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How does one get rid of groundhogs?
Mar 18, 2023, 1:59 PM
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They seem to be extremely intelligent. They won't go in my trap. By the time I grab my .22,it's like they have a 6th sense and scurry back to their hole before I can even get to door for a shot.
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Re: How does one get rid of groundhogs?
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Mar 18, 2023, 1:59 PM
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Re: How does one get rid of groundhogs?
Mar 18, 2023, 2:02 PM
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If you don’t have animals or children, use a poison. Also you can use a bucket with water and put a board so they can walk up the board and fall into the bucket where they will drown.
Forgot to say you need to bait the water so they can smell it and walk up the board. Can’t swim.
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Re: How does one get rid of groundhogs?
Mar 18, 2023, 2:12 PM
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I've tried poison but to no avail. Never heard of the walking the plank trick. The cat idea would be fun to watch, oh and fire brownL! There.
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Get a killer cat. Be prepared to dispose of kills.***
Mar 18, 2023, 2:04 PM
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Re: Get a killer cat. Be prepared to dispose of kills.***
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Mar 18, 2023, 6:51 PM
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A husky will get rid of the groundhog and any cats.
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Re: How does one get rid of groundhogs?
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Mar 18, 2023, 2:10 PM
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I think you have to wait til next Feb for them to come out again.
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.243 cal. Great ground hog gun***
Mar 18, 2023, 2:24 PM
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Orange Blooded [4035]
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Easy answer!
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Mar 18, 2023, 2:24 PM
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Well, let them eat your yard and do major damage for 13 years and hope they care enough to leave your yard on their own! If they truly love your yard, they will.
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What kind of trap are you using?
Mar 18, 2023, 2:43 PM
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In my experience, the plunger-style traps work more effectively. Place the trap over an active tunnel, step on the tunnel on each side of the trap to create a partial collapse, set the trap, and wait. When the critter come through the tunnel again and hits the tripping mechanism, the spears will kill the animal inside the tunnel. Works on moles and voles too.
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Re: What kind of trap are you using?
Mar 18, 2023, 3:04 PM
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Re: What kind of trap are you using?
Mar 18, 2023, 5:30 PM
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I've used that but not sure if I've ever killed a single one that way
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Re: How does one get rid of groundhogs?
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Mar 18, 2023, 2:52 PM
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Dynamite 😉
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Call my buddy bill Murray
Mar 18, 2023, 3:02 PM
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Between groundhogs and gophers he’s got you covered
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I spent 2 hours last weekend with a shotgun
Mar 18, 2023, 4:01 PM
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Waiting for him to show his face. Just got to be patient. He’ll come out and then you can blast him. Just stay downwind and out of sight.
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Invite them in for cheese cake then close the door behind them.
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Mar 18, 2023, 5:02 PM
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They can't reach the doorknob.
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Re: How does one get rid of groundhogs?
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Mar 18, 2023, 5:09 PM
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I put roasted peanuts in my trap and catch them without a problem.
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I dunno, but I heard Bill Murray was an expert, and used to
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Mar 18, 2023, 5:11 PM
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work at a golf course.
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Re: How does one get rid of groundhogs?
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Mar 18, 2023, 5:17 PM
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They make poison pnuts that you can drop in their holes but make sure no pets have access. I dropped some in several holes one day, my boykin smelled either them or me on them, either way she dug them up and it was a $1200 emergency vet bill after started puking non-stop.
I prefer the HMR 17 as my varmit mediator!
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Re: How does one get rid of groundhogs?
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Mar 18, 2023, 6:52 PM
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HMR 17 is my go to also. Taken out everything up to fox with it.
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Trap and relocate. Some of yall have some dark issues.***
Mar 18, 2023, 6:47 PM
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Re: How does one get rid of groundhogs?
Mar 19, 2023, 10:37 AM
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loud country music. they’ll never come back. they can be a real pest. they ate everything, including habanero peppers
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Patience. My grandfather sat under a shady maple tree
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Mar 19, 2023, 11:49 AM
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near the garden with his shotgun. Then bam. No more groundhog. Of course he had lots of patience.
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Re: How does one get rid of groundhogs?
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Mar 19, 2023, 11:53 AM
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Some form of explosives work well!
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This works on roadrunners
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Mar 19, 2023, 11:55 AM
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but will probably work for a groundhog too.
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Re: How does one get rid of groundhogs?
Mar 19, 2023, 12:35 PM
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Bouncing Bettys
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Friend of mine eats them
Mar 19, 2023, 1:32 PM
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He says they are organic and vegan, not like coons or possums. He smoked one for me, and it was similar to pulled pork. 🧐🤯
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Seriously, are they attracted to sugary food?
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Mar 19, 2023, 1:43 PM
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I tried this several years ago, when I was having a problem with raccoons.
Go to Tractor Supply and get some Golden Maldrin sugar fly bait. It comes in a gallon can or smaller sizes...it's granulated. Put about a good handful in a container, pour on a can of coke, and mix it up. Then pour into a shallow container that won't be flipped over easily...I used the lid off a plastic five-gallon bucket.
The first night I tried this, the next morning I had three dead racoons within 10 feet of the bait! Over the next few weeks, I probably got over 20 racoons and 3 or 4 possums.
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