Non heating question-Chuck Shaw

Chuck Shaw_2

I am having a problem with woodchucks in my garden, the reason I bring it up on the wall, is there is usually an answer (or at least a laugh) to be found.

I have tried, ox blood, fox urine, smoke bombs, traps and red pepper. Nothing seems to be working. I would love to just shoot the little rodents, but I can't because of the neighbor hood. I know where their holes are (not on my property) and would love to get rid of them. I am sick of going down to the garden, to find something else is eating the veggies.

I am to the point, where I will try almost anything, so if you have an idea, I will probally try it. I will let you know what the results are.

thanks in advance

Chuck

DanHolohan

Have you seen

Caddyshack?

Chuck Shaw_2

yea I have,

but the ATF keeps a tight watch on Plastique,

Mike T., Swampeast MO

Was going to start this with "if woodchucks are anything like groundhogs" then found that these are just different names for the same animal!

They're quite easy to trap. Get a live animal trap (many towns will loan them at no cost) and bait with something they like. You can use the same type of things you're growing in your garden if you like. I use either broccoli or cauliflower (from a store--not the ones out of my garden) as they are especially fond of both. I usually catch 2-3 a year yet they still get some of my goodies despite the chain fence around the garden!

Animal control in your town will probably take them although around here they just dump them off out of the city limits so they can bother someone else... I also give some to a relative who swears that BBQ groundhog is delicious but he says they're tricky to clean and prepare and he only takes them in the fall when a certain person is at their hunting "lodge"--an old house trailer. He says the man who prepares them greatly prefers younger, smaller ones.

Even though I'm in town, an old neighbor got by with shooting them with a rifle--he died two years ago and now I have even more of the pesky things...

Ranger

I'm not sure about wood chucks but...

...My parents had a mole problem.Believe it or not Wrigles gum.(chew it at place it by the hole but wear gloves,ya can't touch the gum with your hands for some reason)anyway,thay will eat it and thay can't digest it(or pass it) and in a couple of day's...Ask the county or state agriculture dept.,believe it or not thay are slow to respond but very helpful here in Ocean County,New Jersey.
Ranger

ScottMP

excuse me for asking

But If we kill all the golfers won't they lock us up ?

Bill Murray

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jerry scharf_2

Caddyshack meets high tech

Check out the rodex 4000. for people who have lots to manage (parks, golf courses, vinyards) these are the cat's meow. If you use one, you have to promise to write a review.

jerry

jerry scharf_2

Caddyshack meets high tech

Check out the rodex 4000. For people who have lots to manage (parks, golf courses, vinyards) these are the cat's meow. If you use one, you have to promise to write a review.

jerry

Mike T., Swampeast MO

Did you read the two reviews at their site?

I can't tell if it's real and the company is trying absolve itself from some serious liability concerns or if it's a joke!

Got a clogged drain? Insert some "organics", plug all the vents for a few days. Open one quickly. Throw in match. RUN!

DaveC

Mmmm-mmmm-mmmm!

Woodchucks roasting on an open fire,

Hot sauce dripping from their toes,

Tiny rats with a crispy golden coat,

And hot skewers poking out their nose!

(Good eatin' any time of the year - enjoy)

Dave Palmer_3

otay

try cheap colonge like aquavelva or high karate,no really.It works for rats and chipmunks,Dave

BillW@honeywell

Try this...

Jack Russel terrier or a Dachshund! They go right down the burrow after the critter, and since they were originally bred for going after rats and badgers, a 'chuck should be a piece of cake! But they do have nasty-looking teeth...

jerry scharf_2

it's for real

Mike,

It's nutty but real. They pump in lots of extra oxygen, so they don't get any flash out of the hole. With a good mix and the fact that both propane and oxygen are heavier that air, the gases stay put and flash well.

jerry

Mike T., Swampeast MO

Still reminds me a bit of what happens with an LP BBQ grill if you turn on gas, leave the cover closed and light. A not-too-bright friend of mine did that at his BBQ party. At least his was the body that intercepted the little flying window that used to be in the grill... "WAAAIII"--BOOM!

He did have a reasonable meal waiting when he returned from the E.R.

kevin coppinger_4

well if a 12 ga....

is out of the question...how about a bow and arrow. A compound bow can deliver quite a whollop..less noise, lesschance of hitting something 1 mi away.....kpc

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John@Reliable_9

Chuck, the smoke bombs will ..................

only work if you find and block all the openings but one. Thats the hard part. They always have two or three openings. So grab so beers and sit and watch them, block it and bomb away and block the last one. PS I found they like thier escape openings around rock walls if you have any.

hr

If there's a bustle in your hedgerow

don't be alarmed now! (Led Zeppelin)

My local vet loans out catch em alive traps for critters. Beware a caged animal can be real nasty! As I recall a well fed wood chuckshaw can be fairly large.

Go get that quadruped !

hot rod

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Mike T., Swampeast MO

I'd just managed to get "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" out of my head and now you start "Stairway to Heaven". Yikes!

Chuck Shaw_2

Guy said

that it worked that way, with him and women....

Jon_2

Woodchucks and 22 cal. CB ammo

I know you are worried about the noise if you shoot them, but if you have a 22 rimfire rifle you might want to try CCI 22 short or long CB rounds. They have a 29 gr. bullet at 700 feet/sec. They are no louder than an airgun. They are made for pest control. Make sure you check the sights on your rifle with this ammo for you will have to adjust them for the CB rounds. They will stop a charging enraged woodchuck at 50 ft.+.... Jon

Dave Yates (PAH)

We had em

at our previous abode. Young Mike & I built a live-trap & caught the fat ugly buggers using peaches and apples as bait. The best part? We took our charges to a local lawyer's home (a real ambulance chaser) and would release them into his garden late at night(G). He had the most beautiful gardens! I've often wondered if he's ever wondered why he's had such an infestation of groundhogs.

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Rich daplumber

get them plastered

just mix some oatmeal with plaster of paris, dry, and put in a little dish for breakfast...

get the idea.

it worked great with racoons..

jwade55_3

Try this,

Leave them a feast of veggies, loaded with D-Con. Just mix a bit up and inject it in the bait. my neighbor swears by it. BTW I killed 11 out of my back door Saturday, you think you have it bad?

J

Floyd_5

Find one of the old LP tanks...

without the check valve...
turn it upside down over the hole...
the liquid will run down the hole....
turn to vapor.....
wait a few minutes to allow the vapor to mix with air....
throw lighted match and run.....
no more pesky critters......
Doesn,t even bang... just a whoosh!!
Quiet and effective.

Floyd

jw

Best one I've heard yet!

I'll have to try this one myself! (On a varmint, that is.)

Mark Hunt

Chuck


If you need me to, I will drive down there and fix your problem.

Just make sure there aren't any children or PETA people around.

It's gonna' get ugly!

Mark H

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leo g_13

from their site

"1. AVOID ANY HORSEPLAY
- DO NOT PLACE FINGERS INTO HEAD OF NOZZLE (40,000 VOLTS ARE PRESENT)
- DO NOT POINT AT OTHER HUMANS OR PETS.
- DO NOT DESTROY UNINTENDED PROPERTY. SUCH AS IRRIGATION PIPES, SEWER
PIPES, ETC.

2. KEEP EQUIPMENT UNDER ADULT CONTROL
- DO NOT ALLOW CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN TO OPERATE UNIT.
- STORE OR SECURELY LOCK UNIT TO PREVENT UNINTENDED USE.

3. EQUIPMENT IS NOT A PARTY TOY
- AVOID OBVIOUS TEMPTATION OF RODENT PARTIES, BLAST PARTIES, PROJECTILE
FIRINGS OF CANS, FRUITS, VEGETABLES, MODEL ROCKETS, PARACHUTES, ETC"

number 3 being my fave!

leo g


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ScottMP

One of my favorite storys that my dad told.

My Grandfather was a gardener for the estates in our town and also had a Huge vegetable garden. He had a woodchuck that was doing in his crop.

He got up early one morning and found the little bugger right out in the garden, so he grabbed his shot gun and walked all around the garden untill he had a good shot.

The good shot happened to put him Right Underneath my parents first floor bedroom window. At five oclock in the morning my father came out of bed swinging and my mother had to be peeled off the cieling.

The story goes that my grandfather missed

Chowda

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