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<blockquote data-quote="Hunter 257W" data-source="post: 3207306" data-attributes="member: 12277"><p>I remember those big half circle bare spots all along the edge of every bean field. And you can't get more classic varmint rifle than an old Mauser rebarreld to a hot 22 such as the 22-250 and a fixed scope. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> It makes me cringe to think of your Dad beating a wounded hog with it but I guess that's what gives rifles character, huh? I never got a bounty but I got the next best thing for a farm kid. I got to go hunt ground hogs as my "work" sometimes and that sure beat digging post holes or something else. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Speaking of old Mausers, I have a custom Mauser 98 single shot receiver with a heavy 6mm Remington barrel on it. Too bad I got it after the groundhog population got so low. I now have a 22 Hornet, 218 Bee, 221 Fireball, 22-250, 220 Swift, 22 Cheetah MkI, the 6mm Rem and a 17 Remington that were all bought specifically for groundhogs but nothing to shoot them at. Cruel that I was born a bit too late - 1960 - by the time I got grown and able to afford my toys, all the target disappeared. haha Oh well, I still got my steel gong to whang away at.</p><p></p><p> I have noticed the same thing you have about hogs staying close to houses now. I think they know that coyotes avoid people at least to some degree. </p><p></p><p> Man, it is tempting though to set up and wait on that one hole I found out in my field during deer season this year. It's waaay out there and would be a real challenge to hit a head poking up over the rim.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hunter 257W, post: 3207306, member: 12277"] I remember those big half circle bare spots all along the edge of every bean field. And you can't get more classic varmint rifle than an old Mauser rebarreld to a hot 22 such as the 22-250 and a fixed scope. :) It makes me cringe to think of your Dad beating a wounded hog with it but I guess that's what gives rifles character, huh? I never got a bounty but I got the next best thing for a farm kid. I got to go hunt ground hogs as my "work" sometimes and that sure beat digging post holes or something else. :) Speaking of old Mausers, I have a custom Mauser 98 single shot receiver with a heavy 6mm Remington barrel on it. Too bad I got it after the groundhog population got so low. I now have a 22 Hornet, 218 Bee, 221 Fireball, 22-250, 220 Swift, 22 Cheetah MkI, the 6mm Rem and a 17 Remington that were all bought specifically for groundhogs but nothing to shoot them at. Cruel that I was born a bit too late - 1960 - by the time I got grown and able to afford my toys, all the target disappeared. haha Oh well, I still got my steel gong to whang away at. I have noticed the same thing you have about hogs staying close to houses now. I think they know that coyotes avoid people at least to some degree. Man, it is tempting though to set up and wait on that one hole I found out in my field during deer season this year. It's waaay out there and would be a real challenge to hit a head poking up over the rim. [/QUOTE]
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