Got another woodchuck the hard way!

[Golddollar]

Where are groundhogs protected??[/QUOTE

In Punxsutawney, PA. You ought to see the exhibit in the Borough Hall that Phil lives in.

 

[pharmer]

.... Had to clean out that portion of the shed floor, saw a square between the floor 2 x 8's and then shoot him with my Contender .17HMR.

I'm so lazy I'd have gotten the Mossberg 590, loaded it up with 00 buck and blasted the floor in a checkerboard pattern then gone over to Home Depot for a couple sheets of outdoor plywood for the new floor. At my age and current political climate I would've refrained from "improvised explosive devices." Joe

 

[Lt JL]

Mdog, The Cisco Kid, specializes in possums. Two weeks ago, he came waltzing through the living room with his latest catch. I escorted B'rer Possum outside via snow shovel. 10 minutes later, he awoke and stumbled off into the hedge. The Cisco Kid was disappointed to be relieved of his trophy. He caught so many last year, I took to spray-painting them, just to know if he was always catching the same ones. Only once did he mortally wound one.

 

[Rustyt1953]

The Ohio DNR says groundhogs are "nuisance animals" and should be dispatched humanely following the American Veterinary Medical Association's euthanasia guidelines. I looked it up. Besides other methods they even have gun type, caliber and ballistic recommendations.

You learn something new every day.

 

[shouldazagged]

I was gonna ask if you ate it.....but on second thought, the adrenaline rush of being trapped under a shed for hours in a leg hold trap would probably make it taste like merde. We have te same issue with armadillos down here. Harmless but they can destroy footings and foundations of sheds/houses not to mention what they can do to a lawn

Armadillo: a possum with aluminum siding.

 

[Gaffer]

I'll try to answer tow questions that were noted. The first one is eating woodchuck. I have and it is dark meat and a bit stringy, but edible. The item about removing the glands under the legs is probably correct. Second, here in Maine you can shoot woodchucks any time as they are considered vermin. Back many years ago when I lived on a farm I darned near wore out a Remington Mod. 722 in .222 Rem. and learned the basics of reloading trying to keep up with all the woodchucks that lived on the farm land. That gun could shoot and with a 6X scope they could be taken from a considerable distance if you did your part.
I once was invited to a huge farm in NY state who said he had probably thousands of woodchucks on his land. They milked several hundred cows and owned a huge amount of very fertile farm land so I'm sure it would have been a blast. Excuse the pun!

 

[Gaffer]

Per the Maine hunting law book:

Seasons WMDs Dates Limits

Coyote, Woodchuck, Porcupine, Red Squirrel All No Closed Season for Hunting

 

[scotthickoryky]

around here we call them ground hogs,,,,, several years ago i was smoking them around an old barn,,,, a 30-06 does a number on them

 

[BigBoy99]

At my age and current political climate I would've refrained from "improvised explosive devices."

Since we live very rural, I didn't refrain from explosive devices.

One day I noticed a hole bring dug under the wood pile in the back yard. I watched it for a few weeks and finally did see what was building a nest under the wood pile - rats! I did more watching to discover where their second entrance to the burrow was located.

One night I went out and put a concrete block over each of the entrance holes. I then tied together two M80 firecrackers and made two of the devices, one for each hole. I lifted the block and dropped the light device into each hole and replace the block. I left the blocks in place for a few days and the removed them and filled in the holes. Never saw another rat.

 

[Ziggy2525]

I guess I've been living in the city too long. I don't have any problem with shooting woodchuck's. They can be pretty destructive. Having your dog kill them or foot trapping them and killing them later seems a bit inhumane. Could create bad habits for the dog too.

Like I said, I guess I've been living in the city too long.

 

[jcelect]

Chucks!

In Ohio's northern flat land farm country the Whistle Pig population has been all but eliminated due to the increase in the Coyote population! We had fun ,in the past, from a days hunting with small cal rifles in open fields. No closed season and no bag limit!
jcelect

 

[bushmaster1313]

How much chain would a woodchuck pull if a woodchuck could pull chain