Getting Rid of Groundhogs

• sherm03

  

  The past few days, I've been spotting a groundhog in my back yard.
  
  Today, my wife calls me while I'm at work to tell me she saw three of them (two smaller ones and an full grown one) gnawing on some branches we cut down yesterday.
  
  My first thought was to get some traps and a pellet gun and take them out, but my wife really doesn't like that idea.
  
  Any advice on how to get rid of them more humanely?
• BR1986FB

  sherm03;770122 wrote:The past few days, I've been spotting a groundhog in my back yard.
  
  Today, my wife calls me while I'm at work to tell me she saw three of them (two smaller ones and an full grown one) gnawing on some branches we cut down yesterday.
  
  My first thought was to get some traps and a pellet gun and take them out, but my wife really doesn't like that idea.
  
  Any advice on how to get rid of them more humanely?

  
  Live trap. Not sure what you'd bait it with though.
• Tiger2003

  

  sherm03;770122 wrote:The past few days, I've been spotting a groundhog in my back yard.
  
  Today, my wife calls me while I'm at work to tell me she saw three of them (two smaller ones and an full grown one) gnawing on some branches we cut down yesterday.
  
  My first thought was to get some traps and a pellet gun and take them out, but my wife really doesn't like that idea.
  
  Any advice on how to get rid of them more humanely?

  
  Forget what the wife says and use the pellet gun...
  
  On a more serious note put some fruit or cabbage or tomatoes and it will lure them in. You can also add some sticks because groundhogs like to chew on wood.
• GoChiefs

  

  Yeah, live trap works just fine. I get a couple of them under my shed every summer. Just put the trap where they are entering/exiting your yard or by what they are living under, and you should be good within' a couple days. We bait the trap with raw broccoli, lettuce, tomatoes, and apples. Live trap it and relocate it.
• OSH

  

  If she doesn't like that idea, call a pest/rodent control person and they'll take care of it.
  
  If she'd rather spend the money than let you take care of it...let her do it instead of pestering you.
• tuskytuffguy

  Your next day off, tell your wife to go shopping, maybe get you some beer and stuff she can make you sammiches with, then park your ass in a chair in the backyard armed with a .22 rifle with a scope and hollow points. Aim for headshots. When she comes home, grab a cold one and drink while she makes you the sammich. Eat the sammich while drinking another cold one, then show her the catch of the day. Problem solved, the man way.
• THE4RINGZ

  

  Old school antifreeze.
  
  /thread.
• LJ

  

  tuskytuffguy;770229 wrote:Your next day off, tell your wife to go shopping, maybe get you some beer and stuff she can make you sammiches with, then park your ass in a chair in the backyard armed with a .22 rifle with a scope and hollow points. Aim for headshots. When she comes home, grab a cold one and drink while she makes you the sammich. Eat the sammich while drinking another cold one, then show her the catch of the day. Problem solved, the man way.

  
  Till he gets one with distemper, hits the side of the head and his wife comes home to a zombie groundhog chasing him around the yard
• THE4RINGZ

  

  LJ;770241 wrote:Till he gets one with distemper, hits the side of the head and his wife comes home to a zombie groundhog chasing him around the yard

  
  That would be fun to watch.
• nc52

  

  i suggest a HMR17, a pellet gun is too small
• I Wear Pants

  Get a dog.
• sonofsam

  

  I watched my friend pick one off with my compound bow (first time he ever shot it) and the groundhog was about half-run at a distance of 25 feet. Pinned that sucker to a railroad tie... It was a really great shot.
• Jughead

  

  I Wear Pants;770351 wrote:Get a manly dog.

  
  Fixed...a lap dog won't do shit.
• HitsRus

  

  i suggest a HMR17, a pellet gun is too small

  I'm not sure what a "HMR17 is...but I agree that a pellet gun is too small....it would have to be a lucky head shot in just the right place.
• sherm03

  

  HitsRus;770774 wrote:I'm not sure what a "HMR17 is...but I agree that a pellet gun is too small....it would have to be a lucky head shot in just the right place.

  
  My thought would be that if it is stuck in a trap, I'd have a pretty good chance of getting a head shot or two off without too much trouble.
  
  I've heard that there's some pellets you can spread that basically give off the scent of fox urine which scares them away from the area. Anyone ever try something like that?
• I Wear Pants

  Jughead;770558 wrote:Fixed...a lap dog won't do shit.

  Or you could get a cat. One of my cats brought an adult ground hog to the porch the other day. Mind you this cat is huge but it still made me laugh.
• berry

  If you want the groundhogs to relocate, simply dig a large hole near where they enter your property. This trick has been used for generations by farmers who do not wish to harm the animals. Groundhogs are notoriously territorial and often fight for dominance, but they are also fond of living. The large hole (should be at least 70 cubic feet of ground displaced) will make them think that a monster groundhog has moved in, and they will vacate immediately. This is why you never see groundhogs near those yards with a built in pool and also why there is no documented evidence of a groundhog having ever been killed on a road inside a tunnel.
• Belly35

  

  Find their hole or any hole where they run into
  Get a garbage lid metal or plastic
  I use "Sulfur bomb" they come 5 per package and use just one
  Drop the bomb in the hole, put the lid on top cove the edges with dirt wait 10 minutes take the lid off.
  Look around to see if you can see any smoke coming out of any other holes..... if you do drop one in that hole also and cover it.
  
  Does this at 7:30 or 8:00 that should be about the time they all go back into hole for the evening...
• Thread Bomber

  

  I think that a well placed ICBM will do the trick.
• Oldman82

  I got one with a baseball bat. I was able to block him from going into his hole and he was really big and couldn't run that fast. Cornered him and hit him in the head. Lucky though because those thinks are mean.
• bigdaddy2003

  

  If I remember correctly my neighbor had them under his barn and he used to drop gum in the holes. They chew it and it plugs up their digestive system.
• Thread Bomber

  

  bigdaddy2003;771029 wrote:If I remember correctly my neighbor had them under his barn and he used to drop gum in the holes. They chew it and it plugs up their digestive system.

  Why do I find grounhhog fart bubbles so amusing?
• Shane Falco

  Man up and get a real gun (no stinkin pellet gun!) and SHOOT the S.O.B.!!! Geez....does your wife carry our balls in her purse?
  
  Never heard of a farmer that didn't want one or all of them dead!