Groundhog taken using 840mm lens
May 21, 2020 11:03:09 #
This was taken out my living room window yesterday, using a Minolta 600mm lens plus a 1.4X TC.
May 21, 2020 11:32:48 #
Davethehiker wrote:
This was taken out my living room window yesterday, using a Minolta 600mm lens plus a 1.4X TC.
They have such amazing eyesight and are so wary, very hard to get a shot of/at. I think he knows you’re there. What shutter speed did you use?
May 21, 2020 11:40:16 #
Davethehiker wrote:
This was taken out my living room window yesterday, using a Minolta 600mm lens plus a 1.4X TC.
May 21, 2020 11:45:27 #
Very nice capture but they are so destructive. Put the cross hairs about two inches below his eye. 
May 21, 2020 11:49:01 #
clickety wrote:
They have such amazing eyesight and are so wary, very hard to get a shot of/at. I think he knows you’re there. What shutter speed did you use?
1/50 seconds at f/5.6 ISO=200. Ground hogs tend to freeze while they study you.
May 21, 2020 11:52:22 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
Very nice capture but they are so destructive. Put the cross hairs about two inches below his eye.
I also do that, but behind the eye, between the ear and eye. I use a PS90 with a good holographic scope.
May 21, 2020 12:04:30 #
Davethehiker wrote:
This was taken out my living room window yesterday, using a Minolta 600mm lens plus a 1.4X TC.
Good one, I have seen and shot them in our Metroparks.
May 21, 2020 12:31:31 #
Davethehiker wrote:
1/50 seconds at f/5.6 ISO=200. Ground hogs tend to freeze while they study you.
Certainly tripod mounted, gimbal?
May 21, 2020 12:43:53 #
clickety wrote:
Certainly tripod mounted, gimbal?
Yes, and a cable shutter release.
May 21, 2020 13:41:52 #
May 22, 2020 08:37:33 #
May 22, 2020 08:48:58 #
Dr J wrote:
Very sharp - both the groundhog and your set ups.
Thanks. I'm about to post a photo of a raccoon I took yesterday. It will be on a new thread.
May 22, 2020 08:52:21 #
fetzler
Loc: North West PA
I prefer to shoot ground hogs with my Remington. These beasts are very destructive.
May 22, 2020 09:27:22 #
Mike Fos
Loc: Powhatan Virginia
I won't shoot the one in my backyard. He eats grass everyday. I wish he ate more so I wouldn't have to mow.
May 22, 2020 10:18:56 #
Mike,
Eating grass is one thing, undermining a yard barn, sun room or the like is another.
Experience. .22WMR.
Eating grass is one thing, undermining a yard barn, sun room or the like is another.
Experience. .22WMR.
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