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That is a cool idea!

I got one more for 11 total.. haven't seen or caught anymore, so may be out for now. got an exterminator for rats. they are in our camper and chewed through some wiring and the sliding extensions wont work.. going to be a fun time fixing that crap.

I have got 14 so far. I haven't seen any now in a week. maby got them all. I have two traps set all the time..

Over the years I've found that a 100 grain Speer out of a 25 - 06 does a fine job of settling ground hogs to a peaceable mind set.

My .17 Remington does a dang good job too...

There is a product called Methyl Bromide, a fumigant in the form of a gas used to kill many things, from insects to weed seeds in the soil. We used to use it in the preparation of tobacco plant beds.........which was where the tobacco seed would be planted, in order for the plants to grow to the size needed for transplanting. The average bed was about 100 yards square in sixe, and we would set off 9 one pound cans of the Methyl Bromide per bed, which was covered by a plastic cover that had it's edges buried in the ground, in order to seal the bed. The gas would then kill whatever was in the top few inches of the soil, allowing for a weed and disease free bed in which to plant the seeds a few days later.

Farmers who had a groundhog problem would seal off all the holes but one. throw in an open can of gas down the remaining hole, and then quickly seal the hole. I never heard of a groundhog surviving that. Haven't seen Methyl Bromide in years, as famers now grow tobacco plants in a greenhouse. But, if you knew how to use it, it would kill the snot of a groundhog, and probably you too if got a good sniff of it.