Groundhog Hunting (Do I need a License?)

**R.W.J** · June 23rd, 2011, 06:15 PM

Originally Posted by mongo

The woodticks will love you. They also like to "consfiscate" things like guns and automobiles. Pay the $25, it's cheaper. Remember, this is Pennsylvania, and it's all about the money.

Full of fail......

Things can not be confiscated i.e. automobiles...
Guns can be taken as evidence but are required to be returned when the case is adjudacated

**MicroMonkey** · June 23rd, 2011, 07:10 PM

ok. Do I understand this correctly.

I need a hunting license to sit in a farmers field and just shoot the groundhogs because they are a pest?

If so, I will go get one. I been doing this my whole life and didnt know this if its true, and I thank you all for enlightening me on this, because im not a hunter. I dont hunt deer, squirrel, or anything like that. I kill pests for fun.

I guess I been a law breaker. I will fix that ASAP (if I really need to)

Oh, and when is groundhog season and what colors should I wear? Would just an orange cap suffice?

**F16vipers** · June 23rd, 2011, 09:57 PM

Originally Posted by MicroMonkey

ok. Do I understand this correctly.

I need a hunting license to sit in a farmers field and just shoot the groundhogs because they are a pest?

If so, I will go get one. I been doing this my whole life and didnt know this if its true, and I thank you all for enlightening me on this, because im not a hunter. I dont hunt deer, squirrel, or anything like that. I kill pests for fun.

I guess I been a law breaker. I will fix that ASAP (if I really need to)

Oh, and when is groundhog season and what colors should I wear? Would just an orange cap suffice?

Welcome to the PA Game Commission. Unfortunately you are supposed to have a license to eliminate some pesky woodchucks. Obviously woodchuck poaching isn't high on the Commission's list of things to cite people for...but I'm sure if a warden saw you without a license they would make you pay a fine.

Orange cap is all you need for groundhog.