Yesterday that foolish groundhog at the corner of the neighbors drive let me see him. MISTAKE!!!! I had previously lasered the pine tree the hole is under at 61 yds from my window. By the time I got the gun out and window open he had wondered down the edge of the disced field in the lawn eating grass. Bipod rest on the window sill and a printer cart. Umarex Gauntler 2, .25 cal, H&N Baracuda Hunter Extreme 28.24 grain. He didn't like it. Rolled on his back with legs twitching. Full 5 seconds later he managed to roll back over and make it back to the hole. I walked over a bit later and found a patch of bloody grass, so he just did me a favor and fouled the hole by crawling down there to expire. Pretty dang impressive to me because I've been using a .22 rimfire with subsonic rounds to keep the neighborhood in from complaining. I've now taken it another big step in that direction.
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- Thread starter Satchel
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Ground hogs have some thick skulls lol, I have taken a few with a .22 air rifle but they always took a follow up shot or two or three lol to finish them off, but my 30 cal does the job with one shot
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Try some slugs and push the power up higher. Groundhogs are built like tanks and will really take a beating. I really hope you killed it and it didn't just bounce off his head and wander away to recover. Will know in a few days if you see the big boy out walking around with a new wound, and with all the lady groundhogs around him. Because every female digs scars 
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Haven't seen him for a few days and feel pretty confident that his lead level was high enough to be fatal. I have slugs here that I haven't tested yet. Just ordered a chrony today so I can start dialing the gun in for real and serious. So far I've only shot 4 different pellets and have no idea of velocity. i am inclined not to jack the power up as I think it probably shoots hard enough as is. We'll see when I get the chrony and get a chance to test all 8 pellets and slugs I have on hand including the H&N Knock Out 33.49 gr slugs. Anybody shot these?
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