Garden VS groundhog

[1946]

OK, I'm needing some ideas to help to eliminate a groundhog who has set up camp near my veggie garden.
He's a wiley one, always on super alert. I've only got one open lane to direct fire and I have to cross a large open area to affect that fire.
So, what are my other options to eliminate the enemy?
I have a perimeter hot wire around the garden approx. 7 inches off the ground. We have observed him going up to the wire and doing a Michael Jordon over it.
Baiting and live trap are possibilities, but what works best for the lure?
Any and all ideas (well, almost all) are welcome.

 

[Expat]

OK, I'm needing some ideas to help to eliminate a groundhog who has set up camp near my veggie garden.
He's a wiley one, always on super alert. I've only got one open lane to direct fire and I have to cross a large open area to affect that fire.
So, what are my other options to eliminate the enemy?
I have a perimeter hot wire around the garden approx. 7 inches off the ground. We have observed him going up to the wire and doing a Michael Jordon over it.
Baiting and live trap are possibilities, but what works best for the lure?
Any and all ideas (well, almost all) are welcome.

Where is his hole? Conibear traps are great methods to put them out of your misery. But be warned, if it is accessible to other animals that you don't want killed, it is indiscriminate.

 

[VUPDblue]

Live trap baited with apples and lettuce worked for me. A .22 for desert finished things off nicely.

 

[1946]

I have a metal building about 30 feet from the garden, filled with firewood. He's somewhere up/in/around or under the wood.
I forgot, there's an apple tree right next to the building and he's been nibbling on the one's on the ground.

 

[Mr. Habib]

 

[patience0830]

Little Giant

Mole/gopher bombs. Basically poison smoke. Or a 1/2 gallon of gas and a 5' piece of hose. Wait 1 minute and throw a match at the hole.

 

[Expat]

Mole/gopher bombs. Basically poison smoke. Or a 1/2 gallon of gas and a 5' piece of hose. Wait 1 minute and throw a match at the hole.

Tried that as a kid. Quite exciting

 

[gunman41mag]

buy one of those electronic gizmo that emit a high frequency pitch & they will run far away

 

[MrsXtremeVel]

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Gophers, Groundhogs, tomato, tomatto.... same thing. LOL

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

 

[1946]

See post #4 please.........

 

[MrsXtremeVel]

See post #4 please.........

I know... I was just kidding. The only thing I could think of ( and it wasn't a very good idea) is to try a live trap. I had a really bad experience with a groundhog one time. I swear they have 9 lives!

 

[furbymac]

for a non chemical way, get the little lawn ornaments with the little spinners on it that spin when the wind blows. (air planes and stuff like that) the vibration from the spinner thing drives them nuts and they go away and bug your neighbors. I have a mini-wooden-wind mill that i use and it works wonders.

 

[jeremy]

NH3...
Works everytime...

 

[VUPDblue]

NH3...
Works everytime...

lol

 

[jeremy]

lol

What?!

 

[bluewraith]

I know of a dog that will run them up a tree for you..

 

[1946]

The one I'm dealing with seems to like to go up into the apple tree..Evidently he's doing recon

 

[RockofStrength]

The one I'm dealing with seems to like to go up into the apple tree..Evidently he's doing recon

Maybe you could hire him to run perimeter security.

 

[wolfman]

Lawn mower works great on them. Run a hose from the exhaust down into the hole and seal it off. Watch around the yard for exhaust smoke coming from other holes,(they usually have at least 2) and seal them off too. After about an hour or so, pull the hose and tamp the dirt tight in all of the holes, problem solved.

 

[bluewraith]

I do seem to remember a trap that you stick into the ground, and once tripped it spears down into their tunnel. I don't remember the name or much else about it though.

My grandpa just stands outside with a potato fork and watches for the ground to move.