Our first groundhog hunt ever. The group was so excited. 1000 acre farm and fields, littered with the buggers. They are brave enough to walk around the roads and just frolick in the fields. We were enlisted to "eradicate them".
I bring my M4 with a red dot scope. 4 magazines of ammo. Backed up with another rifle - Beretta Storm carbine with a vertical folding grip + laser sight, 6 mags of ammo. Of course since I was bringing my CX4, I had to carry a sidearm so the M92 was a natural choice. I also needed a .22 handgun, so I carried my Ruger Mk II as a backup weapon. If I ran out of ammo - I had my kershaw tactical folder plus a gurkha kukri knife in my backpack. Walking around with those guns and knives. - and the mags, made me feel like a walking talk. If I tripped and fell, I would not be able to get up.
My brother in law was carrying his Glock 19 and a remington Nylon 66 + scope as his primary rifle. Another friend borrowed an assualt vest so he could carry both a USP 40, Sig Trailside and his Walther G22 with optics and a lasersight.
We were heavily armed but forgot to take into account one thing: It was raining and the temperature was in the 40's with a 11 MPH wind chill. Wearing vests and long sleeved shirts - not a good idea. We froze our butts off.
We fired over 120 rounds at mushrooms and termites (in a dead tree trunk on the ground) - hey we drove over an hour to hunt and loaded up all our guns - we had to get our "gun" off.
The score in the end: Humans with hi - tech weapons - ZERO. Groundhogs - all the laughs. Because the next day - they came out in force.
Oh well. Perhaps next week - we will get them. Please share more of your funny hunting stories here.....
I bring my M4 with a red dot scope. 4 magazines of ammo. Backed up with another rifle - Beretta Storm carbine with a vertical folding grip + laser sight, 6 mags of ammo. Of course since I was bringing my CX4, I had to carry a sidearm so the M92 was a natural choice. I also needed a .22 handgun, so I carried my Ruger Mk II as a backup weapon. If I ran out of ammo - I had my kershaw tactical folder plus a gurkha kukri knife in my backpack. Walking around with those guns and knives. - and the mags, made me feel like a walking talk. If I tripped and fell, I would not be able to get up.
My brother in law was carrying his Glock 19 and a remington Nylon 66 + scope as his primary rifle. Another friend borrowed an assualt vest so he could carry both a USP 40, Sig Trailside and his Walther G22 with optics and a lasersight.
We were heavily armed but forgot to take into account one thing: It was raining and the temperature was in the 40's with a 11 MPH wind chill. Wearing vests and long sleeved shirts - not a good idea. We froze our butts off.
We fired over 120 rounds at mushrooms and termites (in a dead tree trunk on the ground) - hey we drove over an hour to hunt and loaded up all our guns - we had to get our "gun" off.
The score in the end: Humans with hi - tech weapons - ZERO. Groundhogs - all the laughs. Because the next day - they came out in force.
Oh well. Perhaps next week - we will get them. Please share more of your funny hunting stories here.....