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Anyone been out groundhog hunting yet ??? Been visiting a buddies farm that is loaded with them , bought a new .308 over the winter and have been dying to use it . Well its been getting good use , killed 3 one day last week and 5 today . Little pricey for the ammo , but sure was fun !
 
#3 ·
What kind of holes does it leave in them? I shot 2 over the squirrel hunting season, one almost point blank with a 20 gauge and another at 10 with a 12 gauge that needed a follow up shot. I attempted to eat both. Number one didnt end well. 2 actually turned out okay.
What did they taste like? I've heard they taste like roast beef, but I have never tried to cook any of the ones I've shot.
 
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What did they taste like? I've heard they taste like roast beef, but I have never tried to cook any of the ones I've shot.
1 old timer told me he only eats the young little ones.He said the young ground hogs taste better than turtle soup.He said the full grown ones are too tough.

I got my encore 22-250,220 swift,and 25.06 already to go. I just I haven't seen any hogs yet.
 
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1 old timer told me he only eats the young little ones.He said the young ground hogs taste better than turtle soup.He said the full grown ones are too tough.

I got my encore 22-250,220 swift,and 25.06 already to go. I just I haven't seen any hogs yet.
I like turtle soup so if they're better than that I'll have to give them a try. I would imagine if I par boil a bigger one it would make them tender. I par boil my rabbits and squirrels before I bread and deep fry them and they are very tender.
 
#8 ·
pressure cook, then pan fry in barbecue sauce....shredded sandwich meat and rather tasty as I remember (the young ones)....not my favorite and hard to get past the look of the hog, so hasn't happened for years ....but in a pinch it would be on my plate
 
#9 ·
The Prairie Grizzlies I shoot are usually the bigger ones. They are pretty infested with ticks and fleas by May. I take a tailgate picture at the end of the hunt and chuck them in the pasture for the scavengers to feast. I'm using a Savage .223
 
#11 ·
What kind of holes does it leave in them? I shot 2 over the squirrel hunting season, one almost point blank with a 20 gauge and another at 10 with a 12 gauge that needed a follow up shot. I attempted to eat both. Number one didnt end well. 2 actually turned out okay.
It's not as much damage as what you would think , I'm using Hornady 150 gr soft points . I was expecting it to turn them inside out , but for the most part it puts a hole about the size of a 50 cent piece in them . When I shoot them with my .223 with Hornady vmax sometimes you can't even find a hole but it turns them to absolute mush inside .
 
#16 ·
What did they taste like? I've heard they taste like roast beef, but I have never tried to cook any of the ones I've shot.
They taste like groundhog. My dad taught me that when hunters say a game tastes like something else, they are just trying to give an estimate of flavor to a non hunter.

I use Campbell's french onion soup in a crock pot to cook them. Make sure you get the small white glands of them. 7 to n 9 of them, that look like rice grains.

Like all game meat, if you have a place to hang and age them, the meat tenderizes. But a soak overnight in the fridge works OK.
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/cityofate/2010/02/groundhog_day_recipes_dont_for.php
 
#23 ·
They taste like groundhog. My dad taught me that when hunters say a game tastes like something else, they are just trying to give an estimate of flavor to a non hunter.

I use Campbell's french onion soup in a crock pot to cook them. Make sure you get the small white glands of them. 7 to n 9 of them, that look like rice grains.

Like all game meat, if you have a place to hang and age them, the meat tenderizes. But a soak overnight in the fridge works OK.
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/cityofate/2010/02/groundhog_day_recipes_dont_for.php
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#17 ·
It's not as much damage as what you would think , I'm using Hornady 150 gr soft points . I was expecting it to turn them inside out , but for the most part it puts a hole about the size of a 50 cent piece in them . When I shoot them with my .223 with Hornady vmax sometimes you can't even find a hole but it turns them to absolute mush inside .
If your eating a ground hog it is better to not turn them inside out and ruin the meat. Ground hogs being another thing hunted that don't alway become dinner. I have seen different varmit rounds used that leave a small hole and liquified the inside. The round that was the most devastating I found was the 25.06 with an 87 grain soft point loaded to +3200 fps. Always liked the effect it had on ground hog sized game.
 
#19 ·
You guys are lucky down here in SE Ohio the coyotes have ate up all the groundhogs in this area. It was nothing
to shoot 500 a summer. I have 5 groundhog guns gathering dust. 222,223, 220 Swift, 243 & 25/06. The young
we just fry up same as rabbit. My sportsman club use to have a groundhog feed. This was mostly full grown
G-hogs that members went out and shot during the week prior to feed. They were cleaned and put in fridge,
par boiled then Baked in sauce. Most groundhog hunters down here shoot them in the head even if not going
to eat. If you can't shoot a G-hog in head with a Hi-v rifle/ 10x or bigger scope you are considered a poor shot.
This country is pretty rough, anything over 300 yds is long shot.
 
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