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woodchuck troubles - 7/28/2009 8:10:48 PM

runtgetter

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running out of 17hmr ammo,shot 21 chucks from my garden.need help.either a way to keep chucks from my garden or a cheap place for 17hmr ammo.(maybe you were in a store where it was dusty or clearenced).maybe ol' grand pappy had a special recipie for getting rid of them.oh, and gopher away, doesnt work on this particular breed.thay stand right on the pellets and eat my maters.thanks for any help

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RE: woodchuck troubles - 7/28/2009 9:26:26 PM

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Hogs can put a hurtin' to the garden, especially tomatoes when it's dry. I have a few around my garden and they are a real pain in the butt. My garden is not on my property but a neighbors and they don't want the animals killed, so I have to deal with it.

Elsewhere though on two farms not far from where I live I've put 97 in the ground so far this year. In the past 6 years I've averaged 100 hogs per year for a total of over 600 and this is off the same two farms and there are still many more to be shot. I believe they slowly migrate to better feeding areas and take over abandoned holes. Put two in the dirt this evening. Buzzards, hawks, fox, coyotes and crows clean them up in a few days, sometimes the same day.

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RE: woodchuck troubles - 7/29/2009 1:42:37 PM

runtgetter

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i used to put them back in the hole....but my house is down wind

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RE: woodchuck troubles - 8/3/2009 5:03:51 PM

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Hell, if you have that many hogs, you should change guns if you can't find ammo for one.

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RE: woodchuck troubles - 8/8/2009 8:24:54 AM

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We used snares to help eliminate our problem chucks.

If you can get the book THE BEST OF TRAPPER JOHN by John A. Colombo, he has a detailed description of how to poison them in their holes!

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RE: woodchuck troubles - 8/11/2009 10:33:12 AM

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well the price of 17hmr ammo went from 8 bucks when i bought the rifle, to 17.(i know "trauma obama" had something to do with this.)i also have to keep things kinda quiet,i shoot out of my house into my yard.i dont want any richochets so i use hornady v-max bullets(fragmentation on impact), as not to kill anyone.(i live in city limits.)

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RE: woodchuck troubles - 8/23/2009 12:54:20 AM

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.22 wouldn't work?

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RE: woodchuck troubles - 8/23/2009 1:11:17 AM

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If the 22 or 22mag/17hmr are not appropriate I bring out my silent partner.
Winchester model 52 with target ammo sounds like a pellet gun

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RE: woodchuck troubles - 8/24/2009 8:46:06 PM

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my garden was rampaged on saturday night....literally looks like a tornado came through....had about 40 corn stalks....might have 4-5 survivors....debris all over the yard. thinking it was coons....didnt see any tracks in the dirt so im leaning against deer. it really stinks....corn crop had been SMOKIN so far..... oh well

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RE: woodchuck troubles - 8/29/2009 4:02:55 PM

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Gut shoot with a .22 and they'll head for the hole. This works good unless of course they live under the deck....

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RE: woodchuck troubles - 9/7/2009 7:23:16 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: jon_e_si

We used snares to help eliminate our problem chucks.

If you can get the book THE BEST OF TRAPPER JOHN by John A. Colombo, he has a detailed description of how to poison them in their holes!

This is what I was thinking. Check it out. I've used some of his ideas with results. Ask an exterminator what to do or hire one.

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RE: woodchuck troubles - 9/10/2009 6:33:26 PM

MuskyMastr