I’ve been lucky many times over the years. If their backside is to the house and I don’t make any noise I could crack open the slider and it’s a pretty big target anywhere from 40-70 feet, and you have to hit the first shot and repeat quickly with the other 4.
Too much groundhog talk - I think I jinxed myself LOL!
I had not seen one since the last one I trapped May 26. Just now, coming home up the driveway from the store, I thought the downspout on the far corner of the barn looked unusually large until I realized it was a groundhog, peeping around the barn. Of course, it took off. I will have to bait my trap - the barn is a good distance from the corner of the property where they have their den(s). I don’t like seeing them near the barn, shop, or house.