Ground Hogs

[Jstpssng]

By ‘way back’ I meant behind the garage.

Thank you. I mean that. I don't like killing an animal anymore than somebody else does. Yet what is worse is when I am doing it because somebody else thinks they are being "Humane."

 

[bdhsfz6]

I use a Have A Heart trap with two open ends, then take em' for a ride. Otherwise, it's lead poisoning.

 

[LD48750]

I use a Have A Heart trap with two open ends, then take em' for a ride. Otherwise, it's lead poisoning.

Post your address & I'll bring the ones I trap over to your property.

 

[bdhsfz6]

Post your address & I'll bring the ones I trap over to your property.

I usually release them on state game lands a few miles from my place. I can give you directions but it's a long ride from MI.

 

[m7040]

So this huge groundhog is proving difficult to catch. He watched likely his family go in the trap. He pushes over the trap and eats out the bait from the bottom without triggering the door shut. He looks like a small bear. Set the trap again and waiting. Not sure I can shoot him after my eye surgery that impacts my ability to shoot on target. May have to learn to shoot left eyed with the 243 but he is very shy and runs at any sound etc

 

[bdhsfz6]

So this huge groundhog is proving difficult to catch. He watched likely his family go in the trap. He pushes over the trap and eats out the bait from the bottom without triggering the door shut. He looks like a small bear. Set the trap again and waiting. Not sure I can shoot him after my eye surgery that impacts my ability to shoot on target. May have to learn to shoot left eyed with the 243 but he is very shy and runs at any sound etc

I use a 12 gauge. If they hide or are too near a structure, I have the wife flush them out into an open area.

 

[m7040]

I use a 12 gauge. If they hide or are too near a structure, I have the wife flush them out into an open area.

I don't have a shotgun and the eye does not have a straight line of sight and using the pistol with the other eye is possible but need to be close for a hit. For now I staked the trap so he can not turn it over and we will see.

 

[MossRoad]

Put concrete block on top of trap, or run a couple rebars through it side-to-side near the bottom, then put concrete blocks on the rebar.

Also, leave the trap locked open for a couple days but keep baiting it. He’ll get used to going in and out. Then take the lock off one day.

 

[MossRoad]

Ground Hogs

 

[Torvy]

Ground Hogs

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Funny, my first thought was a new nickname for a tiller...