GROUND HOG HUNTING

[diver dan]

I want to hunt groundhogs this year , just to practice stalking . Where are places they really like to be around.I have a farm I hunt on , but they only plant corn on it , where are they likely to be ? Need help finding locations.

 

[bwframe]

Find a farm with beans. One that borders a waterway and or RR tracks is often good also.

 

[2in1evtime]

Young ones are very good eating too!!!

 

[Cameramonkey]

Find a farm with beans. One that borders a waterway and or RR tracks is often good also.

This. They really love waterways. There is a section of road here that parallels a RR and a creek as well for part of it. In the 1/2 mile stretch its not uncommon to see 4 in the grass and along the brush line between the road and creek/tracks.

 

[BiscuitsandGravy]

Find a farm with beans. One that borders a waterway and or RR tracks is often good also.

This exactly. Good luck!

 

[Onebad06vtx]

Ohio is always good!
Not that many ground hogs around here anymore,not like there use to be.

 

[BigRed]

Find a farm with beans. One that borders a waterway and or RR tracks is often good also.

This right here is good advice.

 

[dak109]

Saw one today. Between tracks and a creek, on a field edge.

 

[Michigan Slim]

They call them bean rats for a reason.

 

[Brian's Surplus]

Once you find an active hole, get there about 30-45 minutes before sunrise and wait for them to pop up. They love to eat tiny soybean plants with morning dew on them.

 

[Jerry C]

They are also fond of clover and alfalfa fields

 

[BigRed]

Find a farm owner that knows his stuff and ask him if you can hunt his place.

Still a few around that welcome folks that want to thin them.

 

[BiscuitsandGravy]

Once you find an active hole, get there about 30-45 minutes before sunrise and wait for them to pop up. They love to eat tiny soybean plants with morning dew on them.

Evening is also a good time. Especially when the wind is low/calm.

 

[russc2542]

Come by my back yard. They seem to really like my garage slab and under the shed. I picked off about a half a dozen last summer out my back door. All those bullseye matches with my carry gun are paying off.

 

[bwframe]

Don't forget to have your whistle practiced and warmed up. It'll bring their heads back out of the hole to see the other groundhog whistling at them. Be ready...

 

[diver dan]

A guy told me , go get a baby rattle and go along a fence row and sit down and rattle the rattle , they will come out of the hole and stand up and look around.I dont know if he was trying to make me out to look like a fool or not ? what do you guys think ?

 

[Cameramonkey]

A guy told me , go get a baby rattle and go along a fence row and sit down and rattle the rattle , they will come out of the hole and stand up and look around.I dont know if he was trying to make me out to look like a fool or not ? what do you guys think ?

Its not far fetched. When I would squirrel hunt. I'd make a ridiculous squirrel-like call with my mouth. And it worked. I doubt they would stick their heads out because they thought it was another squirrel. I'm sure they were like "WTH is THAT?!?!" I think thats the same goal as the rattle. Make a harmless sounding noise that cant be explained to make them want to pop up and look.

 

[Bill2905]

They are also fond of clover and alfalfa fields

My elderly father loves to reminisce about hunting groundhogs in a Southeastern Ohio alfalfa field when he was a young man. He said the field rarely saw human activity and their curiosity would be their downfall.

 

[Mongo59]

If you find one far from his hole and you sneak up and get between him and his hole he will freeze. After a few trys to get around you he will just sit there nashing his teeth. You can honestly kill them with a baseball bat...

 

[BoilerWes]

Coyotes have put a serious hurting on them out in the country. I see more in cities and towns than out on the farm.