Been EXTREMELY busy so haven't checked in here in a little while. Groundhog season has started slow with the cold March and now of course the combination of turkey season and lawn mowing/planting/yard work season is all consuming of my time. There has been a groundhog hanging out in an old brush pile in the pasture about 200 yard behind the house. My husband shot at it a couple times late last week but was trying a long shot with the .17hmr. He thought he missed but then the groundhog was not seen the next day so maybe he hit it. But 2 days after it was back. He had his 22-250 ready and waiting, but he was not home when it showed up and instead, I put on a sneak and got to within 100 yards with the .17hmr in hand. Tried a shot and thought I might have hit it, but then I checked and didn't find any blood. That was 2 days ago and have not seen it since. Going to be too busy with turkey season and the farm to do any serious hunting until June. I do worry about orphaning a litter when I am hunting them this time of the year so a little later is probably better. It is very important to control these critters though when they are so close to the vegetable fields. They cost us lots of money.