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Post by Stormbringer on Jan 21, 2004 15:49:38 GMT -5
While I love to shoot predators, enjoy jump shooting jack rabbits, get satisfaction out of dumping distant pdogs and sage rats I have a real passion for shooting rockchucks.
I can't wait for March when the chucks will be up and hopefully filling my scopes reticle. My brother dreams of royal elk and 30" spread mule deer. I dream of old, fat grey chucks sitting up sunning themselves on distant rocks waiting for me to launch them 6' into the air!
Love those flips and the big air!
Mike.
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Post by Bobcat on Jan 22, 2004 18:01:54 GMT -5
Hey Stormbringer,
Welcome to the Posse! We don't have many chuck shooters on board yet........not too many of those little rascals in Texas. I know that Don from Groove bullets lives to pop 'em at VERY long ranges.
Good Hunting,
Bob
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REM223PA
Hunter
Philadelphia, PA
Posts: 116
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Post by REM223PA on Jan 22, 2004 19:28:50 GMT -5
If your rock chucks are like are ground hogs in p.a
first cut and i am out in the feild with my 308
it funny how a 5lb chuck can turn in to 3 foot di. red cloud at 400 yard with my 308
got to love it
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Post by BozoWise on Jan 28, 2004 0:36:03 GMT -5
Storm where are you from? I would enjoy talking with you about getting a chance to come shoot some Chucks.
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Post by Stormbringer on Jan 29, 2004 18:29:47 GMT -5
I live near Salt Lake City, Utah. I was raised in Southern Idaho and mostly hunt chucks in Idaho. Do hunt a few here in Utah and in Wyoming.
Mike
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Post by Qaz on Jan 30, 2004 13:29:59 GMT -5
Hey, I am with Stormbringer and Rem223, G-Hogs are the best. I don't know how they are out west, but you don't close shots on them in the east unless you sneak up on them or he just doesn't see you. I like hunting the old ones best. With excellent eye sight and scared of any movement they are just plain fun to hunt!
223 I have always used a 22lr on them(got to get close) and bought a 17HMR for this year. I have always wondered what a 30cal would do to one, now I know.
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Post by billy8point on Feb 9, 2004 21:46:04 GMT -5
I love woodchucks too. I just started hunting them last spring and I love it. I shot 14 in about 3 months last year. Istarted in late May. and ended in august to get ready for bow season. It was tough at first because alot of our fields were wheat last year. This year they should be beans and corn.
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Tigger
New Member
Western New York
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Post by Tigger on Feb 28, 2004 20:34:29 GMT -5
Woodchuck hunting is the best!!  If you told me that I had to pick one animal to hunt the rest of my life it would be the woodchuck hands down. To make it even more fun I use only handguns.  LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL!! |
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okcoyote
Hunter
Comanche, Oklahoma
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Post by okcoyote on Feb 29, 2004 0:10:24 GMT -5
looks like u guys are good woodchuck chukers.... wish we had them rodents here in oklahoma.. stormbringer.....u called yours rockchuks. are they the same critter as a woodchuck...just choosing to make his home in the rocks rather than wood.... or do the woodchuck make holes like p.dogs.... each summer i spend as much time in lake city,colo... and there is a marmont...either a hoarry or yellow (i am not sure) that live there ... the natives there call them whistleing pigs.... is this the same as your rockchucks.....  |
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Moose57
New Member
Bountiful, UT
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Post by Moose57 on Feb 29, 2004 0:54:24 GMT -5
Hey stormbringer,
If you ever need a partner to chase those chucks, give me a holler. I'm in Bountiful and would love to try my hand at poppin' chucks. I also love shooting prairie dogs.
Paul
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Post by Stormbringer on Mar 2, 2004 14:47:34 GMT -5
The marmots you are seeing in Colorado are much like the rockchucks we shoot in Idaho, Utah and Wyoming. They do typically live in rock canyons or holes in the ground. You can find them in the high mountains or lower valleys (3000ft) in southern Idaho.
Give me a call some time Moose57. I would be happy to do some shooting/hunting with you. If you want to emial me I will give you my phone number.
Mike.
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