KILLING GROUNDHOGS

[orezok]

My problem is with ground squirrels. In CA you can kill all you want as they have no protection. They are very wiley and if you run them down their hole, they may not come out for hours. I don't want to use poison (legal here) because of the dog. Traps are a PIA.

The best method I found is to take an old generator that I have and adapted a piece of flex conduit to the exhaust. Stick the conduit down the hole, cover the end and let it run for an hour. They never come back up.

 

[Diggin It]

We recently had a discussion about that "movin em down the road a piece." All that you are doing is dumping your problems onto somebody else.

Nobody else there. No houses for over a mile from where I left them. All woods and open fields sloping down towards a river.

 

[Ortimber]

We have "digger" squirrels here. They just make a mess of everything. A .17HMR works good. I'm sure you can enlist a few responsible helpers that would love the chance to take a crack at them..

 

[Oldoak]

Pocket Gophers being blown away by the Rodenator Pro - YouTube

Is this real or is this the trailer for Caddyshack 7.

I'm not going to lie, I want one.

I can tell you, use that Rodinator Pro in ground hog burrows and you are going to have a much larger explosion than blowing pocket gophers tunnels. I wouldn't want to be standing anywhere near that close. :shocked:

I don't like the use of poison to kill any animal and I wouldn't use gas. I use a .22 rimfire magnum or my .223 on wood chucks. Only if they start burrowing in the middle of the fields. In the hedgerows, I live and let live.

Unfortunately, most animal "problems" are caused by humans encroaching on their habitat, not the animals encroaching on ours.

 

[radios1]

We recently had a discussion about that "movin em down the road a piece." All that you are doing is dumping your problems onto somebody else. Either deal with them, keep feeding them or get rid of them, we all have problem animals of our own without taking care of yours.

I saw a guy in Florida feeding the Alligators in the canal on a regular basis.. he just didn't care about anybody else!.. humans are food, ok..

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^^
That seems to be coming home to roost though.
Or perhaps we are hearing more about it up here because we stopped believing all of the gloom and doom about the economy.

 

[GirlWhoWantsTractor]

I need to get serious about eradicating groundhogs (woodchucks or marmots, to some). Has anyone any experience with
the "Rodenator" which is basically a tool to inject propane and oxygen into their tunnels and then ignites it? (Yes, I am familiar
with game laws but enough is enough).
Thanks

So what are the groundhogs doing? Eating your carrots?

 

[atsah]

People drop ALL kinds of animals off at my brothers farm, he is not happy about it either, he is sick of having to trap animals that have already been trapped by someone else that thought it would be a good idea to drop them off 1000 yards from a barn full of grain, idiots..

 

[Fuddy1952]

One thing that has worked for me around the garage, barns, other buildings is I put a couple of insulators on every corner, then wired around to fence charger. Wire is a few inches off of the ground.

 

[shooterdon]

.223 scoped rifle. With 20 to deal with it may take some time but it is good practice for deer season.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I cleaned out all the chucks with live traps and conibear 220's...

They work all night while I'm sleeping...

SR

 

[AndyMA]

Pocket Gophers being blown away by the Rodenator Pro - YouTube

Is this real or is this the trailer for Caddyshack 7.

I'm not going to lie, I want one.

On Sale $1499

Gopher, Prairie Dog Underground Rodent Control With Propane And Oxygen.

 

[Jstpssng]

I cleaned out all the chucks with live traps and conibear 220's...

They work all night while I'm sleeping...

SR

The trouble with a conibear is that they aren't very forgiving. A 1 3/4 coilspring makes a great live trap though. You might want to use a grain bag or heavy coat when setting an animal free though.
(And if you catch a cat you won't be sleeping very long... it's unbelievable the noises that they can make. )

 

[Sawyer Rob]

The trouble with a conibear is that they aren't very forgiving.

aaaaaawww, the object of the 220 isn't to "set them free"!

IF, I catch a cat, then it's one less cat problem and there's no noises from them to keep me awake...

SR

 

[Diggin It]

I have no problem with the silly things. They're kind of fun to watch sometimes. Almost like Otters on land.

I just don't want then burrowing under or near my house which was the reason I started the relocation plan. That and the potentially ankle busting holes.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I have no problem with the silly things. They're kind of fun to watch sometimes. Almost like Otters on land.

I just don't want then burrowing under or near my house which was the reason I started the relocation plan. That and the potentially ankle busting holes.

SO, you are like most townies, "relocating" YOUR problem so it becomes some one else's problem!

Just take care of YOUR problem yourself!

I get so sick of people dumping THEIR problem animals around here, which is why "I" end up having to use the above 220!!

SR

 

[Diggin It]

^^ Not even close on any count. There's just no point in killing things for no reason. Annoying us is not a reason. Remember, we annoy them too.

 

[CobyRupert]

SO, you are like most townies, "relocating" YOUR problem so it becomes some one else's problem!

Just take care of YOUR problem yourself!

SR

What I find funny (not) is that because they are so kind and love animals so, so much, and would never harm another of God's wonderful creatures they use a trap called "Have a Heart" :heart: :heart: Aww...., how woke! Let's take a animal, remove it from it's shelter, food supply, family, etc... and drop it into some hostile strange territory... It really should be renamed "Have it die hungry, cold, traumatized, out of your sight" trap.

It's like never wanting to see an animal harmed, so you buy your hamburger at the store.

 

[CobyRupert]

"A 2004 study of grey squirrels who were live-trapped and relocated from suburban areas to a large forest showed that a staggering 97 percent of the squirrels either soon died or disappeared from their release area. "

...from the Humane Society!

Scrap the Trap When Evicting Wildlife : The Humane Society of the United States

 

[MossRoad]

"A 2004 study of grey squirrels who were live-trapped and relocated from suburban areas to a large forest showed that a staggering 97 percent of the squirrels either soon died or disappeared from their release area. "

...from the Humane Society!

Scrap the Trap When Evicting Wildlife : The Humane Society of the United States

You know the Humane Society of the United States is not about animal welfare, but about animal rights, don't you? They are akin to PETA.

The Bottom Line: HSUS = PETA - HumaneWatch