Recent content by RockWrangler

I have watched a couple videos of the guy with the minks and dogs catching rats. I considered dogs at one time, and might reconsider again some day, but for now live-trapping makes more sense for me. I did dump a little gasoline down a couple marmot tunnels under the chicken coop; I think the...

I can't use explosions on my property anyway: shallow irrigation and septic systems because of the basalt rock under everything. I have explored just about every option, and because of my location and layout, live-trapping is the only way that makes sense. 338 marmots since I started trapping...

I watched the "how to" video on their website. I was hoping it would have lots of satisfying explosions, but nope, gas only. At this point in the process I am feeling blood-thirsty. Ron

I cleared a space to put in a greenhouse, thinking I would get a head start on the growing season, then transfer the plants to the garden. The more I thought about it, I realized the varmints were going to get the plants anyway, so decided to give up gardening entirely. I still have the...

Looks like I am back for another report. I think the primary interest for me in this ongoing exercise is summed up in one sentence: What the heck is going on here? So far this year I have trapped 34 more of the vermin; 3 today. I have gotten 19 from under my little 6 X 8 chicken coop (like I...

If you are dealing with marmots/groundhogs/woodchucks/whistle pigs (all basically the same animal) then apple bits might work for you. That is what I use with consistent results. But I can't imagine you will capture something that big in a squirrel trap. If you are talking about ground...

Well, it looks like it is back to “Marmot Wars” again. Most of you who have followed this thread through the years are probably fed up with my periodic reports. But besides being an outlet for my frustration, I thought someone out there might benefit from my efforts to eliminate or at least...

To clarify a little more, the first post in 2021 in this thread about marmots does not have the illicit sentence, it is only located in the 5th paragraph of the reference in geteh's reply above.

Just to make sure everything is on the up-and-up, I want to make sure people know there was a sentence inserted into the first post on this thread with a reference to a commercial web site. It wasn't in my first post, and doesn't belong there now. I detest scammers more than marmots. Make...

Did anyone else notice the insertion of a completely new sentence into the referenced original post? Here it is for those who missed it: "Perhaps I'll find some inspiration on namescastle.com, but for now, I'm stumped." Yeah, it was't in the original post, but now it is. Surely, geteh, a bronze...

I thought my last post on this thread would be my final post: I was wrong. Marmots began emerging from their dens around mid-April this year and it was like the bell was rung and the match began. Through the end of June I had trapped an additional 60 marmots and so far this July added another 3...

It has been a couple months since the last post about my war with the marmots, so I thought I would update you, probably the last post on the issue. When I posted in June, I had added an additional 15 marmots to the tally, making a total of 202 trapped and killed or transported. I trapped...

I forgot to mention that groundhogs are also carriers of bubonic plague worldwide--rare in the US, but still possible.

They can keep their pelts. I don’t touch them, if possible. They are carriers of multiple diseases, including rabies. Here is a quote from a pest control website: Diseases Carried by Groundhogs Of all the rodents, groundhogs are most likely to have rabies. Rabid groundhogs behave...

It looks like Scootr hit the nail on the head. I bought a couple new drive belts, set the mower a little higher, and so far this year have had no problems at all mowing a very rocky and lumpy pasture. Thanks for your help.