Dead animal in pipe

[BlueKnife]

Any ideas?

Shoot them.

 

[plowhog]

Shoot them.

I've thought of this but the only realistic shot is down through a narrow opening in a metal grate, with concrete on the bottom.

I don't think the neighbors would be an issue with gunfire, but I might be with a ricochet.

 

[2manyrocks]

If you can figure out what they like to eat, you could bait a live trap at the end of the pipe and see if you can trap and release them somewhere else.

I've had good luck with live traps from Tractor Supply, but see that Harbor Freight also has one. https://www.harborfreight.com/32-in...=747&msclkid=ff58d75dc2bb1a556239b1d9cc7e0405

 

[plowhog]

Good idea but the only pipe opening is below grade in the side of a narrow irrigation ditch. (18" wide?)

Rigging a trap to that would be difficult and I'm concerned about crazed marmots if I pull the weighted down plywood barricade out.

 

[BlueKnife]

I've thought of this but the only realistic shot is down through a narrow opening in a metal grate, with concrete on the bottom.

I don't think the neighbors would be an issue with gunfire, but I might be with a ricochet.

I'm not there to see what you mean exactly, so obviously I can't say for sure. From what you describe though, it sound like you could just stick the barrel through the grate and shoot them at close range. The bullet isn't going to ricochet if you hit them and unless the neighbors are right next to you they'll never hear it. A .22 bullet that travels a few feet or inches and then enters a soft body makes less noise than a hammer hitting a block of wood.

 

[fishheadbob]

But if you kill them in the pipe you have to get the bodies out. The possibility of some maggot gagging mess looms very large. Find out what they love to eat, use that to get them out, and then send them off to their eternal reward.

 

[WinterDeere]

Once they finally die, how can I get them out of the pipe?

A little hairspray and a grill ignighter. World’s coolest spud gun!

 

[bigtiller]

Call roto-ruter, that's their name and away goes trouble down the drain.

them or some like them can walk a high pressure walking nozzle down the drain and flush them out.

it is done around here in field drainage tile plugged with corn stover.

 

[DarkBlack]

I still don’t get why you can’t just drown them. Plug up the far end and fill it with water. They’ll run or float out the close end. Unless there’s something to the actual situation I haven’t envisioned

 

[Fixastuff]

A .22 bullet that travels a few feet or inches and then enters a soft body makes less noise than a hammer hitting a block of wood.

Not in my experience, maybe if using subsonic rounds.