Groundhogs and other marmots are great for practice. They are wiley as hell and will run in an instant. It's one thing to shoot them from 300-400 yards with a tack-driving bolt actioned varmint rifle, but it's quite something else to stalk within close range and take them with a double rifle. All your skills are honed by this. One wrong move and the little bugger is in his burrow.

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