I was helping out a farm in Tinton Falls NJ, ran across a woodchuck that had five furrows across its head.
Seems someone taged it at close range with a .22lr and it lived to tell the tale.
Left an impression on me.
I suggested the guy use a shotgun slug next time.
My buddy’s mom freaked out about the extermination of the ‘cute woodchucks’.
Nothing cute about woodchucks. They're destructive pests. Personally, the last time I shot one was with .223 - left pieces of woodchuck where it exited and the thing still managed to get back in the hole before it died.