fisherman
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Has anyone ever used a 17 caliber to harvest groundhogs?
I don't harvest groundhogs but I beleive the .172 is the gun of choise, Was this any help?fisherman said:Has anyone ever used a 17 caliber to harvest groundhogs?
I have taken my share of groundhogs with a 22 and 22 magnum over the years,raccoons and coyotes also,I was wondering if anyone had any experiences with the 17 caliber~gd said:I don't harvest groundhogs but I beleive the .172 is the gun of choise, Was this any help?fisherman said:Has anyone ever used a 17 caliber to harvest groundhogs?
skin,cut up into = parts,parboil untill the meat is tender,fry bacon and put the meat in the bacon fat,add salt and pepper to season..a bit of onion salt,dash of garlic powder..brown and serve with green beans,mashed potatoes and cornbread,,mighty tasty,raccoon and mud turtle can be prepaired the same way,thanksSKR8PN said:
I have a Savage 93r17 with a thumb-hole stock. I topped it with a Bushnell,3.5-10 x 36mm "dusk to dawn" glass.
It is the flattest shooting rim fire I have ever seen. I regularly take hogs out to 200 yards with my setup. I haven't pushed it any farther yet because of hunting location.
Around here, nobody eats them, so I have no clue as to how to prep them or how to cook them. I use the ballistic tip Hornady ammo, so shot placement would be critical if you wanted to have anything left to cook.![]()
answer to my own question,,yes the 17 is a great groundhog rifle,at 75 yards the little bullet knocked the pest flat,This varmit won't eat anynore of my vegetables.R.I.P groundhogfisherman said:skin,cut up into = parts,parboil untill the meat is tender,fry bacon and put the meat in the bacon fat,add salt and pepper to season..a bit of onion salt,dash of garlic powder..brown and serve with green beans,mashed potatoes and cornbread,,mighty tasty,raccoon and mud turtle can be prepaired the same way,thanksSKR8PN said:
I have a Savage 93r17 with a thumb-hole stock. I topped it with a Bushnell,3.5-10 x 36mm "dusk to dawn" glass.
It is the flattest shooting rim fire I have ever seen. I regularly take hogs out to 200 yards with my setup. I haven't pushed it any farther yet because of hunting location.
Around here, nobody eats them, so I have no clue as to how to prep them or how to cook them. I use the ballistic tip Hornady ammo, so shot placement would be critical if you wanted to have anything left to cook.![]()
He is going to be the guest of honor at my house for dinner tomorrow,with turnip greens,creamed potatoes and cornbreadBeekissed said:We always prepared groundhog just like we did squirrel....little difference except size and the hogs seem a little greasier. Coon is greasier than squirrel also.