Re: WOODCHUCK BAIT

Posted by Billy NY on May 11, 2015 at 05:36:09 from (104.228.35.235):

In Reply to: Re: WOODCHUCK BAIT posted by Greg1959 on May 10, 2015 at 18:09:53:

2 traps I have are old, but I never thought you could modify one of these, sounds like it provides some relief from the spring and dampens the pressure of the jaws. I cannot consciously allow an animal to suffer, and really try to make sure that never happens.

The only times I have to use these is when they get under the wood shed or the front porch, the latter of which is to get a skirt of hardware cloth to keep em out.

Boy did they all get wise to the havahart, even stole the bait at times, I had to laugh, they are not stupid, rather quite intelligent.

One of the last times I had one under the wood shed, I harassed the heck out of this family of 3, they were not able to dig in and build a den because of it. I set up a funnel with 2x4's and buried the trap. The spring was weak and its hind leg was slipping as he dug in with the front to try and stop me from dragging him out, time for some new ones anyway.

I'd set the trap and go where I could not be seen, got 2 or 3 while in ear shot, but on different days. I'd rush over, pin him down and get him off the trap as humanely as possible. I've seen the results of a poorly placed bullet too, that's rotten in my book and often times you just cannot get a shot at them. I nailed 3 last year, all head shots, closer range where I happened to be at the right place at the right time, or I could quietly open a door and poke the barrel out with a good rest, very close range. So its combination of the 2 that I must use, for me it balances out if I can take some live and be fair.

I've also changed the blades on a late model JD disc mower, due to their mounds, of course once known, I would remember where, 2nd cut the taller grasses left behind from going around is a good marker. If were my fields, I'd try to get rid of them or at leas stake off the dens, usually one or 2 per field. They seem to like to be closer to hedgerows for the most part.

I had one as a pet and the experience was something I'll never forget, he free roamed around here for 8 years, I'd look forward to seeing him every time, they are territorial and this guy was king of this hill, literally fought with others who tried to move in, was missing a finger and thats how I knew it was him year after year. This happened right after I had to put down the best dog I've ever had one Sunday afternoon. It made me realize all is not lost, helped me cope with something that was terrible given how it went at the end of his life. I'll share a photo, have posted it before, he could put a smile on the face of the worst grouch ! He brought the wife and one pup around, neither liked me at all. He also tried to take a broom under the porch, I had to tug on it to get it back. I've never seen anything like him before or since.Funny chapter in my life, me and the woodchuck I named woody. Hence my soft spot for em. Before, I'd dispatch every single one I could, + we had horses in pastures, and that is a bad combination unless the den is isolated somehow.

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