KILLING GROUNDHOGS

[atsah]

When I first moved into my house, I had red squirrels all over the place, I left them alone until they decided to eat there way into my house and it cost me $1500 in new wiring to fix what they ate, I saw a lot of chip monks around, I didn't bother them until they chewed the wiring on my mower, tractor, truck and everything else, I had several porcupines living close by and at night they would proceed to eat my log house, I had snakes living in my sheds by the car loads.

I went out and purchased a 410 shotgun, a 12GA shotgun, a 22 rifle and a 5.56. I am in a constant battle with red squirrels and porcupines, if I left for a month there wouldn't be much left of my machinery or my house. I kill everything I see.. If I see a rodent outside and I leave it alone it's just a matter of time before it's in my house..

People actually trap skunks, porcupines and other things and drop them off near farms in my area, not to bright..

 

[CobyRupert]

You know the Humane Society of the United States is not about animal welfare, but about animal rights, don't you? They are akin to PETA.

The Bottom Line: HSUS = PETA - HumaneWatch

Yes, even animal rights group say "Have a Heart" traps don't avoid "killing things for no reason". They just make people feel less guilty, or less responsible if the death is out of their sight, where they can dream the animal went away and is playing with their friends Thumper and Bambi out in the country.

My (sarcastic) post, and follow up with the link, was to illustrate how cruel, misguided, misnamed "Have a Heart" traps are, versus a quick death via shooting or drowning the animal in a bathtub.
They're for those gutless "I love animals, so kill animals that I eat, or want gone, out of my sight" types. Hypocrites.

 

[Ford850]

Conibear 220. Done.
(Too hard to set by hand? Get a setting tool.)
(Worried about dogs or non target animals? Make a small wire 'basket' to stake over the hole after setting the trap)

Vultures have to eat too. Have a heart, kill a whistle pig, and feed a vulture.

 

[Oldoak]

Ah, here we go. Another degraded thread arguing over points of view that differs from their own without knowing all the details of the opposite side. And of course, there are the same individuals who insist on having the last say. Typical internet armchair B. S.! :laughing:

Well at least it's better than reading the comics while waiting for the soggy ground to dry a bit and firm up.

 

[LD48750]

I live in the country, the groundhogs I trap I take to the city & release.
They have lots of opportunities for food & shelter there.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I dont shoot groundhogs, but i do shoot 4 legged targets.

 

[deanocraft]

I recently shot a groundhog with the .22. I don't want them establishing a colony on my hilly property because of the erosion potential. I don't like to kill animals for no reason, though... My wife googled it and found they are edible, so I cooked him up in a gumbo. It was delicious! I cut all the fat off, then chunked the meat and browned it in butter in a skillet. Then I added it to a gumbo, and voila! a very tasty pot of food. This is the second one I have eaten, the first tasted like a cross between beef and venison. This one tasted like beef. I recommend it, and I don't play around when it comes to food.

I was also really surprised at what a clean beast it was. Ticks were especially bad this year, and when I shot him I figured he would be covered in them. There was not a tick on him. It is also kind of fun to get the rifle out and hunt on your own property!

 

[MossRoad]

Nice! :laughing:

Waste not. :thumbsup:

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I live in the country, the groundhogs I trap I take to the city & release.
They have lots of opportunities for food & shelter there.

I have seriously thought of doing that with coons! Give those citiots something to do on garbage day!

As for eating woodchucks, I have ate them, they eat the same thing a rabbit does, so they should be good.

My dad always took the best meat out of them, boiled it and fed it to my dog... MAN that dog loved WC and was on the hunt for them all the time! lol

He would tree them and then sit there and bark as long as it took, until I came out there and shot it. He knew where HIS meals came from! lol

SR

 

[MossRoad]

I think there's more raccoons in the city than our rural property. I'd bet there's as many racoons as there are squirrels. You just don't see them as much because they're mostly nocturnal. Smart critters, that's for sure.