Ground Hogs

[stuckmotor]

I can only imagine. How long will your vision be messed up?

It depends on how dry they are before I realize I need the drops and which drops I use. Probably between one and thirty minutes before they get as good as they're going to get. The thin drops work faster while the thick ones last longer.

 

[MossRoad]

It depends on how dry they are before I realize I need them and which drops I use. Probably between one and thirty minutes before they get as good as they're going to get. The thin drops work faster while the thick ones last longer.

Ah. My wife has dry eyes. Has to put drops in each morning. Not sure about afternoons. Doctor prescribed stuff.

 

[LD48750]

want some?

 

[m7040]

Had a problem with groundhogs going under buildings where smoke bombs don't work. The trap I used did not get them baited with apples etc. Changed the bait to canned peaces in heavy sirup and made a trail to the trap. Worked perfectly and 5 groundhogs disappeared. Also don't clean the trap after use so the smell of GH lingers and the fear of the trap id less

 

[MossRoad]

Caught another one last night. Pretty ingenious little critter. Was hidden behind a row of canna lilies. Went under a chain link fence, under the black plastic that’s under the rocks that’re under our deck for our above ground pool. Probably nice and dry in there. Had my wife not noticed just a small pile of sand near the front of the triple line of lilies while weed eating, we’d have never known it was there.

Set trap between lilies, baited with cut apple. That’s two for two with the apples.

 

[Raul-02]

est way to rid myself of them

I'm partial to a 22-250

 

[Jstpssng]

Caught another one last night. Pretty ingenious little critter. Was hidden behind a row of canna lilies. Went under a chain link fence, under the black plastic that’s under the rocks that’re under our deck for our above ground pool. Probably nice and dry in there. Had my wife not noticed just a small pile of sand near the front of the triple line of lilies while weed eating, we’d have never known it was there.

Set trap between lilies, baited with cut apple. That’s two for two with the apples.

I "caught" one Sunday night. It's been a while since I've fired much and I kept missing. Then I wounded the little bugger... I've never heard the noises he made. Luckily I had one round left and put him out of his pain, but it will be a while before I use my MarkII on one again.

 

[MossRoad]

Too many house around here to responsibly shoot at anything. I yelled at it and gave it a generally bad experience before I let it go in the way back.

 

[Jstpssng]

Too many house around here to responsibly shoot at anything. I yelled at it and gave it a generally bad experience before I let it go in the way back.

That's most likely how mine got here... I live out in the "way back". I take care of one every 4 or 5 years, so it's not like they are reproducing here. Growing up they were a nuisance and it never bothered me to get rid of them. I guess that I'm getting old.

 

[MossRoad]

That's most likely how mine got here... I live out in the "way back". I take care of one every 4 or 5 years, so it's not like they are reproducing here. Growing up they were a nuisance and it never bothered me to get rid of them. I guess that I'm getting old.

By ‘way back’ I meant behind the garage.

 

[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...