This is good advice. I have a groundhog eating my asian pears EVERY year. I grew these two trees from saplings and have yet to enjoy the fruit. I tried baffels, will try electric fence as I have on my garden. Low voltage just stings them, me and our dog, lol. I'll try this as well. Thank you.
@toddac613 жыл бұрын
I have two apple trees and a pear tree about 15-20 years old. I have never gotten a single apple off the trees. Only saw a ground hog climbing and eating once. I have gotten rid of over 100 but mostly when they live under my porch each year. I see flocks of crows, and even japanese beetles burying into the apples. The trees are too tall now (probably 20 feet) but the deer stop in everyday for the fallen apples and the lower ones. The pears nothing eats until last year where there was nothing in the fall. Not sure what ate them.
@davew43625 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! First time live trapping and you were a big help!!
@robertkreiling1746 Жыл бұрын
You do a great job helping people learning just how to trap various animals !
@jameslinzmeier368 Жыл бұрын
We had groundhogs in our city property. Followed ALL the suggestions we read or watched. Nothing worked. I gave up..... BUT did set an EMPTY TRAP on one of the runs they used. After baiting with peanut butter and all the rest of the suggestions we left the trap completely empty, again, we had given up. Wouldn't you know it, first night had one. Second night had another, got the (last?) one three days later. No bait just put them in the middle of where they ran.
@uzomaolumbagri67644 жыл бұрын
Nice. I’ve got a few on my property living under my deck. They are smart and won’t enter the trap but I didn’t conceal it as you did. I don’t think it will ever enter my trap. I’ll try ur trick...
@mortalstorm4 жыл бұрын
Wash the trap with unscented soap and then use gloves when handling the trap. Groundhogs are very keen to human scent and will often avoid the trap if they detect it.
@uzomaolumbagri67644 жыл бұрын
mortalstorm great advice...I trapped a raccoon that’s was docile until I went to release it. I’m scared to release it now...
@mortalstorm4 жыл бұрын
Uzoma Olumba, GRI take it to a secluded forested park and release him there. Just face the release door away from you as you open it and let the raccoon run away. They’ll be happy just to be set free so it’s unlikely they will attack you. I’ve done this with raccoons and have never been attacked. However, you might want to hold a pole in your free hand as you open the cage door just in case. Just be forewarned that in some states it’s illegal to trap and release animals without a permit.
@toddac613 жыл бұрын
I don't use bait since I get racoons and opossums. Sometimes it takes a month before they decide to go into the trap. I place it on their way to the hole and try to block paths around. Once you catch one and their scent (they stink) gets in the trap it seems to attract more. Even without bait I still catch raccons, oppossums, a neighbors cat, and onetime two skunks at the same time, don't understand that. I didn't know it was two skunks until I covered it and transported in and let one run out. took it back to clean out all the mud (raining) and took the cover off to find another skunk looking at me!
@doninmichigan2 жыл бұрын
I used to think you have to conceal it, but now I don't even bother. They take a little while nosing around the outside of the trap, but after a short while, they're in.
@cindyle2300 Жыл бұрын
I love your grass and path idea! Thanks!
@dylankubischoutdoors9934 жыл бұрын
I was trying to live trap a wood chuck then capuchin a HUGE raccoon instead thank you so much for the advice!!
@drewjenn98195 жыл бұрын
Great job! I have a groundhog that is really taking it to my tomatoes and now WAR! Thanks, for the tips.
@VashtheStampede0073 жыл бұрын
Worse for me. Something is chewing on my seedings. Cucumber, broccoli, kale (x2), cantaloupes (x3).
@alexmoquin9994 Жыл бұрын
@@VashtheStampede007 same issue. It’s groundhogs
@royroldan87985 ай бұрын
FYI if there is one there are more. Thought I had one caught three and a skunk. Got rid of them 12 years later. Thought we had two now I've seen four minus one I caught. Down to three who knows might be more under my pool deck.
@rileypayne69353 ай бұрын
@@VashtheStampede007 yep the group of devil have destroyed my garden to the point of why even bother but i am out for revenge
@kenberscheit9482 жыл бұрын
if you have 1 you have 5 ,reset the trap till you dont get no more. all the ones i catch cross the rainbow , hopefully i have grandpa this morning, biggest one i have ever seen , if i have him he will have crossed the rainbow when i find out. only way to avoid reinfestation and the mess they leave
@lindajohnson78382 жыл бұрын
They can travel up to 20 miles to return to their home turf. A well placed 22 will send them to their new home permanently.
@Auditing.northern.N.Y.2 жыл бұрын
I like using .22 rat shot at point blank range.... works great on semi short hair critters, and doesn't hurt trap.
@chicksgrowtoo2 жыл бұрын
I take them swimming….in my stock tank… 😎
@paulhunter96136 ай бұрын
They are quite tuned into any slight movement, I saw one near my shed where I knew they were digging under. I was about 45’ away and just moved my arm a bit to grab the gun and it saw me and took off😡
@joecucciarre14303 жыл бұрын
My neighbor has a family of six ground hogs and they real smart but very beautiful looking mother and father and four little ones and it's under his long shed ,I always look out my top window to record them ,my neighbor can't seem to catch them ,but we enjoy watching them !!!
@kkb10244 жыл бұрын
Also if you use a live trap, remember to close it at night to avoid catching skunks or raccoons.
@robertmiller3414 жыл бұрын
Yes I learned this the hard way last week I caught Skunk and a number of weeks ago I caught a raccoon.
@VashtheStampede0073 жыл бұрын
@@robertmiller341 How did you get rid of the skunk without the stink? 😅 Now I am in the situation that something has been chewing on my veggies seedlings. My neighbor said it is most likely a groundhog. I have seen one a few years ago right here. But lately I only saw (and smelled) a skunk.
@nathanmagnusen74472 жыл бұрын
I trapped a skunk yesterday that was trying to take up residence in our barn.... you cover the trap with a blanket or tarp and they won't spray. You can relocate them that way or do like we did and take it out away from the house and open the cage wait for him to come out and send him a load of lead from a shotgun.... they do typically spray but hince why you take them away from the house. Today it has rained and the smell is already gone!
@ManMan-Real Жыл бұрын
Was going to set up overnight so thank you!!!
@paulhunter96136 ай бұрын
@@ManMan-Real but groundhogs like to start their day when it’s barely light out in the morning, so unless you like getting out of bed to set a trap before sunrise , just leave it ready to go all night
@sandy-rr1by2 жыл бұрын
I caught a possum last week with wet cat food and salad, but the groundhog roams freely stuffing himself on my garden! I have apple, honey and almond butter. Gonna try this! Thanks
@DerfOrNuffin2 жыл бұрын
Any luck? same thing catching possums
@sandy-rr1by2 жыл бұрын
@@DerfOrNuffinnope, no groundhog, but another apple with peanut butter caught a second possum. one year at work we caught a possum with malted milk balls.
@doninmichigan2 жыл бұрын
we have 100% success catching groundhogs with either apples or carrots.
@paulhunter96136 ай бұрын
@@DerfOrNuffin same here, always get a possum. But I let them go, they are really a good varmit to have around
@paulhunter96136 ай бұрын
@@doninmichigan I have the worse luck catching them, I’ve used a combination of lettuce, apples, even cantaloupe rinds, can’t seem to get them
@tluva1020 Жыл бұрын
Catch & release during summer to prevent young being left in the den to starve. A field with wooded area nearby is a good spot. Chances are another will eventually move in to the old spot
@luxurycarkey72074 жыл бұрын
Great video however when you relocate them they destroy someone else's property an some states its illegal to relocate them they took out all my sweet corn last year this year im using conibear traps they have to go...
@doninmichigan2 жыл бұрын
I release them in a county park that's 32 miles long.
@larry112519562 жыл бұрын
in Ohio, it is illegal to relocate nuisance wildlife animals. especially groundhog, whistle pigs, etc. These animals will not only destroy your garden but will undermine your homes foundation. They have also caused bridges to collapse due to their tunneling under concrete piers. They cause damage to lievstock, horses and crops and farmers get plenty of practice shootin their 30-06 at them. Also, in Ohio, there is no bag limit on these varmints and they can be hunted and dispatched humanely as long as they are active.
@carolharris3668 Жыл бұрын
I caught 7 groundhogs this summer. I have the same trap and used watermelon as bait.
@jdrigot Жыл бұрын
Dang! I was hoping you'd show how to handle that cage for the relocation.
@OmahaBoyz5 жыл бұрын
My grampa caught one and thought it was a raccoon, then he said he baptized the ground hog
@danielngutter85614 жыл бұрын
That mean he drowned it? Old landlord found a bat and put in a jar, when I asked what we do with it he pulled out the hose.....😬
@Skulzzz.____3 жыл бұрын
No reason to kill it. You can set it free in the woods
@Skulzzz.____3 жыл бұрын
@@danielngutter8561 rats n bats ok lol
@shadwell7493 жыл бұрын
@@Skulzzz.____ Some states it is illegal to relocate them.
@henryhatfield743 жыл бұрын
Grampa smart man.
@anitadailey73403 жыл бұрын
Thank you,
@danf46163 жыл бұрын
I'll give this a try. I think my Groundhog is quite a bit bigger, tho.
@missige2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the nice video. I would need relocate to where others are burdened with these pest. My area is overwhelmed with these varmints, so if caught...
@ebookpioneers4 жыл бұрын
What if you have a bunch of them, all with holes within a few feet of each other? I have about a half dozen out back that are dangerously close to my niece's jungle gym. I'm afraid that if I manage to trap one or two that the others will see them in the trap and then get wise to it. I'm thinking I might have to shoot them.
@seeburg2203 жыл бұрын
Uzi 9 millimeter.
@dlaytart012 жыл бұрын
@@seeburg220 Recent data suggests 9mm may blow their lungs clean out of their body...LGB
@doninmichigan2 жыл бұрын
Don't be afraid to trap them, just do it. I think they smell food and forget everything else.
@woof3598 Жыл бұрын
how far away do you think is good for relocating
@evanr99922 жыл бұрын
ive had a trap out for 3 days now. blocked off all other outs and ins but the one i know he uses a lot. been sitting there. now the damn thing wont even come out! its like he knows
@jackdraper28492 жыл бұрын
I've got 2 questions. -- Is putting grass up around the trap necessary ? -- There's a ground hog going deep into the foundation of my house. Huge hole. But there is no grass there. It's just dirt. -- It's a sizable groundhog. -- Do I need the grass to camouflage the trap ? -- Question 2 -- Do I risk getting bitten by the groundhog if I take him to another location to let him out ?
@juderose18262 жыл бұрын
I just caught one today so I'll take a stab. I didn't use any grass camo. The trap was set within a few feet of one of its holes. I used peanut butter and celery. It didn't eat the celery, but the peanut butter was cleaned off. Every animal is different. My woodchuck was very gentle. The one in the video is mad. The traps are designed to keep your fingers safe and the animal will run for its life when you open the door, so just make sure none of your body is in front of it when you open.
@jackdraper28492 жыл бұрын
@@juderose1826 Thank you for your response and info. -- I need any suggestions and info I can get. -- That's very interesting about the peanut butter. More developers are developing land around me. And critters that I didn't use to see, are now I my house. Thanks again.
@snakeplissken63132 жыл бұрын
@@jackdraper2849 fill the hole with rocks, make some soupy quikcrete and fill it in. No more groundhog.
@jimthomas1989 Жыл бұрын
@@jackdraper2849 , taking animals somewhere else is putting your problems on someone else , Extermination !
@SMart77514 жыл бұрын
Just before releasing always put a large spot of bright colored spray paint on it. If it comes back you’ll recognize it and know you either need a farther release place, or, terminate, with extreme prejudice. 😒
@c50ge3 жыл бұрын
I just talked to a friend who told me his friend would paint his tail bright red.
@doninmichigan2 жыл бұрын
I was going to paint that sucker I released the other day and I forgot, damn it. 😂
@ovritphew96754 жыл бұрын
No such thing as relocating them. Somehow they just come back. Guess that's why I have a creek across from my house.
@asappestcontrol12504 жыл бұрын
I usually driving 10 miles out on my way home.
@strangersun77214 жыл бұрын
Yep. Going to take ours for a swim. My wife was against it until it savaged her vegetable garden... Twice.
@paultyler73554 жыл бұрын
@@asappestcontrol1250 i aint wastin my gas,no sir
@morganhay8594 жыл бұрын
Just shoot them
@jaquelinepryorallen61303 жыл бұрын
The Company s charge 5OO, The holes in my yard, i ca fall in HELP me!!!!
@Skulzzz.____3 жыл бұрын
I caught one with the apple and a couple slices of bread LOL I covered the cage up with stuff I was intending to catch a raccoon but caught a groundhog which I need to get rid of them too so they stop eating my garden
@christopher_martin2 жыл бұрын
how long can a groundhog live without food or water?
@1010juanita2 жыл бұрын
Were do you take and how after you catch, please need to know
@doninmichigan2 жыл бұрын
I take them 12 miles away to a county park that's 32 miles long.
@edgeofeternity1014 жыл бұрын
Hey aren't you one of the guys from the PH? I miss you guys.
@BenBen-kd7tm3 жыл бұрын
Yes
@davidszymanowski47775 ай бұрын
Why does it have so many different sized holes?
@TheNIJUAL3 жыл бұрын
Very nice interesting
@gekkogordon3 жыл бұрын
Traps are expensive and scarce these days. I read comments about shooting them or groundhogs coming back home. What about poison for groundhogs? Do they exist? Mine is destroying my entrance paving removing all the gravel underground and looks like it is doing his condo there.
@doninmichigan2 жыл бұрын
Just bite the bullet and get a trap, they're reusable forever.
@robertwelker20475 жыл бұрын
If you don`t want it to come back , let it loose on the other side of a river. Iv`e taken them 4 miles from my house and with in a week their back .
@SMart77514 жыл бұрын
Robert Welker - That’s what we thought too, if you spray paint a spot on them before release, you’ll find you have more than one. That’s not unusual, all those thing do is dig, eat and phuk.
@robertmiller3414 жыл бұрын
I've caught and relocated 16 of these little guys and counting this year. Most of which I baited with apples and peanut.
@toddac613 жыл бұрын
In some states like New York that is a nice ticket for relocating wildlife without a permit.
@robertmiller3413 жыл бұрын
@@toddac61 no catch and release this year don't want to pass the problem on to someone else.
@VashtheStampede0073 жыл бұрын
@@robertmiller341 So it is catching and eating it?
@doninmichigan2 жыл бұрын
@@toddac61 maybe he can just toss it in through an open window at your house? 😅
@TrehanCreekOutdoors4 жыл бұрын
We don't have badgers here but we have a lot of raccoons that give us problems in our area. I tried marshmallows and peanut butter but we ran out of both before I got the trap set. The kids also used up all the graham crackers we had in the house making smores with the peanut butter and marshmallows. For this reason, I don't think I should try to use peanut butter....or marshmallows. I was told to use marshmallows because local cats won't eat them. But how do you keep rats and mice out of the traps? They love peanut butter. I may try boiled okra. No one in our house likes to eat that slimy stuff.
@richardjiles36543 жыл бұрын
Go buy you a .80 cent can of sardines rip open the lid and set can in back of trap. Within 2 days you'll catch the racoon if mr. Oppusme doesn't beat him to the cage!
@joycecrawford11023 жыл бұрын
Gonna try this
@joycecrawford11023 жыл бұрын
Hopefully we have same results
@Uniquelyyours15 жыл бұрын
Great video.
@egunther95835 жыл бұрын
Great way , thank you
@MikeB-wh2bn4 жыл бұрын
Finally got my first groundhog after baiting with yes ( Acorns with nothing else within a few hours ) I had no luck with cantaloupes or Apples and had been trying for over a month. I’ve caught about six raccoons and one possum but no groundhogs. I came home today to see the groundhog eating on the acorns under an oak tree, so I thought I’d try to pick up every acorn i could find under the tree that it was at, washed them off with the hose to get my scent off them and baited the trap again and finally got him, he must of weighed over 40 lbs easily.
@doninmichigan2 жыл бұрын
Cool, I never thought about acorns, haven't seen them munching on those. I use either green apples off the apple tree in our back yard, or raw carrots, gets them every time. 😁
@bigdog50864 жыл бұрын
I'll release him alright after i put a 22 hollow point through him.When you release him he'll go to somebody elses yard to create damage.
@johnrourke4363 Жыл бұрын
No need for the hollow point. Just a .22 LR will do it
@theender422 Жыл бұрын
After that you gotta release him onto your backyard grill with some BBQ sauce.
@betzib8021 Жыл бұрын
Yard?...how about foundation...perimeter walls...and then in the winter other animals housing in their burrow...raccoons destroying crossover hvac duct
@johnsalcido5436 Жыл бұрын
Or let my dog have some fun!! Hate these bastards so much
@alexmoquin9994 Жыл бұрын
@@johnrourke4363 hollow points are cheaper
@gildasassi85742 жыл бұрын
My groundhog actually moved the trap. A few times the trap was closed. I have no idea what happened. Can you give me a suggestion?
@doninmichigan2 жыл бұрын
you have to stake the trap down, I use a couple of landscape stakes.
@gildasassi85742 жыл бұрын
@@doninmichigan thank you
@doninmichigan2 жыл бұрын
@@gildasassi8574 you're welcome, best of luck. It's a learning experience, we've caught our first two, just using green apples off the apple tree in our backyard, or raw carrots, each within about an hour and a half of setting the trap. If I had a stubborn one, I hear peanut butter and cantaloupe are irresistible. They are smart and strong, they'll nose their way up to the cage, and nose around it, then try to shake the cage and dislodge the bait, but ultimately they can't resist it and they go inside to get it. If you're not a hands on person, Haveaheart company makes one called the 'Easy Set', where you just pull a handle to release the animal. We take ours about 12 miles away to a county park system that's 32 miles long and hope they have a happy new life. 🙂
@donnieallemanni85722 жыл бұрын
Put a cement block on top if the cage. I had one that flipped a big cage and got out.
@mrobvious1100 Жыл бұрын
Get yourself about (8) 3/4 inch by 24" pieces of wood. I have to use live catch the groundhog slide the wood stick through the openings of the cage to form a wooden wall keeping him on one end of the cage. Just drop it in your 50 gallon trash can full of water, 5 minutes later, dumpster.
@singatune Жыл бұрын
Easy to catch young ones. Wise old timers too smart.
@Ogirl41642 жыл бұрын
they love strawberries And watermelon rinds. I caught mines easy within a 1day
@lobstermania40252 жыл бұрын
Can you tell me how you caught it? I have one living behind my garage and then he goes to the gsrden and feasts
@bobbrinkerhoff3592 Жыл бұрын
Problem with using live traps is you also catch racoons, opossums and skunks . They all can carry rabies and can get very aggressive when caught . Thankfully the one time I caught a skunk, he was dead when I got home from work and hadn't sprayed . A well placed 22 LR solves the aggression issues as does a 243 except the 243 tends to tear up the trap when it exits the body . A full grown coon or groundhog will also tear up a trap .
@skinz4q4 жыл бұрын
Where I live, it's illegal to "relocate" live animals (unless you have a state exterminator's license). The reason, I'm told, is to prevent the spread of rabies, which makes good sense. It's also illegal to discharge a firearm within the city limits. My solution, which complies with the law, is to drown the critters in the trap. They never seem to return, but there are always more to take their place.
@joduggie72813 жыл бұрын
Oh op
@TheAboriginal12 жыл бұрын
yup - throw the trap in a big tote of water. the only solution to groundhogs is extermination. if you don't take them down they will return again and again
@realcookin37202 жыл бұрын
Christ you just don't go tell everyone you gonna relocate it. I do it all the time unless the animal that I'm relocating had turned into a farm destroyer like killing 20 chickens (raccoon) l which becomes a dead raccoon but to just drowned it for being the animal that it is s seems a little wrong but I guess u do u.
@TheAboriginal12 жыл бұрын
@@realcookin3720 In NY, where I live, and in many other states, relocating nuisance animals is illegal. You also make your problem someone else's problem. There's a reason the law allows for killing nuisance animals but not relocating them.
@max531782 жыл бұрын
@@TheAboriginal1 can you get totes over 3 ft long or can you drown the animals standing the trap on end?
@nancygranger36394 жыл бұрын
what brand is your trap and recommendations on where to purchase?
@paultyler73554 жыл бұрын
Harbor freight,best price
@doninmichigan2 жыл бұрын
If you're not a hands on person, the Havaheart "Easy Set" is minimal hassle. With all of them, you have to make sure the animal doesn't escape, you might have to make some tweaks or slight modifications.
@j.johnson52174 жыл бұрын
How far away did you relocate it? I heard they can find there way back?
@metro36922 жыл бұрын
5 miles
@doninmichigan2 жыл бұрын
I release mine 12 miles away in a county park that's 32 miles long.
@s.greasey76544 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@johnmellyn27002 жыл бұрын
When you went to relocate the little bastard where you concerned he might spin around and try to bite you ? …..I’m curious how that went down ,.. any elaboration would be highly appreciated
@doninmichigan2 жыл бұрын
I put long wires on the trap door which enables me to stand a few feet behind the trap and open the front door at the opposite end, while my wife stands at the ready with a rake or a broom.
@cliftonfrederick59733 жыл бұрын
While you pick up small green 🍏 . This real sour. By u eat it . Lol
@johnweinisch8543 Жыл бұрын
Great videp
@bigmeandog8493 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tips - If you are going to trap ground hogs, you need to be very diligent - you most likely won't get them the first or even the second day - you have to keep at it.
@doninmichigan2 жыл бұрын
Got my first one within an hour and a half. 😁
@doninmichigan2 жыл бұрын
Got my second one yesterday within about the same time, I must be lucky I guess.
@toddac612 жыл бұрын
I had to wait over a month, don't use any bait so I don't get other critters. Once you get one then others soon follow. They seem to come to the scent of the first one you caught.
@chiefswindell3665 Жыл бұрын
What bait did you u use?
@davybrazell58952 жыл бұрын
Do groundhogs bite or have aggressive behavior
@doninmichigan2 жыл бұрын
yes they get agitated when you get close to the cage and pick it up. Just think out what you're doing before you go through with it. I've seen videos where people go to release a trapped groundhog, and have no idea how to do it. 🙄
@toddac612 жыл бұрын
They are very mean. Friends dog had its ears all chewed up from one. Their teeth are about an inch long.
@louisgrine9483 жыл бұрын
I have found success putting the bait in the back and also under the pad so they will move past trigger pad to try and eat whats under it
@rosevasquez3945 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@larrywarolin72152 жыл бұрын
I don't care so much if groundhogs eat apples or vegetables so much compared to the damage they can cause under your shed and pole barn slabs. Last night my groundhog of interest sacrificed his raccoon friend to my trap. I'll get him. I hope it's just a him anyway.
@ClintTerry2 жыл бұрын
Peanut butter will attract 🦨 too. Beware! Tie a long rope and leave it 50’ away to drag trap FAR from you if you land Pepe LePew.
@hondahaney64044 жыл бұрын
Season well, batter with flour and fry in iron skillet until brown. Cook in the pressure cooker for 4 to 6 hours. Make a batch of brown rice for gravy.... Delicious
@gaga4goats405 Жыл бұрын
Why do you need to trap him if he's just cleaning up the dropped apples on the ground?
@2ManyJALS Жыл бұрын
They dig huge holes and underground tunnels, which around foundations and in fields with animals (pastures) can be physically destructive and dangerous.
@davidbaumgardner8374 Жыл бұрын
The babies got under the hood and ate the spark plug wires on my pick up truck I opened the hood the day after and one was on the air cleaner everyone I see is gonna DIE !! I wish they just ate apples
@kathyolivarez17533 жыл бұрын
Can they smell humans? If you touch the trap.
@doninmichigan2 жыл бұрын
well at least wear gloves when handling the bait and the trap, I've had no problems, catch them every time.
@kimhinz55176 жыл бұрын
I have a groundhog living in my backyard and trying to catch that . when the groundhog caught how do you take it to some where we have to take it a place how do u put cage in a car and take it off what do we have to do for everything don't want to get hurt by putting in a car and take him off have to be safe by doing that
@deanc20065 жыл бұрын
kill it nobody else wants your problem
@lenastepp36804 жыл бұрын
You need an open bed truck or someone with one.
@gfy82304 жыл бұрын
put the sissy cage away, and im assuming you cant bring yourself to shovel to the head it to death, and if you cant bring yourself to shoot it, or are scared of guns just get some 220 body traps. bucket traps are your answer, insta death and you dont have to see the act.and most importantly you dont locate a critter you caught cause it was a pest and then put that pest nimby.
@doninmichigan2 жыл бұрын
Buy a truck, it's useful for many things.
@randygreen0072 жыл бұрын
I was thinking through most of the video why on earth would a groundhog choose to eat an apple inside a trap that smells like a human has touched when it can get an endless supply from underneath the apple tree? Then I saw that this is a juvenile. You might not be so lucky with an older and wiser groundhog. Use a slice of cantaloupe and you’ll catch even the most skittish groundhog in a couple of hours.
@doninmichigan2 жыл бұрын
Because you put the trap much closer to his hole than the apples under the tree, he doesn't have to waddle as far to get some. 😀
@ajrollan53043 жыл бұрын
Can you shoot them with airgun? Is it illegal?
@doninmichigan2 жыл бұрын
I was wondering that too.
@otisligon29244 жыл бұрын
We can’t release them in Maryland. And that’s OK cause they taste too good.
@shadwell7494 жыл бұрын
If i catch one,I'm going to munch on it too
@doninmichigan2 жыл бұрын
you have a neighbor you don't like? Just toss 'em in through an open window. 😄
@hondaxl250k05 жыл бұрын
you let a nice meal go..
@jonathonvince36053 жыл бұрын
Fr. People don't realize they eat well and actually are a very clean meat
@joshclemons997510 ай бұрын
That's a young one and that means there's a bunch more around your place
@jaysuncharris3 жыл бұрын
Has not worked for me can catch everything but the groundhog he pays no attention to the Trap eats everything else I live surrounded by Forest does not seem to have interest in the Trap. I tried pepper oil and pepper everything else thought I got rid of them covered everything up and he destroyed it again digging in under the foundation of my garage in the morning he's getting a bullet
@Blind_of_Colour3 жыл бұрын
I found it interesting that you spoke of no effort to avoid or remove human scent from the trap and yet had immediate success. Another issue that would be interesting to address is dealing with a family of groundhogs and whether your first success with your trap is apt to be your last success.
@sandy-rr1by2 жыл бұрын
Woundn't the city creature already be used to our scent? The one in my yard hides under shed.
@doninmichigan2 жыл бұрын
If you think about it, city groundhogs pick up gloves and dig close to the house, they're already used to the scent. I wear gloves when handling the bait and the cage, otherwise I don't worry too much about it and always have success.
@ENOCH9MM-vl2bm4 ай бұрын
If you catch them please don’t release them alive. They just become someone else’s problem and they can destroy someones house and peace of mind.
@stuartmacdonald57292 жыл бұрын
If it found a food source why should it leave! I can't Imagine a better meal than apple-peanut flavored roasted woodchuck ! Simple to cook, If u eat a Chuck cooked right u won't be wanting chichen for a month,hey !
@c50ge3 жыл бұрын
Some areas it is illegal to relocate animals. Check you local laws
@scottwatson23143 ай бұрын
He wants to learn how to swim.........
@jamessills58022 жыл бұрын
Cantaloupe and a crockpot
@Darrenbrown092 жыл бұрын
They dig holes in my hay field’s. I hate them
@Maneiser3 жыл бұрын
The extract of the vid could've taken no more than two (2) minutes. Time wasting blahblah.🤦♂️
@Clunk492 жыл бұрын
My first time and need full explanations.
@JA-jm8bk3 жыл бұрын
Illegal in some states to relocate nuisance animal..
@wandaperkins Жыл бұрын
Don’t do that. They’ll just become someone else’s problem. Destroy them!
@MichaelGannon-j4m Жыл бұрын
You forgot the part about putting a round in his head!
@berney552 жыл бұрын
My grandpa would catch them in the cage then drop the cage in the creek for about 5mins. Kills them and helps wash the fleas off. Then drop the dead sob in woods...or it will become another person's nightmare
@wmh19532 жыл бұрын
When we moved into our somewhat countrywide town, our 80 year old neighbor would havahart them and then give them "swimming lessons" in his pool. Thirty years later we still laugh about it. Now It's our turn...
@allenbarnes7202 Жыл бұрын
I have a ground hog that tore this flimsy trap apart
@royroldan87985 ай бұрын
I never had that issue with this same trap
@arthursworld4694 жыл бұрын
Wait so maybe I can buy an Amazon and I can tell my mom and then she’ll know what to do to stop ground dog
@tA_aT2872 жыл бұрын
Groundhogs are NOT pets.... they're PESTS.
@seroxat0013 жыл бұрын
2:50
@lewisdouglas70883 жыл бұрын
Rat poison works , easier
@tluva1020 Жыл бұрын
I feed mine. They're less likely to get into my stuff when they have a full belly
@dennisthemenance54335 жыл бұрын
If CADDY SCHACK CAN't Get them? What chance do you think you have? Hire a Pro, pay them their $50-$00 to catch ea one( normally 3-4 of them, Mother and 3 Pups) . well worth it
@ssjrose96415 жыл бұрын
I would love to pay $50-$100 to catch this thing but all the places I called charge $400 or more without a guarantee that they will catch it.
@pennyjenkins31513 жыл бұрын
ha,,200.00 for each trap,,75 to relocate,,is what my cost was
@doninmichigan2 жыл бұрын
If you're going to pay that kind of money, you better follow them when they go to release it and make sure they're not just driving around the corner. 😃
@georgefischer15045 жыл бұрын
Egads! Cruelty abounds These are God's creatures and they have a soul too
@jefffrayer82385 жыл бұрын
Well George, us normal people will be glad to send Gods little creatures to your place. Then you can enjoy replacing the cement in your garage, pole barn and swimming pool that they easily destroy. Hope you don't mind some poisonous snakes, rats and a few wild hogs too. After all they're all Gods precious creatures and you want to love them. Funny that Gods creatures were used to be a curse on mankind when they were not living right. And NO you can not find any suggestion in the Bible that animals, fish, bugs or whatever have souls.
@gfy82304 жыл бұрын
but lemme guess cows chickens and pigs dont? vegetarian? plants are alive too. ps read your bible if youre gonna invoke god you should know he "created all the plants and the animals of the earth for us" presumably as we see fit. also only humans have souls, according to scripture.
@jerridombrowski60173 жыл бұрын
These are nature's creatures living in their habitat that HUMAN BEINGS infiltrated. Being vegetarian? Use your head before you comment. You sound like an egomaniac when you say crap like that
@heisenberg29662 жыл бұрын
He knows DAMN-WELL, after he finished filming that Video, that Groundhog was sent to “ Greener Pastures “🦫🔫!