Woodchuck chokes

[Grayson Williams]

My brother has started hunting Woodcocks down South Georgia looking for choke recommendation. Pine cut overs and hurricane damage areas.Going to set him up with a E.Rizzini o/u need choke recommendation for modify the gun.Thanks,Grayson

[Double Lab]

Full and fuller. 7 1/2's minimum.

[Bill Murphy]

I once fired my 1889 Remington with both barrels loaded with 1 5/8 ounces of lead #4 in both barrels at a woodchuck, and he got up and walked away. I don't think any shotgun is good for woodchucks unless the woodchuck is less than 20 yards away.

[Austin J Hawthorne Jr.]

Clarification...would that be woodchucks or woodcocks?

[Dean Romig]

Woodcock chokes should be about Skeet & Skeet.





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[bob lyons]

Woodcock cyl and skeet
Woodchuck 22 cal or if long range 243 bring back memories of shooting Chucks with my dad.

[Researcher]

Out here in the Channeled Scablands of Eastern Washington they are Rockchucks and much smaller than your Eastern variety. They den in cracks in the rock and they need to be small so they can get through a crack in the rock that a Badger can't.

I was introduced to Rockchuck hunting early --

Rockchucks 1949.jpg

Dad's rifle is a Winchester Model 54 .22 Hornet dressed up by Seattle gunsmith Bill English with his English End-lock scope mount and a Weaver 330. A couple of years later he added a Litschert Spot Shot adapter to the Weaver 330 to up it to 6x.

[Phil C]

What a great picture.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by bob lyons

Woodcock cyl and skeet
Woodchuck 22 cal or if long range 243 bring back memories of shooting Chucks with my dad.

In my years of shooting groundhogs I killed them with many many cartridges from 17 HMR to a 308 , but the four I used the most were 222 , 220 Swift , 243 and 25-06 .

[Double Lab]

I agree. What a great picture Dave. It tells a story. What were you 4 or 5 in that picture?

Plus, what is the neat car that got you there?