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Saturday, July 07, 2007 Matt Newmarket, NH USA

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Today was an interesting day as I arrived at the patch at 7.30 am to weed and prune the 998 plant I saw a large wood chuck feeding in the clover next to my patch. I have been trying to shoot him for 2 weeks now. Yesterday I dialed in the scope on my dads 22. And this is the chance I have been waiting for the woodchuck was about 120 yards away but my test shots at that distance were very good 2 days ago. I got the gun and hid in the greenhouse using a bag of composted manure to rest the gun on I took aim and blasted him a perfect shot. So I left him in the middle of the garden and spent the next 3 hours weeding and prunning the 998. After I was done we went to a cookout at my friends house on Milton 3 ponds. We came home at 7pm and I stopped by the patch to spray and I saw 10 turkey vultures surrounding the dead vermin or should I say what was left of it. I ran home to get my camera by the time I got back there was only 2 left but I took some cool photos of them. Here is a look
 



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