Will an FX Wildcat .22 humanely delete a woodchuck?
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Blubberboy, in Illinois our season runs from June 1st to March 31st.
As for relocating wildlfe. Unless you work for Wildlife Management, it is generally illegal to relocate wildlife. That is how desease and parasites are spread.
As for relocating wildlfe. Unless you work for Wildlife Management, it is generally illegal to relocate wildlife. That is how desease and parasites are spread.
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There are ways to transport and release live-caught nuisance animals without doing it on someone else's property. And, believe it or not, it is sometimes the law to do so. Here in MD, you can release them on some tracts of public land, but for some areas proper arrangements do need to be made.
My point here is that the attitude of "NEVER!" release a trapped animal elsewhere is more opinion than fact or requirement. Check your local laws or call your local game commission to see what is available to you if you want to do live-release of animals in a responsible way.
My point here is that the attitude of "NEVER!" release a trapped animal elsewhere is more opinion than fact or requirement. Check your local laws or call your local game commission to see what is available to you if you want to do live-release of animals in a responsible way.
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Also, I very much enjoy the fact that the OP used the term "delete" to describe killing a woodchuck. Very much tickles my funny bone for some odd reason.
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Welp the nice thing about thinking where the pellet will exit your target is that it puts the entire path of the pellet through the animal in your mind. Often times you pick a spot of the side facing you and forget to take into consideration the exact position of the critter. When you consider the whole path of the pellet you eliminate a lot of those sorts of mistakes. Most times you don't get a perfect side on or head on shot, some times you do.
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Yup. That ties in nicely with my comment of: "Check your local laws or call your local game commission to see what is available to you if you want to do live-release of animals in a responsible way."
You are in Oregon, and that is presumably your law there as you say. 99+% of the other people on this forum (educated guess) are not in Oregon, and will have a completely different set of laws and regulations, and may be able to release animals elsewhere if they choose to do so.
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No doubt! I think it's one of my very few advantages. I have an extensive knowledge of anatomy which allows me to think of the animal in 3 dimensions when considering the path of travel.
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