Groundhog mouned

frogman68 said:

Not in my experience , I shot a rabid raccoon with 3 45 caliber 230 grain bullets in the top of the skull before it died . it was getting to close for comfort I wished the Mauser was loaded

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Report on Kimber Pepper Blaster
by Threeband, Aug 28, 2008.


I've had one of these things for about a year and a half, never was terribly enthusiastic about it. It's a two-shooter, and at nearly $20 per shot, doesn't lend itself to practice.

Well, after carrying it for all this time, I actually used the thing recently, so I'm ready to share my experience, for whatever it's worth.

So here goes, and you can laugh all you want, but this is no BS:


I'm the Lead Carpenter for a small remodeling company. A couple weeks ago one of my guys, Ralph , saw a groundhog hanging around in the open. He chased it 50 yards to the other side of a small stream. It followed him back.

I showed up about this time, and the groundhog came straight for us. Amazed, we both jumped up on the back of our trucks. It trotted away. I got down again and the groundhog circled back, coming straight at me. I picked up a shovel and stood my ground, expecting it to veer aside.

Well, it didn't. It came straight on, very agressively and with evident determination. At the last moment, I gave it a medium SWAT with the shovel, more to turn it aside than anything else. It trotted away again while Ralph threw ice cubes at it from the back of his truck.

Now I was certain the groundhog had rabies, and wished I had hit it harder.
For the next half hour or so, it wandered around in the open about 50 yards away, before finally disappearing beyond a shed. I assumed it crawled off somewhere and died.

Two days later, Ralph and I walked back beyond the shed to look around, not expecting to see anything, then went back to the house we were remodeling. We must have aroused the groundhog, because a few minutes later I glimpsed it just outside the sliding glass door on the patio. Damn thing had followed us back, 75 yards.

Ralph ran to grab a pitchfork from the garage, while I went for my truck to get my shovel and the Kimber Pepper Blaster. Coming around the corner, I was amazed to see the groundhog chasing Ralph, who jumped back into the bed of his pickup. The other guys on my crew came running out the front door to see what was up, and the groundhog began chasing them in turn.

Yes, it was a bit of a comical situation, but actually it was very serious. This thing was VERY agressive, and truly dangerous. It wanted to attack, and it was not going away. No one in the neighborhood would be safe until it was dead, and what's more, we couldn't get any work done with it sneaking up on us from the bushes.


After chasing the other guys around a bit, the Rabid Groundhog spotted me, and came running straight at me. I held the shovel in my left hand, and the Kimber Pepper Blaster in my right as the Zombie Woodchuck closed the gap.

At a range of six feet I fired a single shot from the "Lifeact Guardian Angel", and the effect was instantaneous and astonishing. There was a low "POP!" from the Blaster, and I saw a splotch of orange-red dye appear on the head and body of the groundhog. The shot was dead-on, a ten-X! But here's the result:

The Rabid Groundhog was INSTANTLY BOWLED OVER on its side, like it had been hit by a sledgehammer. From a flat-out run (admittedly not real fast: these things aren't built for speed) this Killer Zombie Woodchuck from Hell was apparently blown right off its stubby little feet. It was an impressive display from the Pepper Blaster.

Well, the job had to be wrapped up, so I immediately shoved the Kimber back in my pocket, and with a few assertive swings of the shovel, I put Cujo out of his misery.
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Threeband, Aug 28, 2008

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Doctor_M said:

Since the audio was just from the inside of the passenger car, what you apparently couldn't hear was the groundhog repeatedly asking the Officer.... "AM I BEING DETAINED OR AM I FREE TO GO???"

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fishcrow said:

http://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/vid-officer-shoots-groundhog-on-carroll-countys-liberty-road

This has got to be the silliest article ever. It's groundhog, for goodness sakes. Family friends in Michigan shoot them to protect their horses----one step in a hole and there's a dead horse.

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BigCity said:

Somebody put up a handmade sign on Liberty Rd. that read
RIP Mr. Groundhog

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Fishguy said:

There is definitely something going on in the groundhog world that we need to watch carefully. I fear it may be the stirrings of a groundhog uprising.

Just a few hours ago I was attacked by one of the fat furry little bastards. I was mowing someone's lawn and spotted the psychopath about 25 yards away and charging right toward me and the damn mower. I quickly got the mower between myself and the angry varmint when he stopped his charge about 10 feet away. Then we both just stood there staring each other down. I spotted a 3 inch diameter stick a few feet to my side so I slowly backed toward it and retrieved the makeshift club.

Now armed, I advanced slowly to take a swing at it and he turned and ran off in the direction from which he came. But he stopped his retreat after maybe 15 yards, turned and starting staring me down again. I swear he was messing with me. Trying to psych me out.

The thing about a groundhog is he has lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, he doesn't even seem to be livin'.

So now I advance again with my stick ready on my shoulder like Babe Ruth trying to get positioned for a shot at him. Then he charges again only a few steps this time before he stops. It was enough, though. He was in range. So I swung that stick as hard as I could and connected with a satisfying thunk!... to the ground about 2 inches in front of his damn head. But my club made a glancing blow with the rodent after bouncing from the earth and it was enough to let him know who was the boss. He turned and ran back to the fence and under it then kept on going.

Fishguy 1, groundhog 0. But I'm under no illusions. He'll be back next week when I mow that yard again. Next time, he may have friends. I can only hope I'll be ready.

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Fishguy said:

The thing about a groundhog is he has lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, he doesn't even seem to be livin'.

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sports89man7 said:

cop halts traffic in BOTH directions and shoots it twice. cop could have put on gloves and picked up and put it on the side of the road... i think that situation could have been handled differently in my opinion...

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Mr H said:

A criminally insane Whistlepig with teeth 1.5" long and sharp as fk...

good luck with that

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BigCity said:

Somebody put up a handmade sign on Liberty Rd. that read
RIP Mr. Groundhog

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