Groundhogs - good or bad?

kubotasaurus · Jun 13, 2003

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 · Jun 13, 2003

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 · Jun 13, 2003

/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 · Jun 13, 2003

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 · Jun 13, 2003

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 · Jun 14, 2003

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 · Jun 14, 2003

( If your state will let be done a good neck trap
)
Any web sites sell them?

StoneHeartFarm · Jun 14, 2003

( ( Unless they're physically attacking you, your loved ones, or your pets, I'd leave them alone. )

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. )

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 · Jun 14, 2003

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 · Jun 14, 2003

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.