Tell them there’s auditions in Punxsutawney, PA for next year’s Punxsutawney Idol...
They could wind up as the new Punxsutawney Phil..
No ???
post #11 has your answer...works on coyotes too...
.22 CCI Stingers do wonders on groundhogs.
Conibear trap
A big, nasty dog oughta do the trick.
When I was a kid, we used to buy them by the gross at the pharmacy for $15.00.
The box had a nice little illustration of some old farmer lighting one, rolling it down a hole (hence their round shape), a "bang" picture, then little dead rodents with x-ed out eyes in a tunnel, killed by the concussion in an enclosed space. I think they were for gophers, but firing off a couple/three at once would probably do the trick for a groundhog. You could probably make your own with the right stuff, but who knows whom that would attract.
We thought it was hilarious (as we launched them with our wrist rockets at pretty much everything).
You might enquire at a feed store or farm and ranch supply - a real one, not a corporate chain like Tractor Supply.
Also, I wouldn't rule out the poisoning plan....the little bastards wouldn't reek for all that long. I used to do that with inside-the-wall mice and the funk factor was done within a week.
I used to use crankcase oil down the hole. Now I use .22 long rifle hollow points. Fill the hole with cement. Filling the hole in with dirt and rocks does not work with the NY rodents.
This is what my sister uses in rural MI...and she doesn't use it to dig them a bigger hole!
Two things seem to work well. Pour amonia (full strength) down the hole or pour used cat litter down the hole. Either way groundhogs hate it and will abandon the area. Since I live in a rural area and am plagued with groundhogs borrowing under my in-ground pool, I get rid of them with my .22 hornet. I’ve recycled 7 so far this spring...
Cover all holes but one. Light a fuzee (road flare), drop it down that hole and cover it up. It will suck every bit of oxygen out of the length of the hole. It will work.
Somewhere there is a video of the verminator. It is a device that allows you to fill the hole with propane and ignite it. Looks like lots of fun.
Give me some toads ‘n’ frogs hips, I’m gonna mix ‘em up together, Mix ‘em up good, mix ‘em up together, kill that dirty Groundhog.
When I was a kid working the farm, we had this can of powdery stuff.
Toss about a tablespoon down the hole, and shovel it over. One (or more) dead woodchucks.
It was some cyanide compound that released cyanide gas when it got wet. Doubt if it’s available anymore.
various calibers depending on the range...Step 1: Point out the cute little ground-hog that’s sitting on the front lawn to the kids.
Step 2: Have the wife answer the door when a clueless neighbor stops by to tell you that he’s seen a skunk on your front lawn ... and that because the skunk was there during the day it was probably rabid.
Step 3: Calm the wife down by explaining the visual differences between a groundhog and a skunk, using Pepe le Peu as a visual reference tool.
Step 4: Explain to the wife that you’ll go get a trap from the local lawn/garden store and haul the thing 20+ miles away to a nice field.
Step 5: Make a mistake by answering wife: “Yes, I’ll need to drive the ground hog out there in the same car we use to haul our kids around.
Step 6: Assure wife that the groundhog will STILL be in the trap.
Step 7: With a great deal of frustration, watch as wife calls a pest-control company
Step 8: Meet the pest control guy when he shows up. Make a joke about how some idiot neigbor thought that the groundhog on the front lawn was a skunk.
Step 9: Explain, speaking very s-l-o-w-l-y, to the pest control guy that yes, you know the difference between a skunk and a ground hog. Because you grew up in rural New England. And you know that a groundhog is fat and brown while a skunk is thinner, black/white and with a big fluffy tail.
Step 10: Watch as the pest control guy sets up the trap and camoflages it with leaves.
Step 11: Go to work.
Step 12: Return from work to find the groundhog sitting on the lawn happily munching on something, while a seriously confused and distressed squirrel cools its heels in the trap.
Step 13: Watch the pest control guy reset the trap.
Step 14: Wake up the next morning, go outside and find the groundhog IN the trap, happily munching on the bait apple.
Step 15: Call the kids out to see the captured groundhog.
Step 16: Explain that no, the groundhog will NOT make a good pet.
Step 17: In response to tears and sobbing, take pictures of the groundhog while it’s in the trap happily munching on the bait apple.
Step 18: Wait for the pest control guy to come and collect the trapped groundhog.
Step 19: Call the wife to explain that the groundhog is really gone.
Step 20: Four day’s later open the letter from the pest control company containing an invoice for $275.00 for the capture and disposal service.
Step 21: Curse like a f*&%ing sailor. To no one in particular.
havahart trap, string beans as bait.
Rodents are easy... I’ve been fighting Cutter Ants for two years now. My front yard will soon qualify as a Superfund site.
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You obviously need to rent one of my alligators!