One of my favorite movies is Groundhog Day. I can watch that thing over and over again. But just so you know, if you see this post again tomorrow, then I'm in an eternal loop of groundhog dayness so please don't come and take my shoes.
I don't think a lot of people in the world today think about eating groundhogs. In fact, until I started doing some research about them, I didn't either. Most people think of cute Punxsutawney Phil driving the car with Bill Murray making silly beaver teeth behind him telling him not to drive angry after forecasting another long winter (much like he did today.) I used to think it was a joke that Bill Murray said, "A thousand people freezing their butts off, waiting to worship a rat. What a hype. Groundhog Day used to mean something in this town. They used to pull the hog out and eat it! You're hypocrites, all of you!" I don't know if they used to eat Phil, but apparently Groundhog hunting is a time-honored quest for dinner.
George & Gerry Armstrong sing this song about hunting a groundhog in Mountain View, Arkansas back on April 20, 1963. It is a rough recording, but I thought it was appropriate, today being Groundhog Day and all. So here they are singing, "The Groundhog Song":