I don't do a lot of woodchuck shooting as I don't have a yard of my own yet, but my neighbor when I was growing up used to shoot them with a regular 22LR at almost 100yards from his balcony all the time, so I would assume something like a 17HMR would be a great round if shooting them at short distances. Cheap ammo and fun to shoot. If you like rolling your own ammo though, I'd probably get a 22 Hornet. As that would also be cheap fun and allow you to customize/tune your charge/bullet combination. and get a little more consistency at range.
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