carterbeauford
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I disclaim I am not an expert marksman. Actually I'm not even that great of a shot. Still, no matter what I am hunting, I do not want to make it suffer any more than needed.
That said, what does it take to kill a groundhog with one shot? My two groundhog guns are a Remington 870 Express supermag for close range and an iron sighted Yugoslavian SKS for anything over 25 yards. I have shot numerous groundhogs with these two guns and can't recall any that died a quick death.
A head shot would be lucky with the SKS, I shoot for the shoulder out to 100 yards. Past that I don't take the shot because they are a small target. Last one I shot, 154GR soft point right through the shoulder. Blood all over the ground behind him. Still thrashing around. Another hit. Still struggling. Took 3 hits of 7.62x39 to subdue him.
If that wasn't amazing enough, another one managed to live through 3 rounds of 00 buck at 10 yards. All direct hits. Finall walked up and drilled him in the head point blank with a 4th round.
Hit one at 350 yards with a 146 grain .30-06 and watched him drag himself back to his hole through the spotting scope.
Do you guys typically make one-shot kills on groundhogs? What am I doing wrong?
That said, what does it take to kill a groundhog with one shot? My two groundhog guns are a Remington 870 Express supermag for close range and an iron sighted Yugoslavian SKS for anything over 25 yards. I have shot numerous groundhogs with these two guns and can't recall any that died a quick death.
A head shot would be lucky with the SKS, I shoot for the shoulder out to 100 yards. Past that I don't take the shot because they are a small target. Last one I shot, 154GR soft point right through the shoulder. Blood all over the ground behind him. Still thrashing around. Another hit. Still struggling. Took 3 hits of 7.62x39 to subdue him.
If that wasn't amazing enough, another one managed to live through 3 rounds of 00 buck at 10 yards. All direct hits. Finall walked up and drilled him in the head point blank with a 4th round.
Hit one at 350 yards with a 146 grain .30-06 and watched him drag himself back to his hole through the spotting scope.
Do you guys typically make one-shot kills on groundhogs? What am I doing wrong?