Have had the same situation more than once. Shot one with a .22 pistol out the kitchen window. 2 in the lungs. Shot a couple out the upstairs BR window with a .22. Head shots. Most recent one the Dog did the deed. There were 7 living on the bank by the driveway. Five now, a couple days ago cars got two. They come up in the yard and eat, sit on old stumps along the driveway and are fun to watch. They stay there, they only have the Dog and cars to worry about.
If the shooting circumstances or death concerned me, I would trap it. Take it down the road and turn it loose in the woods. They will like it there.
It's a Groundhog, not a nest of Rattlesnakes or a Black Bear hibernating under the porch. Which happens around here not infrequently. Bud had one in his garage, he did the deed with a ball peen hammer. Groundhog for clarification.
Not that big of a deal. Really.
