GROUNDHOG INFESTATION !

**fotomaniac** · June 13th, 2017, 09:26 AM

I used cantaloupe as bait in a Havahart trap...got one into it within 20 minutes...

**brewguy** · June 13th, 2017, 10:02 AM

conibear traps work very well, just set them at the entrance to the holes. We get several a year to take care of.

**Himni** · June 13th, 2017, 10:40 AM

Originally Posted by streaker69

City folk, they don't understand. The biggest rats they have are only a couple of pounds.

Hey that's not true. The city is home to some of if not the biggest rats known to man. Some like to call them politicians but most prefer calling them corrupt rats. While they are native to urban and suburban environments they have been known to wander to rural areas and make their nests. There is no known way to remove them once the infestation has started.

**knight0334** · June 13th, 2017, 11:41 AM

Originally Posted by philadelphia patriot

Depends on the rifle. My Henry rifle can shoot .22 short, .22 long, and .22 long rifle. My Mossberg 701 Plinkster only shoots .22 long rifle.

Your Plinkster will shoot shorts and longs too, but you will likely have to manual feed and eject them.

**wis bang** · June 13th, 2017, 12:49 PM

Originally Posted by MT1

Bubblegum. Unwrap a few pieces and drop in the holes. Hogs can't pass it and will die in the holes.

Read the same thing about Bananas on a country living board. Mom tried it and got rid of the ones under her shed.

**Xringshooter** · June 13th, 2017, 01:00 PM

Go for the Duke Conibear 160 traps, they will kill the hogs very easily. You can get them pretty cheap from Amazon. You need a minimum of 2 though, one for the front hole, one for the rear hole. When you get them, degrease them and spray paint them flat black, it actually makes it harder for the hogs to see them. The instructions should tell you how to place them (must be placed so the hog has to go through it to get into the hole). They work very well and are quiet.

**RockIsland** · June 13th, 2017, 01:40 PM

Originally Posted by brewguy

conibear traps work very well, just set them at the entrance to the holes. We get several a year to take care of.

They sure do, but are only legal to use in water when trapping with a fur takers license.

**brewguy** · June 13th, 2017, 02:01 PM

Originally Posted by RockIsland

They sure do, but are only legal to use in water when trapping with a fur takers license.

Figures. Just how are you suppose to legally get rid of the hogs? Are havahearts legal?

**Walleye Hunter** · June 13th, 2017, 02:02 PM

I have not read the whole thread so please forgive me if I am repeating what has already been said. I have trapped 'hogs with both Havaharts and conibear traps successfully. The conibears can be tricky to set and if you get anything larger than the small ones also get the overpriced tool to set them. I have been unable to figure out how to set them without it. You say that traps aren't working, that can happen too if they're too smart to go in there. I haven't tried it but I had an Amish guy (no shit) once tell me that if you soak a roll of tertlet paper in gasoline and stuff it in the hole the fumes will work their way through their tunnels and kill them in there. That one's easy enough to try. One of the problems I had was that the bastads had several doors to their underground labyrinth all through the heavy brush and they were hard to find. I could load one door up with traps and wouldn't get anything.