Groundhogs - good or bad?

[kubotasaurus]

Rogue,

.22 pellet rifle works a treat (mine is 850fps - around the same as a .22 short). They are tough buggers though - don't try with anything smaller.

Pellet rifles are outlawed for hunting in some states (like PA) and some townships have ordinances against discharging any weapon.

Still, not that I would say bend the rules, but there is the old saying of shoot, shovel and shut-up!

 

[EdKing]

You can get a nice little pistol type crossbow, about 75 pound draw. From personal experience I can tell you they do quite a number on a ground hog.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gifI like that.... contact PETA!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gifThey could come out and protest in your yard....dress up like groundhogs!!! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Maybe they would use there "humane traps" and trap them to move them to someone elses neighborhood....but being Politically correct,they would probably enroll the ground hogs in some type of councling program to help the poor ground hogs adjust after being traumitized from the culture shock of being forcibly removed from there home and relocated somewhere else.Remember these little groundhogs are mammals like us human animals/mammals. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Anonymous Poster]

And then try to get enough media attention to make the government feel bad enough to pass legislation barring discrimination based on "groundhog" status. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[BWa]

If your state will let be done a good neck trap is quick and easy to use and can be set so as to be pet proof by setting it over an active hole and cover it with a box or barrel . just make sure the trap is set over the hole and can spring without the box/ barrel catching and stopping it , it works on a spring action and is designed to break the neck or skull , but failing that it can take longer by coking them /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif, ,,,, when we that live here in the Peoples Republic of Massachusetts could use them legally I made sure they worked to break the neck/skull . After PETA got this foolish BAN on all JAW traps it was less than 6 months when all the YUPPIEs that had big expensive homes in the western part of the state have a fit when told that the beavers that built dams and flooded their homes could not be trapped and due to their out lawing all hunting they could not be shot . /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif... yup alot of homes with built in ponds unless you had the big bucks and time to hire in a State Licensed Live Trapper ....
Baring that you could try the smoke bombs , but you have to close off all exits and it is not always effective .... /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
The 3 S's(shot , shovel and shut-up) or the TSS (trap shovel and shut-up)works best ,,,Good Luck
Bill g.

 

[NY_Yankees_Fan]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( If your state will let be done a good neck trap
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Any web sites sell them?

 

[StoneHeartFarm]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( </font><font color="blueclass=small">( Unless they're physically attacking you, your loved ones, or your pets, I'd leave them alone. )</font>

No way am waiting for them to attack me or my family. As one person mentione dthey can be mean when backed in to a corner. So... They go.
Just gotta decide how. I think traps. I really shouldn't shoot around here. )</font>

50 foot extension cord. Clip off the female end and separate the wires back about 6 inches. Cut off the ground wire and strip the other two wires about an inch. Insert ends of wire into firecracker. Smear firecracker with peanut butter,(cheese, or whatever bait works) and place on lawn. When GH takes firecraker, plug in extension cord. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Don't know if this will kill em either, but it will darn well let em know you mean business. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Steve

 

[TerryinMD]

Wow.... StoneHeartFarm has sure suggested a new way of dealing with those pesky little varments.

I use either Haveaheart traps or the fusee gas bombs. Depends on the situation. If I can't trap them... I gas them. Simple and elegant!! Find the hole (they usually have a couple homes by the way, so search around). Make sure that you have only one opening. Light up Mr. Fusee, dump it into the hole, push it in a bit, then cover the hole with a rock and soil to seal it off... b-bye Mr Groundhoung!!.

One thing that I didn't see mentioned at all is that this is the time of year for momma to kick out the babies. So, you'll see lots of groundhound movement. Just like MDNick suggested, a swerve to the right or to the left saves the world from a few more varments.

Terry

 

[r0GuE]

I was mowing accross the raod today and I definatly could have got him if I wanted. The idiot just looked at me and as I approached, he scampered away slowly. I didn't have the heart. But I am thinking if he gives my that chance again, after thinking more about it, that I will get him next time.

 

[Gatorboy]

A trick that my Great-Grandfather and Great-Grandmother used to do to kill those varmits on their farm many years ago was knowing that a Groundhog/Woodchuck will always come up from there hole and look in the same direction as they did when they went down.

My Great-Grandmother used to sneak up on a groundhog, and when they saw her, would jump down into their hole and she would just back away, then my Great-Grandfather moved closer to the hole from the opposite direction and waited. When the ol' bugger came back up, he would always come up with his back to my Great-Grandfather and BANG -- problem gone.

 

[Phred]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( "humane traps" and trap them to move them to someone elses neighborhood.... )</font>

Maybe to the fools yard who is responsible for the no guns of any kind law in your area.....justice.

If it was me; scoped 223 on a tripod mount and a confortable chair. ARs are ideal for fast followup shots.

That reminds me of a story about a freind that had one digging up his yard. One day he was working on something and had a hammer in his hand when he noticed the beast in close proximity out of the corner of his eye. He treid to sneak up on it and got with in about 15 feet when the ground hog turned and looked at him. So he tries to throw the hammer and hit the ground hog. As he tells it, the ground hog ran right at him between his legs... its still unclear who had who /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif.

Fred

 

[BWa]

If it is like this state anything they have on the law books that you cann't have , you cann't get shipped to you from out of state , ,,,Kodie (sp?) bear traps are the ones to get , they come in many sizes , the first one or two smaller size one will be big enough for any woodchuck, they are made out of heavy wire and have one or sometimes two springs on the side and a catch /trigger , , they are used to trap muskrats and beaver , but work well for any Critter that will get it's head in the open trap , (skunks , possuims , coons , etc. ), just make sure that you cover it from pets getting at it , and use that chain and stake it down ,,,,, just in case you get a critter that does not get the head/neck in the thing first and sets it off ...a search of trapping suppliers should find you one ...good luck
Bill G.
faithful to the 3S rule /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Briarwood]

I must admit I practice a vendetta against groundhogs and the best medicine I have found is a .22-250. My wife likens me to Bill Murry in the movie Caddy Shack. Those giant rats dig holes in the dam of my pond that could potentially end up as weak spots and develop into leaks. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif It would cost me a ton of $'s to rebuild the dam. So...it's not difficult for me to justify ridding the farm of those critters. If PETA wants to protest my methods, I suggest they send the Dixie Chicks for a nude sit-in. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Briarwood

 

[NY_Yankees_Fan]

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[Anonymous Poster]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I suggest they send the Dixie Chicks for a nude sit-in. )</font>

You let us know about the sit in and I will be over to watch...... /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif oh my.................. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif