Who else has seen a woodchuck this spring . I’ve seen 3 in my AO here in MI. 2 while driving and one yesterday morning cutting firewood. It has been a fairly mild winter but a brutal March but seeing woodchucks and now red wing black birds tells me it’s about over . Can’t wait for some reactive target practice .
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I have been seeing them this week, here in NY while fly fishing for Steelhead.
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Out on central oregon. Rock chucks that is.
I think they are very closely related species- and share the same quasi hibernation cycle and burrowing behavior.
I don't know the difference. They're cute and fun targets.
You saw a woodchuck cutting firewood.
How much wood did the woodchuck chuck?
How much wood did the woodchuck chuck?
He didn’t chick any wood at all, didn’t help even a littleYou saw a woodchuck cutting firewood.
How much wood did the woodchuck chuck?
Chuckin' on YT. I have enjoyed a number of his videos. He does great work with a .22-250, as well as a few other rifles he has.
Shit man, my chucks are 20 feet under snow still, probably wont see em til June
I’ve heard that phrase whistlepig from time to time but not very often from a fellow Michigander . Woodchuck and or groundhog . Is that the common thing you call them? I’ve heard it mostly from guys from the East coast?
And as everyone seems a little on edge , no criticism not calling it wrong . Just wondered where you picked up that name ?
And now just a few days later I’ve seen a few more and have several active holes on the farm and hunting property and a neighboring farm that I do varmint control on.
Groundhogs are also referred to as woodchucks or whistlepigs. They are a member of the squirrel family. There are six species of woodchucks and marmots that occur in the U.S. They sometimes let out a shrill whistle like sound as a warning to danger. I've had some limited success in getting them out of their burrows by letting out a short, loud whistle. I have heard and seen Western Marmots doing it as well.
Got this one Thursday afternoon with my dasher.
Those Gen Z Chucks are good for nothin!
Saw a few up in VA a couple weeks ago. I didn't shoot any though. I usually wait until June to start shooting them so the pups are grown enough for a more target rich environment.
So I got two yesterday.
The one mostly in the hole at about 65 yards and the one belly up at about 48 yards . Not long shots by any means but I’ve always seen varmint hunting as good training- small targets at unknown distances often on the move with one chance to do quick head math shoulder rifle and make first round hits .
And this was a male and female in the same field- which will need plowed soon so these two would be 8-10 in a few weeks and that 8-10 would be 30 40 by next spring .
The one mostly in the hole at about 65 yards and the one belly up at about 48 yards . Not long shots by any means but I’ve always seen varmint hunting as good training- small targets at unknown distances often on the move with one chance to do quick head math shoulder rifle and make first round hits .
And this was a male and female in the same field- which will need plowed soon so these two would be 8-10 in a few weeks and that 8-10 would be 30 40 by next spring .
