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Post by bula on May 7, 2021 10:24:15 GMT -5
Shock and awe...
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Post by x101airborne on May 7, 2021 15:00:22 GMT -5
Am glad to see this thread pop back up ! I'd forgotten it. I've had some running gun battles with porkies. Often in undies..the chewing on the building wakes you up. That’s an image I didn’t need to read about. trapr Yeah, but it make great bait for one of those campfire stories. LOL. |
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Post by magnumwheelman on Sept 23, 2021 5:57:32 GMT -5
Sometimes a 22 is enough... shot this wood chuck last night with my lil 22 J Frame, that I keep in a Simply Rugged flap holster on the belt of my chore pants... this one goes 20-25 lbs  |
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Post by bushog on Sept 23, 2021 19:42:03 GMT -5
Sometimes a 22 is enough... shot this wood chuck last night with my lil 22 J Frame, that I keep in a Simply Rugged flap holster on the belt of my chore pants... this one goes 20-25 lbs That one of the 5” 617s? Nice job on the critter too…. |
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Post by magnumwheelman on Sept 27, 2021 7:23:53 GMT -5
think it's just a 4" barrel... but I guess I'll have to double check the model#
Hard to read, but looks like a 219
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Post by Longhunter1750 on Sept 27, 2021 14:58:35 GMT -5
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Post by magnumwheelman on Sept 28, 2021 6:59:16 GMT -5
Some huge "eatin size" squirrels in that group...
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Post by leftysixgun on Sept 28, 2021 10:08:16 GMT -5
We call em fox squirrels around here
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Post by cas on May 6, 2024 19:44:29 GMT -5
Last spring turkey season I shot a.... porcupine.  So THIS spring turkey season I shot a.... porcupine.  I'm beginning to see a pattern here.  This little girl had been chewing up the sawn timber siding of the cabin lately, she had the misfortune of being caught out too early, just as we pulled in, coming back from town. Unlike the last one, this one met the frying pan. Another turkey season without turkeys. Saw some hens, heard nor saw no toms. But...  Since I went "turkey hunting" last week, sans turkeys, it's only fitting that I shot yet another porcupine. Many years ago now, I got the notion of buying a somewhat nicer .22, but seeing as I have so many .22 rifles and pistols I couldn't justify it. What I DIDN'T own any of was the (then) fairly recently released .17 Mach2, excuse enough to buy this CZ! I shot it a little, tweaked the trigger, free floated the barrel, tried a couple different scopes. But other than taking it on a few woods walks pretending to squirrel hunt (and never firing it) I hadn't really done much with it. So last week, in a last minute decision I brought it to camp with me (rather than a center fire rifle I was going to bring for no real reason) After hunting hours wednesday, I look out the window and see one of the woodchucks that's undermining the cabin and the shed, out in the yard. I said to my nephew "If I shoot a woodchuck will you clean it and eat it?" He said yes, so I grabbed the gun and went to the door. Through a few years of trial and error I learned the secrets to opening the inside door quietly, then ever so slowly and quietly opening the old screen door and getting to to stay open without scaring the critters. It seemed to take forever, but I got the door open and took a shot. The little .17 barked and he collapsed.  Later that evening we were about to start doing some work on the well behind the house. I was standing looking at the old stone works of the well and I could hear foot steps, I thought in the woods. I was trying to find the deer I assumed was making the noise. When I heard it again I almost jumped, it wasn't coming from the woods, but about 20 feet away! A porcupine was coming back to go under the house. (they either live under the cabin, or just go under there to chew the structure, we'd heard one that morning) I reached for my pistol and.... crap! I'd just taken it off so I wouldn't scratching it up working on the well. I ran back in the cabin, grabbed the CZ and ran back out. When I came past the side of the house, honestly I never expected it to still be there. But there he was, standing up on it's hind legs I guess trying to figure out what I was and where I went. The crosshairs found his noggin and I gave him the bad news.  I asked my nephew if he wanted to cook this one too, but he wasn't fond of the last one and declined. Besides skinning them is no fun. That night we had campfire troubles, tried making some burgers and the woodchuck, but we couldn't get a good fire going or to stay hot enough to cook (with wood and store bought charcoal, most strange). Ended up with a sooty, not particularly appetizing chuck. So the next morning when I looked out the window and saw another chuck by the shed, I took it as my chance to make it right. Grabbed the CZ, played the door trick again, though this time it was easier since their view of me was blocked by a big log and a tree. Once it was clear, the crosshairs went where the skull meets the shoulders and then "crack"! The little CZ went from a "never did nothing" to a serious killer in one day.  This one will get the slow cooker treatment. I have a renewed fondness for the rifle itself, a new found appreciation for the cartridge. I wasn't real sure on its effectiveness, but while they weren't terribly far, all three just dropped on the spot. And yeah, I only took the photos for this thread and to add to my turkey season porcupine count.  |
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Post by foxtrapper on May 7, 2024 14:47:07 GMT -5
Porcupine and woodchucks….. can’t accuse u of eating high on the hog!
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Post by sharps4590 on May 8, 2024 9:50:42 GMT -5
A young ground hog, (woodhuck), is delicious if prepared properly. I've always heard porky's are tasty as well but, they are not indigenous to the Ozarks so we're ignorant of them. I bet they are a pain to skin.
For 60 years I loved to hunt squirrels and we loved to eat them. The last 5 years I have become my Dad in that I have declared war on the destructive little rodents. I'm not so sporting as to give them an even chance and use a revolver. One of my 16 gauge drillings usually gets the call.
About 20 years ago armadillo's moved north into Missouri. They often receive a 32-20, 44 Spl. or 45 Colt bullet.
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Post by hunter01 on May 8, 2024 18:18:18 GMT -5
Porcupine is the mildest tasting game meat ive ever eaten. Just delicious. Ive had javelina and aoudad that were both good as well so i think much has to do with the handling and preparation.
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Post by cas on May 8, 2024 18:58:10 GMT -5
The one porcupine we eat "died poorly", as in not quick and clean, due to shooting a subcompact pistol in the dark. It was perforated several times, so it was a little gamey/and blood shot. Plus we didn't cook it in any fashion that would assist in flavor or presentation. lol
My shock on these was skinning the woodchucks. I've skinned a couple in the past, though not terribly recently and I couldn't believe how difficult they were to skin. I didn't remember having any of that problem in the past, though maybe I'd just forgotten. My nephew, while not young, is newer to the hunting world, so I was letting him struggle and learn. I just figured it was him. After way too long I said "let's try the shucking" method, had him cut the hide all the way around the middle. I chopped off the paws and told him to pull the two halves apart. Which he couldn't do! So I said "step on that half of the hide, then pull the other". He did... and pulled and pulled and just as the words were coming out of my mouth to tell him to stop, he tore the poor thing in half! lmao
So then we had too gory woodchuck halves to skin. I had a good laugh anyway and we learned something.
When I shot the other one the next day I figured "It was him, I'll knock this one out quick". Good grief, I can't remember ever struggling so much to skin something.
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Post by Longhunter1750 on May 11, 2024 13:16:21 GMT -5
Last one of the year for me last December, taken with my Tanfoglio 9mm long slide.  |
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Post by leftysixgun on May 11, 2024 16:34:07 GMT -5
Last one of the year for me last December, taken with my Tanfoglio 9mm long slide. Did call that coyote in or was it an “opportunity” shot? |
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