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Hi gang. My next door neighbor has a problem with woodchucks that have taken up residence under her front porch.
Besides the obvious answers of shooting them which is out because of the proximity to the house, or trapping them and relocating them,(or then shooting them  LOL), anybody have some other suggestions as to getting them out of there. Any info
is appreciated.

                                                                                            Kevin

Need I say more? 

(Sorry Kevin...not helpful, but I couldn't resist...)

Varmit Kong.  Very good paula!!!

Paula's right.  You need to get in that dudes pelt and crawl around for a lil while.  Think like a woodchauck, act like a woodchuck, and if ever possible, to look like one.

On a serious note.  Grab a good pellet rifle.  You can p/u a 1,000 fps rifle for about 90 bucks these days w/ a scope.  Dial that baby in, and eliminate him.  Should be plenty to take down a wood chuck.

LMAO.  Somehow I knew this thread would take a comic turn.
Paula, The Bill Murray pic is classic. Love that movie.
Bill, I do have a CO2  pellet pistol, but doubt that would do it.
Keep em coming

                                                                                                          Kevin

Yeah you need more than a CO2 pistol shootin max 450 fps.  If $100 bothers ya, pick up an ever reliable Crossman pump rifle.  Cost ya probably $39 for the power master, pump the crap outa of it and get about 850 fps.  Personally I would rather spend the $100 get the 1000 fps pellet rifle, one pump only, but thats me I'm lazy.

hmmmmmmmmmmmm.......................

mothballs work on a temporary basis....................

human waste keeps them from using that entrance , but the obvious smell ................

they usually have more than 2 tunnel entrances ,

they have a trap that fits in the tunnel opening with a spike to kill them....................triggered when they come out............

shame its under a porch...............we use kero in the hole to chase them out after its lit...................then shoot them...........

pellet rifle only works inside of 20 feet..............and only an eye or ear shot does them in.................dont care who makes the rifle , they're damn near bulletproof everywhere else.........................

my 11 yr old likes to shoot them with a paintball gun, scares them away for awhile...................

ohhhhhh man.........all this advise makes me look like a serial murderer..............

living in the country is great , but comes with its share of pesky critters.........

bill

I had a horrible groundhog problem in my back yard, they dug holes so big I could and did fall into them.  I just smoked them out about two years ago now but still have a lot of damage to fix in the future.  I actually had the ground collapse and I fell in up to my waist one day.  That was it for me.  Smoking worked very well, I bought the "bombs" at a feed store.  They should have them at hardware stores also.

The problem is it is under her home and the smoke is harmful to us also.  If you can find another entrance (and there is somewhere besides under her house) I would smoke them out from there.

Shooting would be fun too though lol......

C

Paula wrote:
Paula, that is one of my favorite movies. I have cadyshack and I am allways laughing at how Bill Murray makes a idiot out of himself. And speaking of the woodchucks, they make me want to upchucka...

Sorry to hear about your groundhog issue Chris.  I would consider that a severe issue.  A family member was telling me how his neighbor had the wiring chewed on his vehicle.  They have shooting regulations where they live, but he didn't care and I can certainly reason with that.  When they ruin stuff, justice needs served.    

I had one burrow next to my basement wall and ate the phone line along the way. (Phone Co. fixed @ no charge)  I used a live trap and got the bugger out. (then took him deep into the woods..................AND OFFED HIM!!!!!!-some of you thought I was going to be a softy and release him eh?)  My advice is to fill in his holes right away.  I didn't, forgot about it, and next thing you know a momma opossum moved into it and gave birth.  I was trapping things outta that hole for the next 2 weeks.

Also be careful with the gas cartridges close to a house. My neighbor did that and apparantly the block basement wall is pretty pourous. He about gassed himself in the process.   Had to open up the house run all kind of fans and spend the night in a motel.