When I lived in Middletown, Ohio in the early 80’s, one of my co-workers introduced me to prairie dog hunting. The farmers southern Ohio farmers were very happy to have you rid their property of them. I was using a 700 Remington chambered in.22-.250 with a Leupold 4-9x scope. Great fun!
They don’t have Prairie dogs in Ohio.
Most likely woodchucks in Ohio
Yep, except in Ohio (and in Western NY where I grew up) they are called Woodchucks. A different species from those on the West. The farmers were happy for you to shoot them. Their hay rake's wheel would drop into the woodchuck hole and the tines on the rake would break from hitting the ground.
good times