Groundhog Problem

[LongBlade]

The issue is not the groundhog so much as he has decided to live within 10 of the kids swingset and in front of my shed doors.  Punxsutawney Phil is going to come to the quick realization that Groundhog Day is just a movie.  I just need to figure out the method of excecuting the plan.  I wonder if anti-freeze works on groundhogs like it does other animals.   That might be the cheapest, but not most efficent method of combat.  Frankly a 9mm slug would solve the problem in about 10 seconds and I could build a groundhog hunting stand in the nearest oak tree.  Damn city ordinances!

Check your city ordinances. You may be able to use a pellet gun - not the ordinary kind, though. Beeman makes a line of pellet guns that are made to take on small-ish game. They come in a variety of calibers. I've used my dad's to take out a skunk with .177, but it was probably a lucky shot from behind and hit it in the abdomen going forward. Shots to its head appeared to bounce off, so I might suggest something heavier to take on your critter.

[Staggerwing]

Compound Bow? Spear? Framing Hammer?

[LongBlade]

Compound Bow? Spear? Framing Hammer?

Go big or go home.

[Staggerwing]

Go big or go home.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YVSXRETml4

[Bison]

The goal is to remove the groundhog not me!

[LongBlade]

The goal is to remove the groundhog not me!

No risk, no reward.

[eyebiter]

Ask your local county extension office if they loan you a trap.  Then take the critter down by the river and let it go.

[Barthheart]

Ask your local county extension office if they loan you a trap.  Then take the critter down by the river and let it go throw it and the trap in.

Fixed that for ya.  ;)

I used a simple wire snare to get rid of the ground hog under my shed. Once it's around his neck he can't get too far into the hole so he doesn't die there and stink up the place.

[Bison]

Ask your local county extension office if they loan you a trap.  Then take the critter down by the river and let it go.

Those things might be equipped with a homing becon.  I'd rather not take the risk.

[Gusington]

My buddy the trapper has had the most problems when he tries to kill his quarry. When he lets them go, karma deals him a better hand.

[GDS_Starfury]

Compound Bow? Spear? Framing Hammer?

Go big or go home.

I see that and raise you:

[Staggerwing]

^Clearly you didn't watch the youtube clip I linked earlier...

[Gusington]

My trapper buddy recommends getting a no kill trap, using peanut butter or fruit, and then letting the groundhog go afterwards. He does not recommend drowning the trapped groundhog in a barrel. Just fyi.

[LongBlade]

He does not recommend drowning the trapped groundhog in a barrel. Just fyi.

I think Bison was contemplating some concrete galoshes. Size 1/3.

[Bison]

What's the barrel story?  There has to be a story that involves a groundhog nearly taking his face off or something.  They look friendly, but I'm convinced it a decoy to lure you in for carnage.