger than #4 fine shot. __________________ HOW MUCH AMMO DO I HAVE? I HAVE ENOUGH
. |
||
| Posted: 18 Dec 2008 8:41 AM | ||
|
Registered User Currently Offline |
Posts: 304 Rack Buck:  Join Date: Mar 2008 |
|
they are in the dens now till around feb march. I am thinking of going to the 204 for both hogs and out of state preds. 17 centers are good also for jersey. 22 rims will not always drop them in their tracks if they are by the den may get back down in there, that sucks for me because I need the glands.
If you guys shooting hogs want to save glands pm me. __________________ ACP Wildlife Control Services
Rednecks Pride Game Calls / Outdoor scents |
||
| Posted: 18 Dec 2008 8:58 AM | ||
|
Registered User |
Posts: 511 Typical: Join Date: Jun 2005 |
|
| What do you do with the glands? | ||
| Posted: 18 Dec 2008 9:01 AM | ||
|
Registered User Currently Offline |
Posts: 618 Typical: Join Date: Jun 2007 |
|
trapping lures.
must be fresh frozen. __________________ united bowhunters of nj
nj fur harvesters monroeville |
||
| Posted: 18 Dec 2008 10:35 AM Last Edited By: KoBear | ||
|
Registered User |
Posts: 2738 Monster Buck: Join Date: Feb 2007 |
|
Quote:
22 rims will not always drop them in their tracks if they are by the den may get back down in there this is very true. i find that if i keep the shots within 80 yards using a heavy subsonic round, headshot, i can 9 times outta 10 drop them in their tracks. here's what i use: 
which results in this: 
OR... this: 
which results in something like this: (i wish)  __________________ |
||
| Posted: 18 Dec 2008 11:11 AM | ||
|
Registered User |
Posts: 701 Typical: Join Date: Jan 2008 |
|
|
Quote:
I'd like to shoot them. No place to go Same here,used to have a farm in PA to do it but no more. You all may think this is crazy but I used my hunting rifle,a 270 weatherby mag. Figured I'd use the same gun I hunted whitetails with. The 100gr bullet at 3800ft/sec vaporized them,nothing left but scraps and blood.I'd love to do it again
|
||
| Posted: 18 Dec 2008 6:03 PM | ||
|
|
Registered User Currently Offline |
Posts: 304 Rack Buck: Join Date: Mar 2008 |
|
I can't use that one!
I use the glands to make lure for ground hog control I am going to switch over to varmit gernades bullets in my 243 at 60 grains till I can get a 204 __________________ ACP Wildlife Control Services
Rednecks Pride Game Calls / Outdoor scents |
||
| Posted: 18 Dec 2008 7:02 PM | ||
|
Registered User Currently Offline |
Posts: 277 Rack Buck: Join Date: Sep 2008 |
|
We shoot 150 to 200 of them in a year. Great practice, alot of fun and the farmers are happy. __________________ "Life's a garden. You gotta dig it..."
|
||
| Posted: 18 Dec 2008 8:05 PM | ||
|
Registered User Currently Offline |
Posts: 302 Rack Buck: Join Date: Jun 2007 |
|
|
Quote:
We shoot 150 to 200 of them in a year. cut out the glands and work something out with redneck. __________________ united bowhunters of NJ
NJ fur harvesters Monroeville |
||
| Posted: 22 Dec 2008 4:41 AM | ||
|
Registered User Currently Offline |
Posts: 72 Fawn: Join Date: Dec 2008 |
|
I've found it to be a great way to practice for deer season??
I can't see how huntng dumb chucks can compare to deer. __________________ A people who values it's privileges above it's principles soon loses both. Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower [Rightousness exalteth a nation but
sin is a reproach to any people] |
||
| Posted: 22 Dec 2008 5:59 AM | ||
|
|
Registered User |
Posts: 2738 Monster Buck: Join Date: Feb 2007 |
|
Quote:
I've found it to be a great way to practice for deer season?? I can't see how huntng dumb chucks can compare to deer. really? 
you get to take a lot more shots in a day of hunting hogs than you might get all deer season. no matter if you're shooting a .204 or a .30-06, you go through the same steps in controlling your breathing and settling the cross hairs. if you've spent all summer shooting hogs, that will directly impact your accuracy come rifle season. __________________ |
||
RSS 2.0
Atom 1.0
