HaMeR's g-hog thread.

[HaMeR]

 

#1 & #2 came from the same hole & #3 came from a hole only 25yds away. That hole still has 2 young ones in it. 

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[alscalls]

Its about time someone did it! WELL........How far? ..What gun? .......How did they taste? Did ya scout first then hole watch?
Where is the story man!

[HaMeR]

I walked across the road & when I stepped up into the field edge I saw the 1st one setting on the mound. It was young & dumb so I had plenty of time to get set up with the chair & sticks & bust it. I went back to the truck for the camera & when I stepped into the field again there was #2 on the mound. Same thing,,, WHAP!!    I walked out & took the pictures & as I was walking back to the rifle I seen another hole. I kinda walked toward it a little & seen a head sticking out. So then I walked on over the knoll to see if the original hog had come back out. I waited about 20 minutes & when I stood up to see if the other hog was out there was 3 of them on the other mound.  So I moved a little closer & sat down again. They wouldn't seperate so I clocked the biggest one 1st.  The other 2 never came back out. That was when I went back to the truck & Diane got hers. My shots were under 60yds & I was using the rifle Diane used. The Marlin 17 HaMeR!!    I would have to ask the various critters roaming around out there how they taste. Diane doesn't mind cooking game but not groundhogs.    We also had a red fox trot to within 35yds but the camera wasn't on. 

[alscalls]

Way cool but those young ground hogs tastes like a big red squirrel

[FinsnFur]

  Al

Looks like you guys could use some of our rain,Glen

[HaMeR]

We could use some of it Jim. We're OK on our rainfall right now. But we would take a little to help you folks out some tho.   

Those pics really show the crop damage groundhogs can do to soybeans.

[HaMeR]

#4 

Finger be damned I went lookin for a g-hog or 2 to take my frustrations out on. 

Just a little 20yd off hand shot as I was entering the field. The other hog made the hole. It was about 120yds & I hit it in the heavy front shoulder & it ran to the hole on 3 legs.  I hate when that happens. 

[HaMeR]

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Anybody else gonna shoot some?? 

[alscalls]

I miss doing that I may go Sat. I remember wacking one with my 6mm and a 6.5x20 Leupold @ 225yds and I think I knocked the clover right ot of his mouth... :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: I was just trying to hit him
Looks like fun haMer Thanks for the pics it brings me way back.

[HaMeR]

You're Welcome Al. Now get out there & bust a couple!! 

[HaMeR]

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#10    I cheated on this one. I took him with the 22Mag. 

[HaMeR]

#11  204Ruger with a 39gr BK at 125yds.  Just a little bugger. You can tell by the size of it's liver it's a small one. 


#12  Big Mama here!! She was a nice hog to take out of the breeding society. She stood up in the edge of the weeds about 1 minute after the crack from the 1st shot. She was out at 137yds. The 39gr BK made a tiny entrance hole in her belly & filled her full of mush. 

[FinsnFur]

Picture #3...you shoulda laid a live shell in his paw :roflmao: :roflmao:

Is the gun in #8 and #9 a 10/22? I love the color of that stock. Looks exactly like my Boyds craddled ruger 22-250

[HaMeR]

  That woulda been funny!!

That rifle would be my HaMeR Jim.  It's a Marlin 917VS in 17HMR with a Bausch & Lomb 3-9x40 on top.  I installed a RifleBasix trigger in it & dropped it down to 2 1/2lbs. It shoots lots & lots of 3/4" 100yd groups off the bags & even drops to 5/8" on occasion. My Wife shoots eggs at the range at 107yds with it off sandbags. She hits 10/12 & I shoot the other 2 with whatever I have at my bench. The 204Ruger just evaporates them!!   

[alscalls]

I enjoy shooting eggs so much that I have it listed on my web site as fun targets to shoot. My intention was to do a video of shooting them with a 17 Rem(4200fps) then post it on my web site but I dont know how
:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: Very cool to watch none the less
Canned goods are fun too........and paint balls :roflmao:

[HaMeR]

The 17Rem should vaporize them Al. My 204 & 221 both do. The 17HMR makes nice yoke strings outta the scope if you hit em a little low & have the big end down. 

Here's the 13th FnF victim of the year & 16th total. This little critter came outta nowhere!! I was watching 2 holes when he just popped up in front of me at 35yds. All I could do was    & squeeze!!

[HaMeR]

2 more bean eaters snuffed out late yesterday evening.    Both with the Savage 17HMR in a Boyds stock & using the CCI 17gr TNT HP's. Which I still don't care for but I'm gonna test them some more anyway.    Both were shot at less than 75yds. #1 was in some 8" grass & died slowly. The TNT went straight thru the chest causing a slower than I like death. I couldn't see it clearly enough for a 2nd shot so I had to let it expire in it's own time.


#2 was shot in a quartering away position thru the chest at the top of it's hole. It knew I was there & wouldn't come out any further.

[FinsnFur]

Looks like you plugged the hole back up.........with him

[HaMeR]

 

Think it woulda come out with a plunger?? 

[alscalls]

You have killed so many, you should hunt coyotes over the stink pile.