Woodchucks

Ardie/WI · #1 04/06/12, 05:42 PM

what can be used to bait traps for them pesty critters?

big rockpile · #2 04/06/12, 08:27 PM

Lead has always worked for me

Good eatin!

big rockpile

Paquebot · #3 04/06/12, 09:41 PM

Broccoli should work. That's their favorite garden vegetable here.

Martin

Ardie/WI · #4 04/07/12, 09:36 AM

BR, could you imagine me trying to shoot a gun while driving my electric scooter across the land!

Martin, would a fruit or veggie work??

RonM · #5 04/07/12, 11:09 AM

A small piece of lead in the ear usually works for me....

denaliguide · #6 04/07/12, 12:37 PM

I'd try ear corn, but they are big on greens. Maybe apples. I'd be surprised if either didnt work but keep it to ground level view to avoid none target stuff like birds........

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what can be used to bait traps for them pesty critters?

Ed Norman · #7 04/07/12, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Ardie/WI

BR, could you imagine me trying to shoot a gun while driving my electric scooter across the land!

Does it have handlebars? I once made a shotgun mount for a snowmachine that pivots for one handed firing.

brownegg · #8 04/07/12, 02:53 PM

If they aren't doing damage they are protected here in the badger state. Live and let be or their won't be any left here anymore.

brownegg

Ardie/WI · #9 04/07/12, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by brownegg

If they aren't doing damage they are protected here in the badger state. Live and let be or their won't be any left here anymore.

brownegg

I'll send them to your house gladly!

Welshmom · #10 04/07/12, 03:21 PM

They are definitely on the rise in urban areas.
We often advise to try carrots as bait, seems to work pretty well.

Paquebot · #11 04/07/12, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by brownegg

If they aren't doing damage they are protected here in the badger state. Live and let be or their won't be any left here anymore.

brownegg

Landowners or occupants or members of their families may trap and/or hunt them at any time and don't need an excuse or a permit.

Martin

Riverdale · #12 04/08/12, 07:54 AM

I have heard catalope. We are going to try that, as we have one of the $*&^!@# getting into our garden.

I would use the '9 gram solution', except my neighbors house (and garage) are too close to the holes.

Anyone have luck with Conibears (#220 or #280) right at the entrances? I am thinking upside down, centered over the hole.....

sevenmmm · #13 04/08/12, 09:32 AM

I use an apple. The big ones are real smart and some will not enter a trap. But the little ones are easy. I guess those would be better eating anyway, but I wouldn't know!

My woodchuck problems ebbs and flows along with the visits from the grey foxes.

Ardie/WI · #14 04/08/12, 04:37 PM

It must be the year of the woodchucks because I spotted two of them on our drive to the city.

We caught one very freaked out cat in the trap last night. It must have been curious about the cut up carrot. The poor thin shot out of the trap like a bat out of you-know-where when DH opened it!

We'll try again tonight and tomorrow I'm making an apple pie so I'll have plenty of bait for a few traps.

RonM · #15 04/08/12, 06:02 PM

I just bought a new groundhog rifle, really anxious to try it out a 22 Hornet,,most Springs I get a dozen or so...Horse people want them eradicated because a horse could step in the hole a do damage ....