Ground Hogs

[Topzide]

A conabear on each end of a 8 -12 inch corrugated pipe works great! Put pipe out where they can use for security, then put traps on each end! Found this out after watching one use culvert to travel. Went in and I put trap at one ent and blocks at other end. Waited and only had 20 minute wait till I heard the whack! Problem solved! Results may vary.

 

[dlctcg]

Whew... for a minute I thought this was going to be a tragic story...

My mother was doing that many years ago for a chuck who had gone into the garage, as my father waited outside with his trusty 16

Thank God it was only the ground hog that saw it's demise...

 

[nyone]

220 conibear has worked so well for me. I didnt even know I had so many ground hogs before this year. I'm up to 6 this year..I only ever saw 1-2.

 

[Jstpssng]

220 conibear has worked so well for me. I didnt even know I had so many ground hogs before this year. I'm up to 6 this year..I only ever saw 1-2.

They aren't very forgiving though. A good 1 3/4 coilspring will accomplish the same thing, and you still have the chance to release a nontarget animal.

That's what I found scary about working in Vermont. Apparently they can set a 330 on the river banks; or at least they do it anyways.
I was working for the landowner, bringing my dog with me; and it would not have been good if she'd gotten into one.

 

[oosik]

I was reading from the log I keep on the property the other day. There WAS a family of ground hogs - down in the valley. The first weeks or so, when we came down from AK, my son wiped them out with his scoped 22. Replacements never came to the valley.

 

[Hay Dude]

Live trap right over the hole with some lettuce and cut apple for bait.

This was at my next door neighbor’s house June 19. Less than an hour after he set the trap.

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How dare you post pictures of my mother in law!

 

[bdhsfz6]

Ground Hogs digging next to house best way to rid myself of them

Got one with my pickup in the driveway this morning. He managed to dodge the front tire but not the rear.

 

[CaptFerd]

Used cat litter around the entrance. I mean litter that the cats have crapped and wissed in. They cant stand it and will vacate their home to get away from it.

 

[MossRoad]

How dare you post pictures of my mother in law!

Yikes!

I know your situation in that department is much different than mine.

 

[Oneil88]

Good ol' 10/22 is the best medicine for ground hogs.

 

[5030]

even skunks. They're not much fun in releasing them.

You know the 'trick' to releasing a skunk from a live trap?

 

[m7040]

Got one with my zero turn. He could not outrun it and I could turn quicker than he could. Was not pretty

 

[MossRoad]

You know the 'trick' to releasing a skunk from a live trap?

Put a tarp over it, and the skunk can't see you. No perceived threat, no spray. Then just feel for the latch through the tarp and open it. Pull the tarp and run like heck.