Speaking of woodchucks...

[camper4lyfe]

We have one that lives under the shed. Harmless bugger (here). Watch him scamper up and down the driveway sometimes.

You say that until your shed floor collapses

 

[stokes]

We have one that lives under the shed. Harmless bugger (here). Watch him scamper up and down the driveway sometimes.

One?There is no such thing.They breed like NYC rats.One Sunday me and my brother in law watched a mother and 11 young coming and going under his shed.Shot the mother first and the young ones were too stupid to scatter.Got em all with a single shot 22.

 

[BDinPutnam]

One?There is no such thing.They breed like NYC rats.One Sunday me and my brother in law watched a mother and 11 young coming and going under his shed.Shot the mother first and the young ones were too stupid to scatter.Got em all with a single shot 22.

Yep, just one.

 

[repete]

It's under a bay window overhang and right up against the foundation. No gas! I would light the smoke bomb which is poison and then seal off the hole with plywood or something. Is it going to smell or anything if I then just fill back in the hole?

Don't ask how I know but the sulfur smell of the gas will end up in the house, the dead rodent smell I never noticed.
Use a Have a Heart type trap.

 

[Acer-m14]

Gregory A Bach

From field to plate, slow cooked, in about 8 hours.

Took a chance and decided to take one home and throw it in the crock pot. It was delicious!

 

[Acer-m14]

Live trap them and cook them .. i'm going to now (shoot and eat them ) .. i used to think of them as rodents .. shoot kill and dispose .. are not rabbits the same (rodents ) .. eat the same ... but rabbits have a season to hunt .. chucks not .. hummm ..

most trap raccoons for the pelts and toss the rest .. i ate one once . omg that was yummy ..

if i ever get a yote i will cook it too .. ( just have to get over the dog pet part of it )

 

[1075tech]

just have to get over the dog pet part of it

Gives a whole new meaning to "shepherd's pie"

 

[tc556guy]

Have a few living under the gun shed this summer. They come up and hang out with me in between customers.

 

[MuttCat]

If somebody offered me a taste I would definitely give it a try. I have heard they're tasty...got to remove the lymph nodes or glands, I believe that's the same with squirrels?

 

[MothMan]

If somebody offered me a taste I would definitely give it a try. I have heard they're tasty...got to remove the lymph nodes or glands, I believe that's the same with squirrels?

They are related to the squirrel family. That is why you can find woodchucks trees.

I trapped and removed 26 chucks from my backyard in Eastwood last year, think city. Have caught 12 so far this year.

I use a Hav-A-Hart trap and a Tractor Supply knockoff. The TS trap is not of the same quality as the H-A-H trap. Have had to straighten out TS trap after a big boar chucks tried to escape.

Have seen chucks all times of day but mostly early AM and evening.

Trapping chucks is now one of my summer retirement hobbies I’m getting quite good at it. My preferred bait is chunked up whole carrots cut big enough so not to fall through trap. Peanut butter attracts squirrels.

Just came back in after baiting both traps in order to welcome new woody to back yard.

I release five miles away as recommended in an upscale neighborhood in Dewitt.

As for eating them possibly as a SHTF food source but right now their stink puts me off. I can now sometimes smell a chuck before I see it.

The problem I have with them is that the like to burrow under my deck along the foundation wall. Ain’t gonna happen anymore. Had to collapse two burrows by forcing re-rod in to the ground to find tunnels.

My latest victim.

 

[MuttCat]

My live trap arrived late yesterday pm. I've read that canteloupe works well; carrots are certainly cheaper...I'll give em a try.

Now, about that bear.....

 

[1075tech]

Now, about that bear.....

You're going to need a bigger cage

 

[Steve H]

And a picanic basket.

 

[Criticalt]

My live trap arrived late yesterday pm. I've read that canteloupe works well; carrots are certainly cheaper...I'll give em a try.

Now, about that bear.....

Bears are easy.......30-06.


Just kidding.....dang
Just run at them like a psycho a couple times and they will leave for good. At least it works here.
We had one old boar that decided he would keep returning to stare at our bee hives. He never tried to get through the fence as far as we know. It took about a week of me sending the dogs on him. The dogs wont make contact, just act like barking fools. Bears are very afraid of everything......especially dogs and apparently screaming wives.

 

[Criticalt]

We have a woodchuck under our garage I just noticed. It took advantage of the old chipmunk holes to dig a burrow very fast. Im gonna get him before he cracks our garage floor. Just poured it a couple years ago.
The freakin dogs must just watch him or he is very fast and brave.
Ive only seen him once.....this morning but I was unarmed and the only dog near me was our goofy 3 year old Shepard mix who was looking everywhere but at the woodchuck when I was yelling ATTACK!!!
Shes a bit daft.

 

[MothMan]

And a picanic basket.

Heyyyyy BooBoo!!

 

[1075tech]

 

[Chevusa]

I filled in the hole and the next day it was dug out again. Bought some smoke bombs for them on Amazon and threw one in and covered the hole again. 3 days later it’s still filled in.

 

[30Express]

I've never had it, but I understand woodchucks are quite tasty. My property has a lot of old overgrown pasture, chucks live here. If it's green they're happy.

Once I glanced out the slider an saw a brown blob between the spindles of the deck railing. There was a woodchuck laying there looking out over the scenery. Mind you he climbed 15 steps up to get on the deck. I guess chucks can and do climb but not much.

They climb up mulberry tress until I see them, then not so much anymore.

 

[MothMan]

This is #15 so far this year. It bloodied it’s nose trying to force its way out of the trap.

 

[Phauxtoe]

This is #15 so far this year. It bloodied it’s nose trying to force its way out of the trap.

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I would try to apply some triple antibiotic ointment

 

[stokes]

I would try to apply some triple antibiotic ointment

And then drop the cage in the creek?

 

[30Express]

You need a Chuch-a-pult. PULL!

 

[MuttCat]

WTF? So as I said, I bought a trap, now I find out that it's a violation to release trapped critters off your own property? DEC says disease risk?

Now what, kill em anyway?

 

[stokes]

WTF? So as I said, I bought a trap, now I find out that it's a violation to release trapped critters off your own property? DEC says disease risk?

Now what, kill em anyway?

Yes,you must either kill them or release on your own property.The reasoning,in part,aside from disease being that you trapped it because its a nuisance animal.I wouldnt want someone releasing a problem critter on my property.Even healthy woodchucks are problems,they breed like rats,dig holes and tunnels everywhere,thats why there are no regs about killing the bastards.My dogs are great at controlling the chuck population and they dont use traps.

 

[camper4lyfe]

WTF? So as I said, I bought a trap, now I find out that it's a violation to release trapped critters off your own property? DEC says disease risk?

Now what, kill em anyway?

Acute lead poisoning

 

[MothMan]

These are some average costs when dealing with WMCO.

Average Costs of Wildlife Removal

Squirrels​	$200-$600
Racoons​	$400-$600
Moles​	$50-$500
Skunks​	$300-$600
Dead Animals​	$150-$250
Opossum​	$250-$500
Rats & Mice​	$150-$450
Groundhogs​	$150-$200
Birds​	$100-$300
Bats​	$200-$550

I do the work of trapping then am supposed to pay WMCO to take it away!!

Think I will get a WMCO license and specialize on woodchucks.

Or drown the fux and drop the carcasses on the street should look like road kill.

 

[30Express]

WTF? So as I said, I bought a trap, now I find out that it's a violation to release trapped critters off your own property? DEC says disease risk?

Now what, kill em anyway?

Trap, 22 bullet to the head, dump in trash, rinse and reset trap.

 

[thegatman]

careful where you step in the tall grass, you don't want to twist an ankle in one of their holes...

Been there.

 

[MuttCat]

Of course I don't want to create a headache for somebody else. Anything I've released off my own property went to the boonies, and will in the future.
Give us the old Conservation Department....

That bear must have been 400 lbs.....