Groundhogs are not only edible, they’re tender and delicious if properly cleaned and prepared. They live on a completely vegetarian diet and carry no life-threatening diseases for humans. Groundhogs are similar to rabbits in taste, and most recipes for groundhog have you prepare them in the same manner.

Groundhog meat is subtle, like rabbit, but dark and mildly gamey like wild boar, and it takes particularly well to a braise. After it’s cooked in liquid for about 2 hours, the meat becomes very tender and falls off the bones.

Brown grounhog in hot oil in skillet; sprinkle with sugar. Reduce heat; add 1/2 cup water. Cover; simmer for about 30 minutes or until tender. Remove cover; cook for 10 minutes longer.

That said, groundhog doesn’t exactly have a reputation for tasting good, especially as the animals age: “Old ground hog [sic] would spoil a buzzards [sic] appetite,” said a shotgunworld.com forum contributor. So, to put the answer to rest, yes you definitely can eat groundhog.

Yes. If u hit them in the head. I have dropped many a few ground hog with the right pellet and good aim. This gun is great.

if you get a 22 cal or bigger, using co2 or pnp charged, that is going at least 1000 fps at the muzzle, that will do it.

Unless you’re using a slug, a 410 probably cant even kill a groundhog. Id trust a bow and arrow more than a 410.

If you have some on hand, roll up pieces of juicy fruit gum and place it in the holes leading to their burrow. Groundhogs love gum but their insides cannot handle it and it will kill them.

Noel Falk, the “Plant Doctor” had recommended using “Double Bubble” brand bubble gum to eliminate groundhogs. Supposedly groundhogs love this particular brand of bubble gum, but once they eat it, it gums up their insides and ultimately kills them.