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nella(Pa) 
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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 1:33pm |
Dose anyone have experience with the tool that puts a mixture of propane and oxygen in the holes and ignites it? What is the kill rate and how loud is it? Or maybe a better idea how to get rid of them.
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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 1:35pm |
I think it's used more for mole control than groundhogs.
I think it's rather expensive, however.
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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 1:49pm |
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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 2:02pm |
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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 2:13pm |
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sure does
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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 2:18pm |
Try connecting a hose from your tractor exhaust to inside the groundhog hole, put some dirt around it, let the tractor run for 20 minutes, remove the hose.
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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 2:53pm |
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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 3:58pm |
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We used to have a big problem with them. They would burrow into the creek bank and come up in the yard. We tried shooting them but another would always come and take over. Finally we put about 5 gallons of water down the hole followed by about 2 gallons of gasoline, threw a match in the top hole after a few minutes and WHOOSH!!! a flaming groundhog shot out the creek entrance of the hole. Never had a problem after that.
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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 4:00pm |
 Goose wrote:
I think it's used more for mole control than groundhogs.
I think it's rather expensive, however.
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looks like a Red Green contraption for sure! looks like fun, though!
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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 4:03pm |
Dans 7080 wrote:
We used to have a big problem with them. They would burrow into the creek bank and come up in the yard. We tried shooting them but another would always come and take over. Finally we put about 5 gallons of water down the hole followed by about 2 gallons of gasoline, threw a match in the top hole after a few minutes and WHOOSH!!! a flaming groundhog shot out the creek entrance of the hole. Never had a problem after that. |
I'd pay a dollar to see that! LOL
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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 4:31pm |
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i would to lol
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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 4:39pm |
Not too many woodchucks left in this part of NY State; coyotes keep them and rabbits in check.
Back in the 50s and 60s, guys used to "ride the roads" in the evenings shooting woodchucks, My brother shot over 300 one summer with nothing more than 22 hollow points. I mean "cut off their tails" kills. It will keep your shooting skills up to par.
My Dad had a mongrel dog once that when she was in her prime would kill as many as 5 or 6 a week. Sometimes we had to give her a hand if she got one cornered in a stone wall. I believe they breed at what ever rate they need to keep their area at maximum population. Seemed that no matter how many you killed, the population remained fairly stable back in those days.
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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 5:20pm |
I was told "put bubble gum in the hole,they can't digest it and they die from a bad case of constapation" i don't know if it works but don't tell PETA what your doing. LOL
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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 6:06pm |
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22-250 with nosler 50 grain tips. works wonders for out to 400 yards.
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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 7:05pm |
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I hear ya Brian G. Pre 1985 we were always over run with chucks. I used to arrow them by the scores!
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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 7:35pm |
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Around here it seems like population has gone up since the 80's. I don't remember ever seeing a ground hog when I was a kid in the 50's and 60's. Now they aren't thick, but if any buildings set unused for any period of time, they find a place to dig.
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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 7:46pm |
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A 220 conibear trap works wonders. Years ago I caught 12 groundhogs out of one hole in one summer along a soybean field.
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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 7:50pm |
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a friend of mine took an nh3 wagon out to one of his sidehills, dug down, put an adapter on the hose and let it run awhile. what he didn't know was that that piticular tank was used for a grain dryer and was full of propane! i wasn;t there, but he said he shut off the hose and pulled the hose out, threw his cigarette on the ground and about leveled that hill!
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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 8:12pm |
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had some corn pulled down and eat on . Put D- CON on green shucks no more probalem
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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 8:15pm |
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243 with 100 grain. Either that, or if they're in the middle of the field, my pap takes the liquid slurry spreader and fills the hole up. That works too.
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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 8:59pm |
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I used a whole package of gofer grenades. just light one and drop in each hole then cover the hole. kills em dead. I used cardboard and rocks to cover the hole. if you leve the hole open the smoke escapes.
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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 9:07pm |
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you could try watching caddy shack that will tell you how to get rid of varmits. (plastic explosive!!!!!!)
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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 9:23pm |
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Good place to put your waste oil. They don't like it and will leave. MACK
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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 9:25pm |
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Black net wrap stuffed in holes & ground shoveled on top I'm told works well. I told my loving wife if I don't come in for supper after feeding round bales to come looking for me, I'll probably be tangled up in net wrap & can't get up. She wondered why she would want to come looking, maybe I should take some lessons from Shameless...Harvey
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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 9:32pm |
I think this is what he was talking about. if this posts right? [TUBE]FXY8Fj0OE-Y&feature=related[/TUBE]
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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 10:21pm |
Anhydrous drives them out in a hurry if they're near the surface and have another hole to get out. Shameless, sure that wasn't you with the LP? LOL
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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 10:57pm |
SHAMELESS wrote:
a friend of mine took an nh3 wagon out to one of his sidehills, dug down, put an adapter on the hose and let it run awhile. what he didn't know was that that piticular tank was used for a grain dryer and was full of propane! i wasn;t there, but he said he shut off the hose and pulled the hose out, threw his cigarette on the ground and about leveled that hill! |
Now we know why Eastern NE is so flat! Shameless did it again! LOL
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Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 11:16pm |
Dakota Dave wrote:
I used a whole package of gofer grenades. just light one and drop in each hole then cover the hole. kills em dead. I used cardboard and rocks to cover the hole. if you leve the hole open the smoke escapes. |
Do those work on moles too? 3 small engines with the exhaust piped into their tunnels just made them move to another part of the yard.
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Posted: 28 Apr 2011 at 8:38am |
Prairie dog problem eliminator done humanely
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Posted: 28 Apr 2011 at 7:16pm |
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I don't know about bubble gum , but I know juicy fruit gum works. I was infested with them & I lightly chewed a couple sticks & put it on a board in front of their hole & it got rid of all of them . I don't know what it does , but it worked for me. It's a long story on how I found out, but I learned this from a nurse in the hospital.
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