How to get rid of these bastards. Anyone have a idea?
Only seen it done once before. Not sure I recommend it.
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I had an issue with one last year. He went through my garden like a tornado (although he didn’t eat the tomatoes). One day I looked outside and my kale plants were shaking and I thought was the wind….however the trees weren’t moving. I opened the door and that fat fuck climbed the small fence and took off. Ate all the lettuce and beets (the beet greens anyway, ensuring the beets didn’t grow).
This year I fenced off the garden before he could get a taste of what’s in there. So far so good.
Otherwise, getting rid of one involves one of (or several of:
- a pitchfork
- a beebee gun
- a garbage can full of water
- rat poison
- a dog
- a little box with a pair of red lights that looks like eyes (I’m told that works well against a lot of critters)
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My wife insists on baiting them with cantaloupe. My old neighbor baited them with cracked corn. Personally, I prefer a 22 WMR hollow point.
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Correct that you have Bill Murray.
I prefer his other foray into varmint control
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Just depends where you are. Out of city limits and a .22 works well.
I have shot a few for my girlfriends mom with my bow.
Im sure there is other techniques out there but I’m too lazy
Dont own a gun.
I don’t either (Canadian, remember? Technically dual but nobody gave me a gun when I became a citizen and now my wife won’t let me…,of course she wouldn’t let me hurt the groundhog either…,sooooooooooo)
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That’s the hardest I’ve laughed at a post in a while.
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I have nothing against guns, but i also believe you kill something you eat it. Trying to find the safest way. Btw im not vegetarian…lol.
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Ring a 6 foot diameter area with black powder bombs that have nails and shit in them.
Buy a groundhog sex doll, blow it up, put it in the circle, along with a sexy groundhog mating call recordings.
Suspend 3 or 4 large balloons full of napalm from the trees above the circle.
While the groundhog is getting busy, throw a flaming machete from cover…napalm sets off the pipe bombs…problem solved.
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My brother in law just uses live traps and releases them a few miles away from his home. He’s a minister, not sure if this means anything, or not.
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I had one of those fat â– â– â– â– â– that used to waddle across my yard and mow down everything but the green beans. Only residential home in a commercial area on a dead end that was wooded and had a great stream. Anyway, I got some poison peanuts and that fat â– â– â– â– used to eat them and then turn and look at me right in the eye and grin. I swear he was taunting me. I was able to throw a wash tub over him one day and got a ball bat and swung for the fences. Not sure if it was that or the fact that he ate everything he wanted and moved on, but I never saw him again.
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I have a fence around my garden. The groundhog that lives under our deck hasn’t tried digging its way into the garden yet, and its a hefty critter. It must have a really good source of food somewhere in the yard. As long as it doesn’t cause any problems I’m content to live and let live.
For your groundhog? I recommend monetizing that shit. Turn your critter problem into content.
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As you know, they are very destructive. They are not difficult to live trap. An empty cat food can with dry corn in it or some cantaloupe rinds will usually draw them in. What you do with it afterward is up to you. Start at your nearest Family Farm and Home, or Tractor Supply store for a live trap.
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I have min pins and those little dogs are mean pack hunters. They kill everything that enters my yard. Even ground hogs. However the damn moles are destroying my yard from underneath and all of the commercial mole remedies are not working.
So my solution is get some min pins. You need at least two but 3 is better. They will kill every rabbit, squirrel, and ground hog they can catch but be prepared to be infested by moles afterwards.
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First off, love the idea of a YouTube channel with that punk….he looks way bigger than those guys though.
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Yeah, the groundhog under my deck looks like it could eat one of those little guys. I’d guesstimate that it weighs a good 12 pounds from when I’ve seen it splayed out on the deck for a sunbath.
air the moles are eating grubs kill the grubs moles will move on
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I was able to keep moles out of my garden with garlic repellant sticks that I bought at Meijer. They can’t stand the smell of garlic, so you shove a few of them into the tunnels that you want them to stop using. They are supposed to biodegrade in 1-2 years.