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  • sempifi99

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    Just curious about what people have done and if it worked or not.

    I've got traps up and have been shooting them. But there always seems to be one or two around.

    Has anyone successfully cleared their property of groundhogs? What have you tried and did it work?
     

    DoggyDaddy

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    sempifi99

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    Thanks for sharing that link, I gave it a full read-through and there some some 'creative' ideas there. Less using tractor exhaust or a battery and steel wool with gasoline I've tried most of them. Don't know if I'm ready to move to gasoline just yet... I imagine if I brought down an irrigation ditch it wouldn't end well for me.
     

    DoggyDaddy

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    Thanks for sharing that link, I gave it a full read-through and there some some 'creative' ideas there. Less using tractor exhaust or a battery and steel wool with gasoline I've tried most of them. Don't know if I'm ready to move to gasoline just yet... I imagine if I brought down an irrigation ditch it wouldn't end well for me.

    I don't have a groundhog problem, so I can't say if the ideas presented were good ones or not. :): I just knew that there were people in there that shared the same concerns as you.
     
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    I don't have problems here but people I know have. Its going to an ongoing problem unless you clean them out of the surrounding area also. They like to move around some, and then the young will move into new areas also. Eventually they'll be back.
     

    Flash-hider

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    For me it just kind of depends. I've use shotgun, rifle, gas bombs, and crescent wrench, all have worked. I have soybean fields that are close to housing developments and the gas bombs do to job. I have found with those, that the deeper in the hole you locate the cartridge the better. So, I tape one or two to a stick, replace the short fuse with a longer cannon fuse and work it down into the hole then light it and when I can hear that the gas cartridges ignite close the hole up. But make sure the ground hog is in there and close up any other hole first. Locating the cartridge deeper in the hole has improved their effectiveness for me.
     

    DoggyDaddy

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    For me it just kind of depends. I've use shotgun, rifle, gas bombs, and crescent wrench, all have worked. I have soybean fields that are close to housing developments and the gas bombs do to job. I have found with those, that the deeper in the hole you locate the cartridge the better. So, I tape one or two to a stick, replace the short fuse with a longer cannon fuse and work it down into the hole then light it and when I can hear that the gas cartridges ignite close the hole up. But make sure the ground hog is in there and close up any other hole first. Locating the cartridge deeper in the hole has improved their effectiveness for me.

    What size? Metric or SAE? What about an adjustable? ;)
     

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    Find the two holes, when the wind is blowing down their line put gasoline in the up wind hole then walk to the downwind hole. Wait a few minutes the pour some gas in the down wind hole and ignite. When you feel the thump under your feet, it's over.
     

    Flash-hider

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    Find the two holes, when the wind is blowing down their line put gasoline in the up wind hole then walk to the downwind hole. Wait a few minutes the pour some gas in the down wind hole and ignite. When you feel the thump under your feet, it's over.

    Years ago a neighbor did the same thing on his farm, seemed to work well. That is until one time he did this and was knocked flat on his face. He did the gasoline thing as you described and when he threw the match in and down he went. Maybe he was a little more generous with the gas, I don't know, but it went boom and a skunk was blown out of the hole he was near and that is what knocked him to the ground and his wife did make him sleep in the barn that night.
     

    Hookeye

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    You kill em all on your spot and others will move in.
    Hit em hard in the spring before they have pups.

    If you have coyotes or a good domestic dog around, should keep em pretty thinned out
     

    Hookeye

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    Gotta knock down the population first.
    Once down predators keep it down.
    That why groundhog hunting sucks now.
    You shoot down an area and yotes keep it down.
    Aint worth it after that
     

    Expat

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    Ive killed 4 so far with the conibear trap this year. Thought I was okay and saw a new one last night. No matter how many I kill new ones eventually show up.
     

    sempifi99

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    For me it just kind of depends. I've use shotgun, rifle, gas bombs, and crescent wrench, all have worked. I have soybean fields that are close to housing developments and the gas bombs do to job. I have found with those, that the deeper in the hole you locate the cartridge the better. So, I tape one or two to a stick, replace the short fuse with a longer cannon fuse and work it down into the hole then light it and when I can hear that the gas cartridges ignite close the hole up. But make sure the ground hog is in there and close up any other hole first. Locating the cartridge deeper in the hole has improved their effectiveness for me.

    I have not tried gas bombs, thanks for the idea.
     

    sempifi99

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    Ive killed 4 so far with the conibear trap this year. Thought I was okay and saw a new one last night. No matter how many I kill new ones eventually show up.

    I've been using those too, they work well but like you said and this is my problem, more keep showing up.
     
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