Here's a true story that is too good to be true....but it is.

We had a tree crew out trimming some tall trees and we had a woodchuck problem at the time. I pulled the sako 22.250 out and waited while I they were working the laboror gave me the standard laboror speech about how his dad was force recon in Nam and taught him how to shoot, he said he only shoots critters in the eye, ducks squirrils deer everything and he has 259 guns, I think they tell that story at laboror school because they all have a similar story. a woodchuck popped out of the woods on a dead run at 152 yards, I leveled the 22.250 off hand and let one fly because he wasn't stopping and drilled it right through the eyes, in one eye and out the other. Even for the best skilled professional shooter thats a hell of a shot and a ton of luck......it was all luck. When we went down to inspect it the kid couldn't believe his eyes as if he's never seen anything shot through the eyes before....no suprise there. The other guy picked it up and said man this is going to be tasty....he cleaned it and ate it that night he offered to bring some leftovers to me but i declined.. .

I must say that was the luckyest shot I've ever made, I hardly had the crosshair on him and gave it a hail mary. the story spread around town people still ask me about it whenever I'm in town.

I was pulling your leg.

Oh come on and suprise the little lady with a roast ground hog....with an apple in its mouth for dinner.

I could imagine the look on her face when you pull it out of the oven.

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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

I wasn't pulling his leg about that, I told them that I was a bunny hugger in a previous post. The woodchuck post is 100% fact.

I believe you....lots of people eat them...

But I think they are soaked in buttermilk to temper the gameyness before cooking. Or so my mom thinks she remembers, and that they are greasy.

Never had ground hog...but I eat Bunny all the time...and eat Horse about once a year when in Italy.

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1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

I wasn't....want some?

Great story. I am laughing and in tears at the moment. What are the odds of hitting him right through the eye. Especially with a witness! Things like that usually happen when nobody is there to verify....

Cheers,

Bill

I eat crow quite often.

Cheers,

Bill

3 witness's the trimmers and my mom. When I go to Camp Perry the pro shooter with the shooting suits balanced guns ect, frame their off hand pin wheels shot at 200 yards. a pinwheel is dead center. I'm a good shot but a running critter off hand with eye popping accuracy is just plain luck.

Speaking of shooting accuracy, check this guy out...

http://www.dumpalink.com/media/1125990048

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Thats pretty good. I hope you didn't tell them it was just luck - leave 'em wondering. I just discovered my dominant eye is the left and not the right, which is why my clay shots have been getting much better. Sometimes its just something simple like that.

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I've duck hunted with him and it sure is humbling, I have good days and don't miss but he has a good day everyday.

Oh I didn't I acted like it was an everyday thing.

My Great-Grandparents ate 'em straight. Along with pickled eels and turtle soup from none other than snappers.

The buttermilk not only softens the gamey taste but will also make the meat much more tender. Buttermilk contains acid which kinda eats away at the meat, tenderizing it.

Anytime you would like bunny for dinner we got plenty of them too.

Cheers,

Bill

he said they are better than rabbit, I guess they would be good they eat nothing but the best grass and flowers. There's something about eating animals that hibernate that make em greasy. Its not the fat they have a hormone that protects the muscle against decay when they are sleeping.

Howdy Bill,
Those bunnies, are they cottontails?¿

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