Besides the trusty rifle that I can't use in an urban setting, what works to get rid of them?

I have a couple live traps, and some leg traps that haven't netted the bastages yet.... Haven't seen any in over 8 years, and suddenly this year we have FAMILIES of them.  Yes, local development has pushed them into my 10 acres damnit!

Just sayin….

How much wood can a woodchuck chuck?

Just now, ArcticCrusher said:

How much wood can a woodchuck chuck?

If a woodchuck could chuck wood.... Finish it if you're gonna start it!

Can you use a bow? or maybe a BB gun? My bud has a full auto AK BB gun for fuckin off but I bet that thing could take out some small animals.

My dad once used a baseball bat.   

Just now, 800renegaderider said:

Can you use a bow? or maybe a BB gun? My bud has a full auto AK BB gun for fuckin off but I bet that thing could take out some small animals.

We had a BB gun growing up, they would bounce off their pelts and just piss them off.  Sometimes a .22 doesn't even do the job without being a head shot....

Just now, gravy davey said:

My dad once used a baseball bat.   

Funny guy!  I'm not getting close enough to wack them with ANYTHING!  LOL

Air rifle? They have some pretty powerful ones now

Could also use subsonic .22 rounds, probly not legal in town but alot quieter and won't attract much attention 

Block off the escape holes and put propane and oxygen in hole that is also covered in dirt, use steel wool and 12 volt battery as triggering device 25 feet or more away from holes when you set it off.

 

3 minutes ago, 1jkw said:

Block off the escape holes and put propane and oxygen in hole that is also covered in dirt, use steel wool and 12 volt battery as triggering device 25 feet or more away from holes when you set it off.

 

wow. sounds like you have used that setup before. good shit

10 minutes ago, Mag6240 said:

We had a BB gun growing up, they would bounce off their pelts and just piss them off.  Sometimes a .22 doesn't even do the job without being a head shot....

That’s surprising that ak c02 one my bud has is fairly powerful with the pointed tip bb’s maybe? 

Carbon monoxide? Otherwise air rifle if you have a shot at them. 

1 hour ago, 800renegaderider said:

Just sayin….

Blast some Kenny Loggins .  Brings em right out to boogie. 

I've shot some nice integrally suppressed .22 air rifles in my yard that would put them down without a sound   

I was going subsonic 22lr suppressed until I tried these

Maybe I just need to be a little more patient!  I have a new pet as of lunch….

 

1 minute ago, Mag6240 said:

Maybe I just need to be a little more patient!  I have a new pet as of lunch….

 

LOL . Nice work

Air riffle(not bb gun) will also work  

1 hour ago, Mag6240 said:

Maybe I just need to be a little more patient!  I have a new pet as of lunch….

 

He looks hungry, what does he eat ? I personally feed them lead.

Just now, MnDean said:

He looks hungry, what does he eat ? I personally feed them lead.

Peanut butter and Cucumbers were the bait - Lead will be his dessert!

Edited May 10, 20223 yr by Mag6240

I had woodchucks under a shed a few years ago, I fed them cantaloupe for a few days , just to train them, then I just dropped a couple of chucks by there hole and waited with the 22, they loved that cantaloupe.

I either shoot ‘em with a scoped 22 or trap em and then shoot ‘em with a 22 pistol. They get really careful so I have to use the trap.

last summer the female had 6 pups. The fuckers eat everything from the veg garden to the wife’s annual flowers. 

2 hours ago, Anler said:

Carbon monoxide? Otherwise air rifle if you have a shot at them. 

This.   Smoke bombs and traps (not the catch and release kind) work well too. 

Edited May 10, 20223 yr by Highmark

sheridan bluestreak air rifle. deadly accurate , 1 head shot and done. whatever you don't injure it so it's flopping around in the street. that may cause you some issues

4 minutes ago, Highmark said:

This.   Smoke bombs and traps (not the catch and release kind) work well too. 

I was thinking car exhaust or something. Run a hose from the tail pipe into the hole. Pretty humane they just go to sleep

2 hours ago, sleepybrew said:

wow. sounds like you have used that setup before. good shit

I watched a video of a guy doing it. Propane is heavy so it goes down in the hole and the oxygen makes it go boom.