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Ryan Renko 
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 Posted: 28 Apr 2011 at 9:13pm |
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I'm trying to figure out what is worse, the groundhog or pouring used motor oil and gasoline on the ground as a deterent. The idea of pouring that stuff on my ground would make me think the groundhog really aint that bad. Ryan
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CTuckerNWIL
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Posted: 28 Apr 2011 at 10:04pm |
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I'm with you Ryan. One quart of motor oil can contaminate a Million gallons of ground water.
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cklimen
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Posted: 29 Apr 2011 at 12:55am |
 Osage_Orange wrote:
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. |
The device used to direct exhaust into a critter burrow is called the Crittergetter. It can be found here: GroundhogControl.Info or CrittergetterOnline.Com or GopherControl.us[TUBE]Wb7pmBEAWSE[/TUBE]
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Dusty MI
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Posted: 29 Apr 2011 at 7:52am |
Look around, I've seen ground hog escape holes with no loose dirt around them. Would not have seen it if I hadn't almost stepped in it.
Dusty
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Ben (MI)
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Posted: 29 Apr 2011 at 10:04am |
I have had success with Revenge Rodent Smoke Bombs.
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Coke-in-MN
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Posted: 29 Apr 2011 at 10:20am |
Are people mixing up Pocket gophers with the larger burrowing animal. Chucks like to burrow in protected places and not in open fields
Groundhog, woodchuck -- what's the difference?
Woodchuck and groundhog are common terms for the same animal, the rodent with the scientific name of Marmota monax. Most closely related to squirrels, woodchucks actually can climb trees and also swim.
What's for dinner?
Groundhogs in the wild eat succulent green plants, such as dandelion greens, clover, plantain and grasses. They also are tempted by nearby garden vegetables. At Cornell, they dine on Agway Woodchuck Chow, a similar formulation to rabbit feed but in larger-sized pellets. Woodchucks binge and purposefully put on weight in the summer, reaching their maximum mass in late August. They become lethargic and prepare for hibernation in October. By February, hibernating woodchucks have lost as much as half their body weight.
Some more info on animal and it's range per Canadian site .
Edited by Coke-in-MN - 29 Apr 2011 at 12:56pm
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Faith isn't a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something.
"Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."
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Brian Jasper co. Ia
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Posted: 29 Apr 2011 at 1:15pm |
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That critter getter thing might be a good idea. I'm thinking the D17D might do a better job than a late model car. Cold diesel smoke ought to really do the job fast...
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"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian." Henry Ford
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CBL95
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Posted: 29 Apr 2011 at 3:26pm |
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A very accute form of lead poisning givin by a Remington 770 22-250 at 375yrds out
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Ryan Renko
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Posted: 29 Apr 2011 at 7:21pm |
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Thanks CTucker!! Anyone dumping used motor oil on the ground to kill a varmint needs to really consider WTF they are really doing!! Ryan
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