Motherberkleyer groundhog !!

My wife just stepped off the deck onto the surrounding paver bricks and the bricks collapsed. She's fine , but I've got a 6 foot long section of walk that will have to be filled and reset.Now I need suggestions on how to rid myself of this little mother. There's a garden hose currently making his home moist, but that will only be temporary.I have no firearms ,so that idea is a non-starter. What else?

Haveaheart trap baited with cantalope or peaches.

Might be able to repel with some nasty stuff.

I use high velocity lead poisioning for the issues with them at my moms.

I believe that the preferred method is high-powered explosives shaped like squirrels

DeadSkunk wrote: I have no firearms ,so that idea is a non-starter. What else?

Fix this, solve ground hog problem.

Hose from tail pipe of vehicle into ground hog burrow, leave vehicle running for a few hours. Carbon monoxide them to death.

• Lee

My dogs took one apart last month.

There's a documentary about this worth watching...

bigdaddylee82 wrote:

DeadSkunk wrote: I have no firearms ,so that idea is a non-starter. What else?

Fix this, solve ground hog problem. Hose from tail pipe of vehicle into ground hog burrow, leave vehicle running for a few hours. Carbon monoxide them to death. - Lee

Not so sure this will even work anymore..have you seen the CO levels that a new car puts out? Pretty pathetic!

I will however, rent you my MGB GT that I assure you puts out enough CO to wipe out a small country! MY approach would be to put a weighted down tarp over the suspect area and run the pipe under the tarp.

If entertainment is required along with the eviction notice, I recommend going to YouTube and doing a search for "squirrel launching" I am sure you could adapt the technology to your needs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5-d3rZZ-_M

Yeah, man-up and fix the lead launcher deficiency. I remember years ago reading an article on long range ground hog hunting. They would use 30-06's necked down to 22 caliber and WWI surplus artillery range finders and cap the things at 1500+ yards. Maybe you could rent your place out to them as a hunting lease?

For the CO suggestion, a lawn mower or other B&S powered implement will provide plenty of CO fer killin' vermin.

Conibear 220 or 280.

Rodenator or similar.

Dog, I recommend american foxhound. Mine is american foxhound mixed with great pyrenees and he is fast enough to catch rabbits so a groundhog should be easy work.

bigdaddylee82 wrote:

DeadSkunk wrote: I have no firearms ,so that idea is a non-starter. What else?

Fix this, solve ground hog problem.

Sounds easy in writing, but not so easy if you live in a tightly packed suburban area. Discharging a firearm can cause a visit from the boys in blue depending on where you live.

Mental note: google "rodenator" when I get home and can watch youtube... that looks like some funny stuff.

Ian F wrote:

bigdaddylee82 wrote:

DeadSkunk wrote: I have no firearms ,so that idea is a non-starter. What else?

Fix this, solve ground hog problem.

Sounds easy in writing, but not so easy if you live in a tightly packed suburban area. Discharging a firearm can cause a visit from the boys in blue depending on where you live.

^^^^TRUE^^^^

I'm gonna need to "take care of" some groundhogs at my new place, but it's in the city so I can't shoot them. I was told the bulk ant bait sold at TSC would attract them, they would eat it, and die. The helpful person there said they can't sell it as groundhog poison but it works well for that purpose.

They make poison gas things for this. Looks like a little stick of TNT. Light, toss down hole and cover to prevent escape. Done.

http://store.doyourownpestcontrol.com/giant-destroyer-smoke-bombs-gas

Whatever you do make sure it is ridiculously elaborate.

Don't just plunk him with .22, sic the dogs or lure him into a trap and hit him with a shovel.These are the most cunning of creatures. The internet demands a Rube Goldberg machine.

When I worked on the ranch we would dump sulfur chips in the dug out hole then light them using a torch (the kind farmers use for burning) then recover the hole. Not a healthy way to do it but it did the job.

Gasoline fumes migrate swiftly downhill, so pour a bunch at the entrance to the burrow, Pour a trial, wait a minute, then light it. Should be fun!

Not sure where you can legally buy it, but illegally I'd start with Craigslist...

Night time clandestine critter disposal. Decent air rifle with scope, a cheap camcorder with night mode, and a cheap IR illuminator.

http://youtu.be/J5FqeatJmxM

I guess ground hogs probably aren't nocturnal though.

Have you tried a 72 Chevy and a gravel pit?

Air gun or frozen paintballs.

Ian F wrote: Sounds easy in writing, but not so easy if you live in a tightly packed suburban area. Discharging a firearm can cause a visit from the boys in blue depending on where you live.

In many localities, air rifles don't count as firearms. That might be an option.

An interstate seems to work pretty well.

Pee on the entrance to his hole? I know if I were a groundhog, that would piss me off enough to move out.

foxtrapper wrote: Conibear 220 or 280. Rodenator or similar.

Yeah, I'm not sure that a conibear should be used in anything even remotely related to even a semi populated area. Those things although they do their job well are freakin dangerous.