I guess with as warm as it has been, the groundhogs are showing themselves a lot earlier around me. Normally I don't have to grab the .22 until April, but I had to grab the rifle early this year. Saw one in the back garden (still covered with brassicas from the overwinter crop) but didn't have my usual stash of .22LR hollow points at hand. By the time I got back up from the basement, he'd ambled on back to his den. BIG sucker too, really fat. I guess they didn't have to burn as much to keep warm this year.
