Trappers please help catch a #$@*(&% Groundhog

[Mad Professor]

I like sneakin up on them in the sweet corn patches with the 12 gauge. 00 buck. .222 works good at long range.

I've had a rem 700 BDL in .222 many years now. I put a 6.5 X 20 Leupold on it, dime size groups at 200 yds if wind is not blowing. Can pick out which eye you want to shoot a chuck in at 250 yds.

Around the house, I don't want to upset neighbors, usually use a .177 air rifle. But need to do a good head shot.

As long as they stay FAR away from my gardens/orchard/buildings I don't bother them. But when they start reproducing and encroaching I knock the population back. This has been one of those years. I hope the foxes have been well fed and this years litters will control them next.

Funny fox story, I got a real nice Red and case skinned it and had it tanned. I put the skin on a arm chair in the house, looked like it was peering over the chair. My cat came into the room, hair/tail went up, then a loud hiss and tore out of the room! Was funny watching the cat the next couple of days, figuring out the fox was long dead.

 

[stumpy75]

Around the house, I don't want to upset neighbors, usually use a .177 air rifle. But need to do a good head shot.

Because of neighbors, this is my preferred way also, even if I catch them in the haveaheart trap. When they start to undermine my wood stacks(and cause them to fall over), it's time for them to leave, one way or the other.

The foxes around my place have been well fed this year, with both their kills and mine...

 

[olyman]

My wife prefers I just relocate them. And I'm not a fan of killing stuff myself unless I have no other choice

then someone else has the problem...NO!!!!

 

[FlyingDutchman]

So what are people putting in Havahart traps that works to get them in there?

Thanks

 

[stumpy75]

So what are people putting in Havahart traps that works to get them in there?

Thanks

As I mentioned before, muskmelon has worked great for me.

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[TimberWolf530]

I was referring to the use of conibear traps. Check Indiana laws about the use of them on dry land.

In Indiana size 220 and under are legal.

 

[Mad Professor]

My wife prefers I just relocate them. And I'm not a fan of killing stuff myself unless I have no other choice

We are going to drop all ours off at Your house!!!

Maybe I'll start live trapping mice and rats also. Your wifey will love them

 

[Blue Oaks]

Because of neighbors, this is my preferred way also, even if I catch them in the haveaheart trap. When they start to undermine my wood stacks(and cause them to fall over), it's time for them to leave, one way or the other.

The foxes around my place have been well fed this year, with both their kills and mine...

The bobcats are well fed this year at my house.

 

[svk]

In Indiana size 220 and under are legal.

So you guys cannot use a 330 for beavers?

 

[TimberWolf530]

So you guys cannot use a 330 for beavers?

Yeah, but only if they're in the water. On dry land 7.5" X 7.5" is the largest allowed.

 

[steved]

Another sure bait for them is a marshmallow with a little peanut butter...I have caught probably 25 at the house that way...was relocating, now I'm reloading...

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[steved]

Check your local laws. In Indiana no permit is need to kill them by hunting or trapping. As far as pets, as stated, I barricaded the area the chuck was in so that dogs could not get to it.

They are covered under PA game laws...

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[steved]

Because of neighbors, this is my preferred way also, even if I catch them in the haveaheart trap. When they start to undermine my wood stacks(and cause them to fall over), it's time for them to leave, one way or the other.

The foxes around my place have been well fed this year, with both their kills and mine...

What are you guys using for air rifles? Mine cracks louder than my 22lr...

I've got some subsonic 22LR for around the house...just an unassuming "pop".

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[svk]

Yeah, but only if they're in the water. On dry land 7.5" X 7.5" is the largest allowed.

In the water meaning fully submerged? Most of our beaver are trapped in skidways so I guess that would be semi submerged.

 

[svk]

On the MNDNR website they call Conibears "body gripping traps" which I think is a pretty funny way to be politically correct. Yes indeed, they grip the "body" quite well LOL.

 

[Ronaldo]

In Iowa a 330 has to completely under water. A 220 can be used anywhere legally.

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[TimberWolf530]

In the water meaning fully submerged? Most of our beaver are trapped in skidways so I guess that would be semi submerged.

I actually wondered that myself when I read the reg because I didn't see it. I went back and looked, and if it is over 7.5 X 7.5 it does have to be fully submerged.

 

[TimberWolf530]

On the MNDNR website they call Conibears "body gripping traps" which I think is a pretty funny way to be politically correct. Yes indeed, they grip the "body" quite well LOL.

I read an article about the history of the traps, and when they were first invented, they had weak springs which didn't kill the animal all the time, and they shut horizontally, not vertically and "gripped" the game. I think the name just stuck. Plus, it sounds a lot better than neck snapper. I just looked, and now I can't find it. If I do, I'll post a link.

 

[Mad Professor]

So you guys cannot use a 330 for beavers?

MaSSachsetts can't use almost any trap, except city slickers for rats/mice. I'd live trap them and relocate to liberals homes.

Vermont is still O.K./resonable.

 

[alleyyooper]

And Just how do you identify a liberals homes?

Al