i have used a shotgun with number 4 shot and it anchors them better than a 22 rimfire . i only shoot the ones that are in the hay fields as the mounds are hard on machines .they are able to survive in no till fields that are continually cropped and pasture fields along rivers and creeks here in south western ontario . i hear they make good eating but have never tried one .they require a well drained sight and are not fond in poorly drained areas .
Ontario groundhog hunters~everyone gearing-up for the season?
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I get about 10-15 a year. I used to use a 22mag but I love my 2506 to much to leave it behind. 75gr vmax at 3400fps should work. My 90gr positive expanding bullets turned them to mist. I saw 2 this morning sunning themselves. I'm thinking the neighbour will have some in the winter wheat
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yea theres no dirt pigs in grey bruce i hear there all down in london toronto area
ya, you tell em! LOL, Seriously though. Between me and my brothers we used to shoot 200-300 on my grand fathers and neighbouring farms back almost 10 years ago in grey county. Now they aren't a common sight.
Still some around, but coyotes cleaned a lot of them up. Its not as easy as it was before, most of them are now on field edges.
I've seen quite a few on the outskirts of waterloo in the mennonite areas. All the way to Mount forest.
I get out a couple times each spring...was using a .243 with 85 gr HPBT but have a new load for 22-250 doing about 3800 fps with a 50 gr Blitzking.
Its not like it used to be, between coyotes and a loss of habitat their numbers are down. Hope the little fellers hang in.
Its not like it used to be, between coyotes and a loss of habitat their numbers are down. Hope the little fellers hang in.
4 down yesturday and 2 this morning on the same property in Bruce County. Shot them all with my 204 ruger with reloaded 28grn varmint grenades. I was expecting non internet friendly photos however there was little to no damage. .223 50grn V-max makes a much larger mess.
http://imgur.com/a/RLMnW
http://imgur.com/a/RLMnW
From reading all the previous posts there is not alot of us who have came through the glory days of ground hog hunting.
It is true fellas they were plentifull enough that shooting several hundred in a season was not that difficult and that takes into account missing alot.
My Grandfather got me started in the early sixties with a single shot BSA 22. When I turned 15 I bought a Win. M-275 pump 22mag. and my Grandad bought the Rem. 5mm mag when they just came out . I have alot of fond memories of going out to McGuires farm after supper with my Grandad hunt'n ground hogs.
Since his passing I have his 5mm and six boxes of shells. He hated cats. So if any ferrel cats come around I use the 5mm on them just to please him.
Farmers were alot more agreeable to letting you roam there farms with rimfires than high powered centre fires. And there were so many ground hogs it was very easy to get 100 yd shots and under so there was really no need for the high powered calibres.
Anyways those days are long gone, you be hard pressed to find a ground hog in the Southern Georgian Bay area now. But we have coyotes.
It is true fellas they were plentifull enough that shooting several hundred in a season was not that difficult and that takes into account missing alot.
My Grandfather got me started in the early sixties with a single shot BSA 22. When I turned 15 I bought a Win. M-275 pump 22mag. and my Grandad bought the Rem. 5mm mag when they just came out . I have alot of fond memories of going out to McGuires farm after supper with my Grandad hunt'n ground hogs.
Since his passing I have his 5mm and six boxes of shells. He hated cats. So if any ferrel cats come around I use the 5mm on them just to please him.
Farmers were alot more agreeable to letting you roam there farms with rimfires than high powered centre fires. And there were so many ground hogs it was very easy to get 100 yd shots and under so there was really no need for the high powered calibres.
Anyways those days are long gone, you be hard pressed to find a ground hog in the Southern Georgian Bay area now. But we have coyotes.
I used to spend alot of time shooting them in the Mount Forest area when my grandparents lived on a farm up there. Man there was tons of them. It was like playing "Whack-A-Mole" at the fair but with a 22-250 instead. 
no point near my parents place. to many yotes. only 1 groundhog there and he has been around for 5 or 6 years would feel bad blasting the lil guy just has a hole under a stump.
lots in the town they live near, but no guns in town and no pellet guns ether. but you can look in a field there and see 30 or 40 whistle pigs just sitting there.
lots in the town they live near, but no guns in town and no pellet guns ether. but you can look in a field there and see 30 or 40 whistle pigs just sitting there.
Starting to see a few, but have only had time to hunt once so far this year. The .223 sorted 2 of them out last Saturday, the first wasn't so photogenic though. Here is #2..
Look forward to spending more time in the fields once I have a little less on my plate.
Look forward to spending more time in the fields once I have a little less on my plate.
