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Groundhog problems...
I use Hav-a-hart and transport to park. Transporting in trunk of car,
you will probably not be caught, and I cannot imagine getting into serious trouble if caught. One of my neighbors traps them but puts trap in garbage can and drowns them. Another neighbor shoots with his .22. |
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Sounds like trap and release is the suggested method.
..22 is out - not legal. I had a friend that used the drowning method on rats that ended up in his trap. They were a lot smaller than groundhogs.... The truth is that drowning gives me the creeps more than a quick headshot.... |
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"Frank" wrote in
ups.com: I use Hav-a-hart and transport to park. Transporting in trunk of car, you will probably not be caught, and I cannot imagine getting into serious trouble if caught. hefty fine. seriously, no one wants you freaking problem foisted off on them. if you think they are a pest in your yard, why do you want to move them to someone elses property? just kill it & be done with it. One of my neighbors traps them but puts trap in garbage can and drowns them. Another neighbor shoots with his .22. that's the sensible solution. even in a suburb i don't see why a point blank shot to the head of a trapped groundhog would be illegal. it's not like you're shooting into the air. i know guns are illegal in NYC, and shooting within X yards of a dwelling, but you would be shooting down towards the ground. it's not like you could accidentally hit something besides the trapped groundhog. i'd discuss that option with the local PD & animal control. lee -- If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. -James Madison, fourth US president (1751-1836) |
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I often tell folks that I transport the groundhogs to more affluent
neighborhoods where they will be better off Frank |
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I heard a story about a guy that spraypainted the critters he caught
with funky colors before dropping them off in more affluent neighborhoods. |
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enigma wrote:
wrote in oups.com: You and I are on the same wavelength about trap/release - hence my questions. I think air rifle is the way to go. oh, good. i know that trap & release *sounds* like it's humane, but it's really not. Drowning -- a garbage pail is what I had in mind, not a bucket. how big is your trap? my bigger Hav-a-Hart won't completely fit in a normal size garbage pail. it'd fit a small coyote though, so it's pretty big for groundhogs. drowning is fairly quick, but i don't like doing it. Drowning is NOT quick and it is certainly not humane. I don't care how much the little ******* is inconveniencing you! If you do choose to drown an animal, you are hereby cursed to be rendered motionless at the animal's side with your eyes riveted on it through the entire time, able to neither turn away nor avert your gaze. And then, when it's all over, I curse you with the memory of an elephant. What animal could possibly be bothering you THAT MUCH? |
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Groundhog problems...
From a personal experience: I put a trap out in the morning and when I came
home after work; the captured groundhog was dead. The trap was in the sun and the g'hog couldn't take the heat. Maybe, that's why they live in those nice cool tunnels.... :-b enigma wrote in article .. . wrote in oups.com: You and I are on the same wavelength about trap/release - hence my questions. I think air rifle is the way to go. oh, good. i know that trap & release *sounds* like it's humane, but it's really not. Drowning -- a garbage pail is what I had in mind, not a bucket. how big is your trap? my bigger Hav-a-Hart won't completely fit in a normal size garbage pail. it'd fit a small coyote though, so it's pretty big for groundhogs. drowning is fairly quick, but i don't like doing it. lee |
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Rabid Groundhogs are dangerous. I'll shot it instead of drown it.
Thanks for asking:-) |
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