Pullstart 62,795 #1 Posted October 14, 2019 By singular demand @Ed Kennell here you go... I have many does, a spike, a 6 or 7, I can’t tell on the left outer tine if that counts or not, then a pretty nice 8. I am only have a couple daybreak pictures of does from yesterday and today so let’s hope they keep cutting silage corn in the area and deer start coming in more often! 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tractorhead 9,064 #2 Posted October 14, 2019 Oh, roast venison... 😎 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Tuul Crib 7,336 #3 Posted October 14, 2019 Nice lookin herd and not bad racks ! when does season open there? Those look like moose compared to the ones we have here that look like Chihuahuas !! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
D_Mac 8,593 #4 Posted October 14, 2019 I dont have a trail cam. Mind you I live right in the middle of the city. Pretty big city too. The most wild life you see are Pigeons and squirrels. But lookie who comes to visit me. Is that a woodchuck or a gopher or are they the same thing? 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,795 #5 Posted October 14, 2019 Just now, Tractorhead said: Oh, roast venison... 😎 I had fawn back straps at Oktoberfest.... yum yum! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 48,783 #6 Posted October 14, 2019 That's a 'chuck guy...and he has gotta go... they can be pretty awful destructive critters and they breed like rabbits. What's worst they have no natural enemies in the city to control the population other than the neighbors Buick. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,795 #7 Posted October 14, 2019 24 minutes ago, The Tool Crib said: Nice lookin herd and not bad racks ! when does season open there? Those look like moose compared to the ones we have here that look like Chihuahuas !! Bow season started 10-1, whitetail hunting season goes until 1-1 in some form or another. Shotgun is 11-15 to 11-30, but I’d love to sit in the tree a few times with the bow, as close as they are. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
D_Mac 8,593 #8 Posted October 14, 2019 He gets into my shed but so far hasnt done any damage. Squirrels get in there to and stash walnuts. I dont have anything in there that can be chewed up. So its a woodchuck? What kind of damage will it do? They all hang out under the bird feeder looking for scraps. Bird feeder is some nice yard art. Old tool box and some old wrenches 3 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 38,022 #9 Posted October 14, 2019 I have a few, but no shooters.... 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Tuul Crib 7,336 #10 Posted October 14, 2019 49 minutes ago, D_Mac said: I dont have a trail cam. Mind you I live right in the middle of the city. Pretty big city too. The most wild life you see are Pigeons and squirrels. But lookie who comes to visit me. Is that a woodchuck or a gopher or are they the same thing? I know in my backyard I call these things a pain in my ..... ! Don't ever let them get burrowed under your shed because you will not be able to get rid of them. Ground hogs! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
D_Mac 8,593 #11 Posted October 14, 2019 So are ground hogs, gophers and woodchucks all the same animal? Im just a city guy I dont know much about wildlife. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Tuul Crib 7,336 #12 Posted October 14, 2019 2 hours ago, D_Mac said: I dont have a trail cam. Mind you I live right in the middle of the city. Pretty big city too. The most wild life you see are Pigeons and squirrels. But lookie who comes to visit me. Is that a woodchuck or a gopher or are they the same thing? I know in my backyard I call these things a pain in my ..... ! Don't ever let them get burrowed under your shed because you will not be able to get rid of them. Ground hogs! 2 minutes ago, D_Mac said: So are ground hogs, gophers and woodchucks all the same animal? Im just a city guy I dont know much about wildlife. I think it sort of depends on what part of the country you're standing in as to what you call them. All I know is they can be very very hard to get rid of and they can destroy a garden and burrow in places and cause all kinds of problems . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,795 #13 Posted October 14, 2019 We’d call that a wood chuck. Even though they eat shrubs, plants and veggies... we call ‘em wood chucks. We find the, quite busy during spring and summer months, also the best months for target practice with the pistols 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 38,022 #14 Posted October 14, 2019 Woodchuck, ground hog, whistle pig, or hackie here in SC Pa. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roadapples 6,983 #15 Posted October 14, 2019 Whistle pig, pasture poodle... 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Achto 27,505 #16 Posted October 14, 2019 3 hours ago, D_Mac said: So are ground hogs, gophers and woodchucks all the same animal? Im just a city guy I dont know much about wildlife. Like @The Tool Crib says it kinda depends on what area you're from. We call em wood chucks. They like to dig under buildings. May not seem like too big of a deal until you drive your car into the garage and the concrete gives out because there is no dirt under it. 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JCM 9,130 #17 Posted October 15, 2019 When I get time I will have to pull the SD card to see whats going on out back, may wait until the end of the month when the Bucks start to get a little frisky. Most pics I get are Deer, Bobcats and Turkeys. @Achto You are right about those Woodchucks, At my house in Mass they have undermined one of my concrete garage floors and actually have come up on the front side and removed the hot top to have an in and an out from the back, and also one more entrance out the side onto the lawn area. Many years ago I had beautiful 25'x75' Garden and those Chucks would devastate all the veggies, of course they would take 1 bite out of almost every cucumber, zucchini, summer squash etc and the raccoons would take at least half of the corn, eventually is was much easier to go in town to the local fruit mart and just buy everything. I will leave it to your imagination how I removed them from my property. Now it seems the Coyotes have taken care of most of them if not all and now the cottontails have free roam, but they still have to keep an eye out for the Coyotes. @WHX24 The comment about the Buick is priceless. 2 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WVHillbilly520H 10,373 #18 Posted October 15, 2019 @pullstart, I see you took my advice on a getting yourself a trailcam... One bit of advise what you see now on "film" will likely change as the rut ramps up and more bucks start roaming or cruising after does in estrus. 2 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 48,783 #19 Posted October 15, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, Ed Kennell said: I have a few, but no shooters You Know what they say Ed .... gotta boil them unfilled tags a awfull long time time to be edible. Just sayin.... tatto don't make the sailor salty, can't eat them horns, big dry doe, sausage doe, camp meat, you get my drift! Pasture poodle ...now thats one I have not heard 'Apples! Told ya they is the bad news bears D mac Gophers are not the same as 'chucks buddy but all are considered rodents. Rodents in @WVHillbilly520H book is condered prime table fare! Sorry Jeffrey couldn't resist! Hey @JCM wife aint got a Buick you could do a drive by in?! Edited October 15, 2019 by WHX24 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roadapples 6,983 #20 Posted October 15, 2019 I've never tried it, but...they say a young one is good eatin'. Clean animal. Don't eat anything but vegetation. Cleaner than a chicken or a pig which will eat nearly anything.... Bon appatit... . 2 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 38,022 #21 Posted October 15, 2019 They are tasty Jay. Boil ten minutes, roll in flour. and fry em in butter. Taste like rabbit. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 38,022 #22 Posted October 15, 2019 2 hours ago, WHX24 said: You Know what they say Ed .... gotta boil them unfilled tags a awfull long time time to be edible. Just sayin.... tatto don't make the sailor salty, can't eat them horns, big dry doe, sausage doe, camp meat, you get my drift! We will harvest a few meat doe next week Jim. Pa has a 3 day doe only rifle season for under 16 and over 65 hunters. I may be over qualified. We're only allowed one buck here in Pa, so I'll hold out for a good one. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,277 #23 Posted October 15, 2019 7 hours ago, WHX24 said: Gophers are not the same as 'chucks Like said above they are the same animal here in New England. What's the difference out there in flat country? You folks call those little ground squirrel a gopher? Just curious... @JCM you should see the stuff the neighbors on the mountain across the street get on 'cam. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Achto 27,505 #24 Posted October 15, 2019 2 hours ago, ebinmaine said: What's the difference out there in flat country? Here's a read on chucks/ground hogs & gophers for ya Eric. https://www.animalfactsencyclopedia.com/difference-between-groundhog-and-gopher.html 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WVHillbilly520H 10,373 #25 Posted October 15, 2019 9 hours ago, WHX24 said: You Know what they say Ed .... gotta boil them unfilled tags a awfull long time time to be edible. Just sayin.... tatto don't make the sailor salty, can't eat them horns, big dry doe, sausage doe, camp meat, you get my drift! Pasture poodle ...now thats one I have not heard 'Apples! Told ya they is the bad news bears D mac Gophers are not the same as 'chucks buddy but all are considered rodents. Rodents in @WVHillbilly520H book is condered prime table fare! Sorry Jeffrey couldn't resist! Hey @JCM wife aint got a Buick you could do a drive by in?! Ain't nuthin' wrong with having dinner with God's critters whatever their size and landscape location squirrel and rabbit are also part of the rodent family it's just ground hogs are bit more tough muscles by their home building exercises... And maybe I let the pup patrol for those chucks lol... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
