i caught a fish this big (beaver thread solved)

[Swamp Yankee]

Either kill it or Have-A-Heart trap it.

If you trap it let it go over at the West Thompson Dam and the coyotes will be much obliged for the free meal.

Take Care

 

[LTREES]

In Pa. it is always open season. Caught one w/ my dump truck in the spring, and I only left the road for a few seconds. Make it a ground chuck. Theese things do get agressive. Take care of that youngin and maybe you'll get a chance at MAMA. They don't live alone.

 

[ropensaddle]

They arent aggresive and look kind of cute,especially to women and kids, but they dig holes for their den and throw alot of dirt out. Depending where the hole is it can cause probs. Then they love to eat greens like from a garden that you have spent alot of time tending to. Just my opinion, I would get rid of him. Quietly

Why quietly? whats wrong with real loud? don't tell me your
worried about people against eating tasty animals or the insane society?
Those people are wacko's with power, I don't believe in cruelty to anything,
but a 22 to the head of a varmint is not cruel. I feel we should send those
wacko's to a far away land say, Australia or something. I have had a pack
of dogs running through my property that will be getting taken care of as
they growled at my grand babies the other day and they are now on the
hit list!

 

[husky455rancher]

how many bbs do you think it would take to kill it lol? i dont have a gun ( i want one but thats an ongoing debate with the wife. maybe one of those crazy co2 bb guns lol i dunno

 

[ropensaddle]

how many bbs do you think it would take to kill it lol? i dont have a gun ( i want one but thats an ongoing debate with the wife. maybe one of those crazy co2 bb guns lol i dunno

Now that is cruel! Borrow a gun pard and place round square between
he beady little thieving :Eye: problems solved.

 

[Jkebxjunke]

Why quietly? whats wrong with real loud? don't tell me your
worried about people against eating tasty animals or the insane society?
Those people are wacko's with power, I don't believe in cruelty to anything,
but a 22 to the head of a varmint is not cruel. I feel we should send those
wacko's to a far away land say, Australia or something. I have had a pack
of dogs running through my property that will be getting taken care of as
they growled at my grand babies the other day and they are now on the
hit list!

about the pack of dogs...2 words... "Lock and Load"

 

[goatchin]

What you need is about an 80 lbs. boxer, will take care of that problem in no time. That is if you dont mind barking, snarling, blood spatter(from groundhog), and the sound of breaking bones.

that or a 98 lbs (+/- a few pounds) pure bred FEMALE black lab. she is one crazy SOB when it comes to woodchucks and every now and then road-side donation cats (gotta love those morons that dump cats off on the edge of the road). Abbie (the dog) got one the begining of july and it looked like one of those cartoons where its nothing but a dust ball and a leg or tail showing everynow and then-funnier than hell. Yea the blood spatter is a pain to clean up, but the bone crunching noise is something you'll never forget...as long as they aren't your own making the noise

on the serious note (coming from living/workin on the farm) shoot the SOB before it starts causing problems...yes .22 cal will be fine, just watch where ya shoot towards (assuming by the way your talking, you have nieghboring houses close by)

 

[BIG JAKE]

We used to gas gophers. Hook a hose up to your exhaust on your pickup and other end of hose in the hole. Let er idle about 5 minutes or so. Never tried it on a woodchuck but it might work if you throw a few rocks in with the hose in case he tries to get out..
I use a victor mink trap to catch ground squirrels. One got locked in my shed one time when I closed it up-didn't know he was in there till a few days later-chewed extension cords, knocked over oil cans and generally made one :censored: mess. So after that I was on a mission to keep the little fellers eliminated from the area. Couldn't get the wiley ones so I drilled a pecan nut and wired it to the pedestal(trigger) of one of my victor traps. Got him then. Then I'd just walk up and shoot the critter. Works for the wiley critters although if you have other animals around might not be a good idea.
Bullets are cheap, hone your skills at the same time opcorn:

 

[Rookie1]

Why quietly? whats wrong with real loud? don't tell me your
worried about people against eating tasty animals or the insane society?
Those people are wacko's with power, I don't believe in cruelty to anything,
but a 22 to the head of a varmint is not cruel. I feel we should send those
wacko's to a far away land say, Australia or something. I have had a pack
of dogs running through my property that will be getting taken care of as
they growled at my grand babies the other day and they are now on the
hit list!

Im just saying dont make a big deal out of killing the thing. Trap it,shoot it, Im good with any means you use. Ive even gassed one with a smoke bomb. As for aggresiveness ive never gotten that close to a live one. I like to stalk them with my 22, let out a whistle and bam! I live in the city and can go shooting off multiple shots without raising eyebrows.:drool:

 

[treemandan]

~~Snip~~





You got that right.

When I was a kid, our dog had one cornered in the field. I walked up to take a closer look and the thing latched onto my wrist.

It held on almost 100 yards with me trying to shake it off while running back to the house.

The hog ended up getting dispatched and I ended up with stitches.

attacked by a beaver? But they are so cute.

 

[treemandan]

Why quietly? whats wrong with real loud? don't tell me your
worried about people against eating tasty animals or the insane society?
Those people are wacko's with power, I don't believe in cruelty to anything,
but a 22 to the head of a varmint is not cruel. I feel we should send those
wacko's to a far away land say, Australia or something. I have had a pack
of dogs running through my property that will be getting taken care of as
they growled at my grand babies the other day and they are now on the
hit list!

wild dogs? Sounds apocolyptic, open fire.
I just started shooting squirells after a lifetime of trying to be nice. I bottle fed some a while back when I dehomed them. They was real cute. never even hit none with a car. Times have changed, so has my driving... squish.
I like to watch the groundhogs, I call them Beaver but not cause I don't know the difference.
I got a air- rifle that claims 900 fps and that seems to work very well but I would like to try someting in a scatter gun. Can you put those .22 varmit shot shells in a hand gun?
Now about eating wild animals: I just can't bring myself to eat something that has been gnawing on the hose to my grill... at least not yet.
You know I had no idea they chewed through the propane hose and I was trying to light it when I figured it out. Let me hold that big machine gun awhile would ya?

 

[PA Plumber]

attacked by a beaver? But they are so cute.

Whistle pig is a name I learned after moving to PA. We always called them ground hogs or wood chucks.

BTW, it was a ground hog that chewed on my wrist for awhile.

 

[danrclem]

That's nasty...

I whack one or two a year at my house. My neighbors didn't like me doing it at first, but then one of them started digging around thier pool. Now, they beg me to shoot em.

Ruger 77/.22 takes em out easy and it's pretty quiet.

What!!! Ya mean ya ain't ever ate a groundhog. Ya just don't know what your missin'. Why them young ones are mighty tender and tasty. I guess 'bout the only thing better than a groundhog might be a possum. The good thing 'bout possums is ya don't hafta hunt 'em down or waste good ammo. Just pick 'em up off the road.

 

[Rookie1]

There is a guy named Fish from Ky. Im goona have to talk to him about that.:help:

 

[blackdoggy]

I have a pair of four legged assassins that would be more than happy to eliminate your problem in about three seconds after they see it opcorn:

 

[ents]

.22 stinger rounds. Does a job on them. Once you're set up to shoot, whistle, they stand up to see what the rugus is, then squeeze one off. This was in N.J. and all the neighbors were shooting them (3-5 acre lots). We must have had hundreds cause I would bag one a month, same with the neighbors. They're nothing but trouble and a nuisance. I wouldn't think a bb gun would do more than irritate them, they are a bit tough. Good luck and be careful shooting them.

Later,

 

[husky455rancher]

mmm i got a buddy who kills skunks with his bb gun. i guess its a real nice one. he tells me i can get 10 shots into it before it even knows whats goin on and by then its dead.

i got a few buddies with guns so i may have to see what i can borrow. i think im wearing the wife down on me gettin a gun. first time i brought it up man...:censored: i was like you kidding me???????????

 

[Rookie1]

mmm

i got a few buddies with guns so i may have to see what i can borrow. i think im wearing the wife down on me gettin a gun. first time i brought it up man...:censored: i was like you kidding me???????????

Maybe tell her gun or another saw. That sounds like a win win situation to me.

 

[NC Firewood]

Take em' all out

We lose count on the farm how many we take care of every year. When the soybeans get over waste high you can't see the holes. Try hitting one about 4 ft. diameter in Hi 3 spraying beans. Tear up the front end, bend tie rods/steering arms, knock all your fillings out of you mouth when you bang your head on the cab roof. We take the nurse tank out to big holes, 1000gal and flood out the dens. Wait for the family to flee the flood and begin unloading.

 

[RCR 3 EVER]

Chipmunk control -waterboarding without the board

We used to gas gophers. Hook a hose up to your exhaust on your pickup and other end of hose in the hole. Let er idle about 5 minutes or so. Never tried it on a woodchuck but it might work if you throw a few rocks in with the hose in case he tries to get out..
I use a victor mink trap to catch ground squirrels. One got locked in my shed one time when I closed it up-didn't know he was in there till a few days later-chewed extension cords, knocked over oil cans and generally made one :censored: mess. So after that I was on a mission to keep the little fellers eliminated from the area. Couldn't get the wiley ones so I drilled a pecan nut and wired it to the pedestal(trigger) of one of my victor traps. Got him then. Then I'd just walk up and shoot the critter. Works for the wiley critters although if you have other animals around might not be a good idea.
Bullets are cheap, hone your skills at the same time opcorn:

Living in a city kind of limits the ability to shoot first ask questions later. The chipmunks drive the dogs nuts and they dig holes under the bushes which kill the bush. They also eat the bird seed and chew into sheds.
We use a Have a heart trap with 1/4 mesh hardware cloth added to it. If the mesh is not added the culprit may escape! We then drive them to another part of the city out on a country lane.
The transportation is now to expensive and the designated receiver of the new pest usually does not always like his new gift, I found that out while dumping it out in a ditch.
Our new method is to still use the trap, but we let the dogs bark at it the terrified & trapped critterfor awhile and then put the cage and all into a large bucket of water completely covering it until it's demise.
Very quick and quiet except for the dogs tormenting in revenge.:hmm3grin2orange:
Empty trap of contents into garbage and set the trap again.
I plan to get a fireplace so these critters will not be tolerated in the wood pile.