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RayL

Trumbull, CT 06611, USA

What is the best bait to catch him. I saw him and he is huge. I have a havaheart trap set with lettuce and apples. What is going to get him? Thanks

6/15/2013 12:02:33 PM

Jimbo01

Freedom Is Just Another Word For Noting Left To Lose

With a Woodchuck, place the trap over a hole being used. No bait and watch and see what happens.

6/15/2013 12:26:54 PM

SCHWEIGERT

Burt NY

apples

6/15/2013 12:33:43 PM

marley

Massachusetts

lobsta

6/15/2013 1:28:51 PM

Ron Rahe ([email protected])

Cincinnati,OH

I caught one last year using tomatoes.

6/15/2013 2:08:50 PM

Rookiesmom

Arden, NC

cantalope

6/15/2013 2:38:59 PM

RayL

Trumbull, CT 06611, USA

Ok....update.....it's a family with at least 3little ones living under a shed. I need suggestions....multiple traps, smoke bombs, etc??????

6/15/2013 3:44:24 PM

curtlave (team extreme)

Sourthern Utah

.22 shorts,, good aim,, and smoke bombs ,, ,, just my thoughts,,

6/15/2013 3:51:47 PM

marley

Massachusetts

ok little tykes toys,, and lobsta

6/15/2013 4:30:06 PM

marley

Massachusetts

trap and apples......;) if all else fails go with sub-sonic 22's, there the one's that the police use to take out porch lights before a raid, there quiet and effective.......

6/15/2013 4:32:43 PM

curtlave (team extreme)

Sourthern Utah

aka .22 shorts .. 583 fps.. and silent.. lmao

6/15/2013 4:45:51 PM

abbynormal

Johnston, R.I.

apples

6/15/2013 6:33:10 PM

VTSteve

South Hero, VT

Have you tried sunflower seeds?

6/15/2013 6:43:17 PM

Roundhead79

Little Suamico WI, usa

find some one who shoots archery pre season practice

6/15/2013 7:13:36 PM

BravoV2

Elk County, PA

.22 shorts are inhumane, how could you do that..... go with a .17 caliber and aim for the head :)

6/15/2013 8:51:00 PM

hardtimekenl2

Washington Co. Va.

get u a old rag soak with gas put down hole cover with dirt good night groundhog

6/15/2013 9:47:17 PM

LIpumpkin

Long Island,New York

....look daddy the sheds on fire........

6/15/2013 10:09:35 PM

cojoe

Colorado

My grandpa was a butcher and killed hundred of cows with 22 shorts. Its all in the placement.

6/15/2013 11:49:03 PM

VTSteve

South Hero, VT

A .22 caliber subsonic bullet is quieter than a paper bag popping and much quieter than a .22 short. It is also a quick and humane death.

A live trap leaves you with the choice of how handle the animal caught: kill it and bury it, or relocate it and make it someone else's problem.

6/16/2013 7:06:42 AM

BravoV2

Elk County, PA

I was being sarcastic peoples use a poison dart through a blow gun for all I care, but nothing is more satisfying then the results of a .17 :)

6/16/2013 2:05:52 PM

RayL

Trumbull, CT 06611, USA

still trying. trapped a raccoon last night. tried the smoke bombs and the mother somehow got out. I still do not know how she got out by making a whole through 1 inch sized gravel. Ughhhhhhh. My 1495 Stelts is paying the price!

6/16/2013 4:14:17 PM

swaintech

churchville, ny

They are not intelligent animals - place trap close to hole with some type of walls going from hole directing them into trap - they walk right in (unless you have smarter woodchucks in CT than we do in NY)

6/16/2013 5:56:59 PM

yardman

Mnt.pleasant ,tennessee

Pour gas down the hole let fumes seep in there & light .

6/16/2013 6:08:35 PM

marley

Massachusetts

oh that 17hmr.... love it...... spensive though, but oh I love it so.....................

6/16/2013 6:48:17 PM

Alexsdad

Garden State Pumpkins

Woodchucks always have at least two holes...smoke bomb will usually show you the locations of the holes.

6/17/2013 7:26:09 AM

THE BORER

Billerica,Massachusetts

Margarita mix

6/17/2013 8:06:47 AM

Dasnowskier

Connecticut

Some of you people are sick.

6/18/2013 12:36:16 AM

GEOD

North Smithfield, RI

peenut butter

6/18/2013 5:30:28 PM

26 West

50 Acres

I have seen the gasoline method work. You don,t want another to take over the hole. The smell keeps others away.

6/18/2013 8:16:37 PM

yardman

Mnt.pleasant ,tennessee

It was the last resort of a mole take over in a yard i tended to.after we put down allot of black mulch.that stuff draws grubs which draws moles.

6/18/2013 9:02:47 PM

RayL

Trumbull, CT 06611, USA

Haven't had any action in 3 days. Smoked them.....should smell them under the shed soon.....lol. Thanks for all of the suggestions.

6/19/2013 9:30:11 PM

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