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Hi all, I have been trapping groundhogs and am having trouble with the have a heart traps. I have the best ones they sell and two large groundhogs have tore the hell out of them. they seem to be made of light metal and the groundhogs bend them up so bad I have to spend hours straightening them out.. one even tore the floor up and got out.. I don't know if he bit through the wire cage or pulled so hard he broke the cage wire. but they bend the trap door. and the trigger plate so bad. it stopped working. they are usually only in the trap for less than 2 hours as I check them every 2 hours, and don't leave them set if I am not going to be there to check them.
So the question. do anyone know of a heavy duty box trap that can take a lot of animal abuse and not be damaged ? I have caught and destroyed 9 so far this July. I cannot poison them due to neighbor kids.
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I've found a good solid 220 conibear reduces the fight in the critter almost instantly!!!
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Tomahawk Traps the oldest maker: www.livetrap.com/yes they have Ground Hog rated live traps
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I've found a good solid 220 conibear reduces the fight in the critter almost instantly!!! Lol, yup not much fight left after those bad boys snap..........
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I've never been able to successfully trap groundhogs, and I've tried a bunch. The only success I've had has been with putting several leg hold traps around the hole, and then it's hard to pull them out if they get very far in the hole.
IMO the best way to kill a groundhog if you can't shoot it, is to pour gas in the hole, wait about 30 seconds, then toss a match in. Of course, that won't work around buildings.
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The neighbors kids will eat rat poison?
WTF are they Mexican?
I can't even get my kids to eat a home-cooked meal n
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Snare or conibear in den hole or where they are going under a fence.
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The neighbors kids will eat rat poison?
WTF are they Mexican?
I can't even get my kids to eat a home-cooked meal n Yes they are Mexicans.
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The neighbors kids will eat rat poison?
WTF are they Mexican?
I can't even get my kids to eat a home-cooked meal n Yes they are Mexicans. Maybe they'll take the chucks off yer hands. Groundhog tacos!
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Got my 10th groundhog today for July.. shot him in the head with my Ruger single six with a 9 1/2 inch barrel. I have killed a lot of GH with it..
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I have trapped them with #3 coil spring traps where they were going under a building. Once the others see a buddy they get trapshy though.
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My old woodstream live trap caught a bunch. No damage. Was US made one decades ago.
1.5 coil springs work good. Anchor, lay in depression inside hole a little ways. Use sticks to cover hole.....add dirt on top. Chucky comes to dig out and ya got him.
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If you see the trap chain going intoba big pile of fresh dug earth.....dont pull on it to hard. Chances are a really pissed off critter will fly toward you
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I bought a cheap Havahart copy at Tractor Supply. Caught a big feral tomcat that'd been giving us some grief. As soon as I picked up the trap to put into the back of the Jeep (so I could take the him for his lead injection), he slammed against the trap door with such force that he bent it, squeezed out and made his escape. Couldn't believe the strength of that varmint!
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I'm going through some serious withdrawal here. I normally shoot anywhere from 8-11 'chucks every year. Last year was 10, this year, zero.
They must have circulated a memo.
Plenty of red squirrels though. They make 'em almost as fast as I can shoot them. Little bastards.
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Tomahawk Traps the oldest maker: www.livetrap.com/yes they have Ground Hog rated live trapsCorrect answer.
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I have largest one of these. Works great, 4 'coons so far. Then they get a LR between the eyes from a suppressed 22/45. Neighbors don't know anything happened.
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I'm going through some serious withdrawal here. I normally shoot anywhere from 8-11 'chucks every year. Last year was 10, this year, zero.
They must have circulated a memo.
Plenty of red squirrels though. They make 'em almost as fast as I can shoot them. Little bastards. I feel your pain....3 years ago was 13, 2 years ago 9, last year 3, and this year shot the first and only one on Monday night.
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If you just want to get rid of the ground hogs, you can go down and get about 10 - 15 lbs of dry ice. Put in the hole, cover up all the exits you can find. C02 is heavier than air, so it works pretty good even if you don't find all the exits. Lots cheaper than big live traps.
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