Groundhog gone wild

Something tells me that you now have a good excuse to buy a .22!

But if you don't buy a .22 and you use the .30-06, let us know whether it has enough stopping power for groundhog. :D
 
Sounds like he's already decided on his solution, but in the interest of safety, I would strongly discourage this...

1 part amonia to 1 part bleach and poor down a garden hose. toxic gass will kill um almost instantly.
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Unless you have some way of mixing them remotely, don't do it. The reaction is immediate and violent, and a number of people have been killed doing this.
 
I had a 30-06 befor I had a bb gun then I got a .22 then I got a bb gun :confused:
Other family members gave me these guns , I didnt pick them out.
I blame that 30-06 for my flinching problems , I have to really try hard not to flinch.
Who goives a kid that small a gun that big. (Rem 700 BDL)
Dont get me wrong I appriciated it VERY much.
I thought amonia and bleach make somthing like mustard gas.
Like when you clean a toilet with bleech and then pee on it (amonia) it makes your eyes burn.
less than $100 will get you a nice .22 at a pawn shop , I would totaly use this as an excuse to buy another gun.
Then you can say he wont stand still and you can buy a shotgun too
 
Water and a .22 like everyone else has stated. It works wonders on critters of the burrowing variety. We used this method to dispatch a mess of armadillos that were digging our camp from beneath our feet. If that fails, C4 would work equally well, I'd guess. Good luck.

P.S. If you've never shot an armadillo with a .22, its amazing. One shot and those things could win the olympic high jump. They easily get three feet airborn sometimes.
 
"... if we kill all the golfers, they're gonna lock us up and throw away the key."

"I said gophers, not golfers!"
 
I have shot several with CCI .22 CD rounds, used poison bait, live traps, and now am using traps I got at home depot. Set the trap, put it in their hole and wait. (Just make sure you tie the trap to a stake so they don't crawl away with it)
 
If you haven't shot it yet, go to Home Depot and purchase the flare-like poison gas fuse/bomb. It's yellow and @ 6" long. Keep in mind, groundhogs have an entrance and exit hole nearby. Cover one, light the fuse bomb and stick it in the hole letting the smoke engulf the burrow. Be sure to cover the buried lit end of the fuse with dirt, because it does stink real bad. My experience hunting those PITA varmints is they pop out in the morning and more in the evening around dust.
 
Think my 870 would be a better choice than the 30-06? I just figured if I had to stalk the bugger than I could sit farther away than with 30-06 than the 870. I just bought the 90-Two so my fun budget is gone for the month.
 
.30-06 vs. groundhog...something tells me you will win that battle.
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Everytime. I dispatched one during deer season many years ago after an entire day of not seeing any deer. 100 yards, .30-06, 180gr. bullet, buh-bye groundhog.
 
Just shoot the blooming thing! Bang! You're done! No chemicals, no electricity, no trip wires, no nukes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Course, thing you could cook him up real nice with some veggies and gravy!

Stay safe.
Bob
 
snare trap right above the hole. all said and done no problem. and if its young, get to skinnin'...personally i havent eaten one but people say the young ones taste like pork/are good. go for it. :)
 
the most humane way to kill the rodent would be to ahoot it, but you could also use a 220 conibear trap. I have used them to rid a friends pond of muskrats. They are instant kill!
 
I betcha if you just go up there and hollar down the hole that youa waiting up there with an '06, the critter'll just expire from heart failure, and you won't have to mess with all that poison gas, or gasoline explosions, or none of that dangerous stuff!:D:p:o
 
people say the young ones taste like pork/are good
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I fell for that old story once. Got a nice fat young rockchuck, skinned it, seasoned it just like this old guy told us to, and roasted it. You could have rendered 20 lbs of fat off of that 12 lbs rockchuck!! It was the greasiest thing I ever got close to! I think it would have burned like a candle if you lit it with a flame! And it tasted just so-so, but real greasy. Never again!!
 
mutant groundhog

How bout trapping it - with a live cage - groundhogs are very curious animals ie = easy to catch - then turning it loose in a remote area.

I know being "charged" by a groundhog is a life altering event....;) - but killing it for kicks and giggles seems rather silly - for the problem presented.

12-34hom.
 
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