Body Count for 2025

[Bowhunter57]

I've shot more g-hogs this year, than last year. So, next year is going to be a serious challenge.
24 with the M&P Sport 22LR.
8 with the Savage 22-250.

I just shot #8 a few minutes ago, in the soy beans, at 187 yards. The 55 gr. V-Max never left her body at 3850 fps....she ate it all.

 

[Bowhunter57]

Well, I thought I was done for the year, but while I was out to pick up some apples to feed the deer.....wouldn't you know it, #33 showed up.
That's #25 for the M&P Sport.

 

[Bowhunter57]

Ahh....the numbers just keep rolling in and this time it was the Savage 22-250. #9 for the year with the Savage. #34 for the year.
This shot wasn't even fair. I was in my front yard and he was in the backyard....approximately 35 yards.
The only good groundhog is a dead groundhog.

 

[Bowhunter57]

I got a text from a farmer that I hunt on his property and he said he had another groundhog in his outbuilding. I wrote back, that I'd check it out. A short while later I pulled up at the farm, pulled out my Savage 22-250 and walked around to the side of the building. It was a short wait and then he popped up....and promptly checked out.
The old sow that had created all of the problems in the first place. She was quite the "porker" too.
#35 for the year and #10 for the Savage. At this rate, there's no way I'll beat these numbers next year.