RealMuddyboots
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Woodchucks are my nemesis at times. I could have had this published in Outdoor Life "This happened to me"!
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Thought I'd share this since it was one of those days....came home early amongst heavy storms. Wife said she could hear something banging around inside the gas grill on patio. So I grab my son's old Crossman's pump air rifle figuring I was going to take out that monster ground squirrel or bird that somehow got up into it. It was a nice Weber (notice I said was) and I decided to take cover off the grill. There was some noise but no big deal. I get my trusty pump Crossman ready to take out that vicous varmit ground squirrel cowering in the corner (at least that is what I thought in my mind) and lifted the front bar grill handle. Got it up about a foot or so and realized the 10# woodchuck that was snarling at me probably didn't take too kindly to me lifting the top on the grill. When you are only 18" away from a "killer" like this you tend to drop the grill and run like hades......My wife is yelling and the woodchuck is trying its best to get out which it can't so the grill is bouncing around on patio. So I figure I will teach this critter a lesson and snap a pellet into it to encourage it to leave. I slowly lifted the grill top about an inch and stuck barrel into gap and tossed in a round. Not well received. Bounced around a bit making all sorts of noise. I got some rope to tie off the handle and pull the top open while I was standing well behind it...Lifted the cover and woodchuck was laying there on grill with head between legs and not moving. 1:1,000,000 shot right between the eyes. Smoked him right there in grill. So you might say fresh "ground chuck" on grill.
The problem got worse, chuck released all sorts of liquids that ran down inside of gas grill. Ugly ugly SMELL!!! My wife looked at the dead woodchuck on the grill, mad at me cause I can't stop one liners about grilled chuck, bbq chuck ad nauseam! Then I hear, NOPE! I am NOT eating off that grill! Oh crap! So I power washed completely, replaced the grills, the flavor rails etc. Thought I was good to go? Oh hello no. So I ended up selling nice Weber grill and had to buy another. But made sure the bottom area was entirely closed in to prevent critters from crawling up inside it.
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Thought I'd share this since it was one of those days....came home early amongst heavy storms. Wife said she could hear something banging around inside the gas grill on patio. So I grab my son's old Crossman's pump air rifle figuring I was going to take out that monster ground squirrel or bird that somehow got up into it. It was a nice Weber (notice I said was) and I decided to take cover off the grill. There was some noise but no big deal. I get my trusty pump Crossman ready to take out that vicous varmit ground squirrel cowering in the corner (at least that is what I thought in my mind) and lifted the front bar grill handle. Got it up about a foot or so and realized the 10# woodchuck that was snarling at me probably didn't take too kindly to me lifting the top on the grill. When you are only 18" away from a "killer" like this you tend to drop the grill and run like hades......My wife is yelling and the woodchuck is trying its best to get out which it can't so the grill is bouncing around on patio. So I figure I will teach this critter a lesson and snap a pellet into it to encourage it to leave. I slowly lifted the grill top about an inch and stuck barrel into gap and tossed in a round. Not well received. Bounced around a bit making all sorts of noise. I got some rope to tie off the handle and pull the top open while I was standing well behind it...Lifted the cover and woodchuck was laying there on grill with head between legs and not moving. 1:1,000,000 shot right between the eyes. Smoked him right there in grill. So you might say fresh "ground chuck" on grill.
The problem got worse, chuck released all sorts of liquids that ran down inside of gas grill. Ugly ugly SMELL!!! My wife looked at the dead woodchuck on the grill, mad at me cause I can't stop one liners about grilled chuck, bbq chuck ad nauseam! Then I hear, NOPE! I am NOT eating off that grill! Oh crap! So I power washed completely, replaced the grills, the flavor rails etc. Thought I was good to go? Oh hello no. So I ended up selling nice Weber grill and had to buy another. But made sure the bottom area was entirely closed in to prevent critters from crawling up inside it.
