Groundhog (wood chuck)

[USMC1911]

Should I trap it or take it out with my Pellet Rifle.

 

[mikep]

Should I trap it or take it out with my Pellet Rifle.

trap it. if it comes back then pellet rifle. can a pellet rifle take out a woodchuck?

 

[KillerFord1977]

Depends on what it is doing to your property.
Eating your garden.. bye bye
Nuisance pest .. trap

 

[USMC1911]

trap it. if it comes back then pellet rifle. can a pellet rifle take out a woodchuck?

That’s what the guy at Tractor& Supply said. I have a .22 rifle but the houses are not far enough from my back yard. He also said they are hard to trap.

 

[USMC1911]

Depends on what it is doing to your property.
Eating your garden.. bye bye
Nuisance pest .. trap

Making a lot of holes. Always running underneath my porch. Messing my flower bed up.

 

[Jfal]

Get a terrier and let him patrol the yard. You got a new best friend to boot.

 

[KillerFord1977]

Making a lot of holes. Always running underneath my porch. Messing my flower bed up.

 

[Recusant]

Groundhogs are smarter than you think, and I doubt a pellet rifle will do more than wound it. If you know anyone that has a crossbow that may be option to explore.

 

[papa]

If you have one of the newer high power .22 caliber pellet rifles and make a head shot maybe. Do not go for a body shot though.

 

[USMC1911]

Get a terrier and let him patrol the yard. You got a new best friend to boot.

If you have one of the newer high power .22 caliber pellet rifles and make a head shot maybe. Do not go for a body shot though.

Yes….that’s what I have.

 

[Bassbob]

I have a family of them on the hillside/ river bank. I feed them. They like vegetables. And apparently wild strawberries.

 

[BET7]

I've Trapped and released 5 groundhogs that for several years would dig two holes through the rock base that my shed sat upon. I used two different traps (a 2 door and single door), and places plastic snow fencing to each hole with the traps attached to them. For the groundhogs to get home, they had to use the two door trap. If already home and wanted to get out, either trap could be used. I found the old ones to be docile and more nervous that anything. The young one was biting the cage whenever I came near it. I'd released them in a state park several miles from my house (I had a steel rebar in hand in case the young one tried to attack upon release, then I'd clock it in the head. Fortunately it bolted into the woods as the trap door opened). Every year I was trapping these things (it became exhausting), and like you, though about shooting them (my neighbor at the time sometimes did in his yard). I even thought of hooking my truck exhaust up with a hose and gassing them while under the shed. Finally, I placed chicken wire around the base of the shed and covered it with pavers, and at least I stopped them from living under the shed. I occasionally see them in my yard grazing, but don't know where they are setting up their dens. Perhaps they went back to my neighbor's yard, or further down the block.

 

[KillerFord1977]

Groundhogs are smarter than you think, and I doubt a pellet rifle will do more than wound it. If you know anyone that has a crossbow that may be option to explore.

Making a lot of holes. Always running underneath my porch. Messing my flower bed up.

You could always call Carl ….

 

[mikep]

You could always call Carl ….

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[BreakingWind]

trap it. if it comes back then pellet rifle. can a pellet rifle take out a woodchuck?

I used to trap and sell woodchuck, muskrat, racoon, and mink furs in my youth. a pellet gun will not take out a woodchuck.

 

[USMC1911]

Why would someone want to buy a woodchuck?

 

[mikep]

Why would someone want to buy a woodchuck?

because dogs don't chuck wood.

 

[Talyn]

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[mikep]

How To Cook Groundhog – Mother Earth News

Celebrate this Groundhog Day by learning how to cook groundhog. Get a delicious pie and groundhog stew recipe to keep cozy this winter.

www.motherearthnews.com

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You've finally managed to get the woodchuck that's been plaguing your garden all season, now what? It seems a shame to waste good meat, especially when it's been well fed on the food that was

practicalselfreliance.com

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Got a woodchuck in your garden? Trap him and make Chef Alan Bergo's woodchuck stew. They have a delicious sweet meat similar to rabbit.

foragerchef.com

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i never had it but am pretty sure it is nothing like chicken.

 

[Tenbones]

I've Trapped and released 5 groundhogs that for several years would dig two holes through the rock base that my shed sat upon. I used two different traps (a 2 door and single door), and places plastic snow fencing to each hole with the traps attached to them. For the groundhogs to get home, they had to use the two door trap. If already home and wanted to get out, either trap could be used. I found the old ones to be docile and more nervous that anything. The young one was biting the cage whenever I came near it. I'd released them in a state park several miles from my house (I had a steel rebar in hand in case the young one tried to attack upon release, then I'd clock it in the head. Fortunately it bolted into the woods as the trap door opened). Every year I was trapping these things (it became exhausting), and like you, though about shooting them (my neighbor at the time sometimes did in his yard). I even thought of hooking my truck exhaust up with a hose and gassing them while under the shed. Finally, I placed chicken wire around the base of the shed and covered it with pavers, and at least I stopped them from living under the shed. I occasionally see them in my yard grazing, but don't know where they are setting up their dens. Perhaps they went back to my neighbor's yard, or further down the block.

"but don't know where they are setting up their dens". Do you have any large trees in your area? Up until a few years ago, groundhogs were unheard of in our area and now I see them occasionally in my yard and they are not adverse to scurrying up a cottonwood tree, of which I have many. Since coons and possums seem to like the big cottonwoods, why not a groundhog?