Got my May/June edition today and noticed right away your artwork on the front cover. Your style/hand is getting easier for my eyes to detect. Very nicely done.

Nicely done.

Very nice.

Beautiful work she do's

She is so talented. I like her work very much. Thanks for sharing this with us.

She does great work always a pleasure to see her projects.

Very nice!

Good job Sharon!

Outstanding as always! Atta girl Sharon

Thumbs up!

We need that emoji...lol

x2!

Thank you, TD - glad you like it. I'm still waiting to receive my copy.

Thanks everyone ....what I'd like to know, is why wouldn't a garden fed chuck be very edible themselves ? Like an apple fed pig, or corn fed Black and Gus ? Getting fat from all the garden goodies ? Or at very least, make a nice hat !

They are delicious. Prepared like rabbit.

Thank you, K snow. I haven't heard a lot about this, and as I was doing this art, I couldn't help but wonder why they wouldn't be great eating, after spending time in the garden or in an orchard. That works well for everything else !

And a hat made out of that thick nice fur would be colourful and warm, IMO.

Their leather is very tough. A friend uses them to make Southern style blackpowder shooting bags.

Oh, so it wouldn't make a soft comfortable hat. Well it's useful for what you mentioned, and other things. Too bad, because the fur depth and colours on some chucks are so nice looking.

We eat them here. Lots of people do. I grew up with my Uncle getting all the farmers together once a year for the big woodchuck hunting competition and party. Prizes, beer and food. Usually around 100 folks.
Us kids would take all the back legs off and my Uncle would BBQ them.
Great times with great people.
I would also save all the tails and sell them to a fly fishing club.
Thanks for making me remember such fond memories in my life. Art always makes me reminisce about something.

They must be easy to catch with no back legs !

They skid easy that way

Thank you TD, I thought they would be useful in most ways .

Groundhog fat is also (surprised me!) a very sweet and tasty fat. Good for cooking and leather preservation.

The tough hide also makes a good long wearing bow string. My favorite natural bow string is still a mature fox squirrel, but groundhog is very serviceable.

Also make good banjo skins.

Really ! Banjo skins . Amazing. Thank you for this info.

I have played in old time fiddle competitions, such as the big one in Weiser, ID. Guitar backup to American's finest violinists.

And banjo players. Claw hammer, and my favorite, melodic. Like Tony Trishka, Bella Fleck, etc. Dearing makes top quality banjos , among others.

I'm betting there are musicians who choose the natural skin banjo faces over the synthetic . I would love to be able to discern the sound difference between the natural hide and synthetic versions.

I had no idea. Even bow strings.

The fat sounds very nice too. Up there with bear. Thank you , LooseA. , for this info.