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Woodchuck Behavior #3792114 05/07/13 03:57 PM 05/07/13 03:57 PM
Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 395 Holt Michigan NFT OP trapper
NFT OP trapper Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 395 Holt Michigan	Saw one out back today. Couldn't get my gun out of the closet fast enough to get a shot off. I set a live trap with some lettuce and some apple. Will he likely use the same path he did when I saw him and spooked him off from my porch? I was pretty far away, I don't think he saw me.

Re: Woodchuck Behavior [Re: NFT] #3792253 05/07/13 05:54 PM 05/07/13 05:54 PM
D DaveK Unregistered
DaveK Unregistered D	Is he causing damage?

Re: Woodchuck Behavior [Re: ] #3792273 05/07/13 06:13 PM 05/07/13 06:13 PM
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 700 Chocowinity, NC Phil Nichols trapper
Phil Nichols trapper Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 700 Chocowinity, NC	Set up a trail cam and time the groundhogs every move. When you know the time of day it moves about, set up with your 338 Lapua sniper rifle 600 yards downwind, be camel-flaged, and wait. You will also need a spotter.

Re: Woodchuck Behavior [Re: NFT] #3792281 05/07/13 06:24 PM 05/07/13 06:24 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 604 New York P ponyboy trapper
ponyboy trapper P Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 604 New York	To catch a groundhog.... First you must think like a groundhog.... And if at all possible, look like one.........

Re: Woodchuck Behavior [Re: NFT] #3792370 05/07/13 07:46 PM 05/07/13 07:46 PM
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,361 mequon, wisconsin P Paul Winkelmann trapper
Paul Winkelmann trapper P Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,361 mequon, wisconsin	Dave, Dave, Dave, if we only trapped animals that were doing damage, we would only be trapping for the people who can't afford us in the first place. We are intent on catching animals before they do damage. ( Which is one of the things that makes us so popular ) Now, once we catch an animal,then we have the opportunity to relocate it in an area where it can really do some damage. ( Hopefully, someone who owes us money )

Re: Woodchuck Behavior [Re: NFT] #3792371 05/07/13 07:47 PM 05/07/13 07:47 PM
Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 247 rhode island R ritrapper trapper
ritrapper trapper R Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 247 rhode island	watch caddyshack, that will show you all you need to know Steve Rouleau New England Wildlife http://newildlifesolutions.com/ 401-330-8168

Re: Woodchuck Behavior [Re: NFT] #3792413 05/07/13 08:11 PM 05/07/13 08:11 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 17,732 Rodney,Ohio SNIPERBBB trapper
SNIPERBBB trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 17,732 Rodney,Ohio	Do you have the den location? http://www.sniperstrappingplace.com/tmansearch.php

Re: Woodchuck Behavior [Re: NFT] #3792431 05/07/13 08:28 PM 05/07/13 08:28 PM
D DaveK Unregistered
DaveK Unregistered D	Paul - are you saying that I could triple my business by moving to the great state of WI?

Re: Woodchuck Behavior [Re: NFT] #3792478 05/07/13 08:54 PM 05/07/13 08:54 PM
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,361 mequon, wisconsin P Paul Winkelmann trapper
Paul Winkelmann trapper P Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,361 mequon, wisconsin	What I am saying, in conjunction with woodchucks, is that you probably have three times as many as we do, so we have to take advantage of every call.

Re: Woodchuck Behavior [Re: ritrapper] #3792678 05/07/13 11:20 PM 05/07/13 11:20 PM
Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 30 St. Louis area D Dave Schmidt trapper
Dave Schmidt trapper D Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 30 St. Louis area	Originally Posted By: ritrapper watch caddyshack, that will show you all you need to know "I wan ya to kill all the goffers." "Excuse me, boss, but if I kill all the golfers, they'll lock me up." "Nawt goffers! Goffers!! I wan ya t'kill the goffers!" ALL OUT Wildlife Control

Re: Woodchuck Behavior [Re: NFT] #3792943 05/08/13 09:43 AM 05/08/13 09:43 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 284 southwest, VA andyva trapper
andyva trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 284 southwest, VA	You can shoot 'em with a lapua, but there is no sport in that. I like to hide real good and call them in close. Hunt them on their terms. Then use a bow or an atl-atl. I took one of those gobbler shake tubes and gutted it and retro-fitted a rodent squeaker into the end of it for a custom woodchuck locater call, and then once I stalk in and set up the double bull blind, I switch on the fox-pro with a download of falling pears. Don't forget cover scent, I always chew some watermelon bubble yum when I'm in the groundhog blind.

Re: Woodchuck Behavior [Re: NFT] #3793294 05/08/13 03:55 PM 05/08/13 03:55 PM
Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 395 Holt Michigan NFT OP trapper
NFT OP trapper Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 395 Holt Michigan	No den location. but the woodchucks have always crossed your yard at the same spot each year. Not sure of the exact spot. But its always left from right from the thick patch. I'm trying some bait right now, using lettuce, some apple, strawberry, peanut butter bread, and some other vegetables. Something a little different at each spot. Nothing yet, but I'll just wait and see.

Re: Woodchuck Behavior [Re: NFT] #3793443 05/08/13 05:35 PM 05/08/13 05:35 PM
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,361 mequon, wisconsin P Paul Winkelmann trapper
Paul Winkelmann trapper P Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,361 mequon, wisconsin	NFT, if you can lure them in with anything short of a female in heat, please share your secret with the rest of us. I don't mean to be a wet blanket, but everything you mentioned would mean a raccoon in a trap to us.

Re: Woodchuck Behavior [Re: NFT] #3793520 05/08/13 06:36 PM 05/08/13 06:36 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 604 New York P ponyboy trapper
ponyboy trapper P Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 604 New York	Woodchuck crap works the best. I always save it.

Re: Woodchuck Behavior [Re: Paul Winkelmann] #3794142 05/09/13 08:44 AM 05/09/13 08:44 AM
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 129 Dudley NC M Muddawg trapper
Muddawg trapper M Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 129 Dudley NC	Paul, Here in North Carolina I must be able to show at least 50 bucks worth of damage before I can write a depredation permit and remove the animal. Just the critter showing up in the back yard is not enough. The only exception to the visible damage rule is if the animal is actually IN the house. Not the barn, not the storage shed, not the kids sand box but IN the house. I have to turn down a lot of calls from folks who see a fox, coon, possum or whatever in the back yard or walking across the property. I have to ask, "Is it causing any damage?". If they tell me "No" then I have to tell them, "I'm sorry, but there is nothing I can legally do." Well, I take that back.... I can deter or exclude the animal. Muddawg

Re: Woodchuck Behavior [Re: NFT] #3794412 05/09/13 02:40 PM 05/09/13 02:40 PM
D DaveK Unregistered
DaveK Unregistered D	I was asking the question to get the kid to think.

Re: Woodchuck Behavior [Re: Muddawg] #3794419 05/09/13 02:52 PM 05/09/13 02:52 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 25,735 Georgia warrior trapper
warrior trapper Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 25,735 Georgia	Originally Posted By: Muddawg Paul, Here in North Carolina I must be able to show at least 50 bucks worth of damage before I can write a depredation permit and remove the animal. Just the critter showing up in the back yard is not enough. The only exception to the visible damage rule is if the animal is actually IN the house. Not the barn, not the storage shed, not the kids sand box but IN the house. I have to turn down a lot of calls from folks who see a fox, coon, possum or whatever in the back yard or walking across the property. I have to ask, "Is it causing any damage?". If they tell me "No" then I have to tell them, "I'm sorry, but there is nothing I can legally do." Well, I take that back.... I can deter or exclude the animal. I feel the same way and almost always ask what was it doing when presented with "I saw XXX in my yard". If it was just passing through I wish them luck and move on but if like my last call of fox on the back porch and missing cats I consider the behavior alone enough to warrant removal.

Re: Woodchuck Behavior [Re: NFT] #3794523 05/09/13 04:30 PM 05/09/13 04:30 PM
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,361 mequon, wisconsin P Paul Winkelmann trapper
Paul Winkelmann trapper P Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,361 mequon, wisconsin	ponyboy, I caught a woodchuck today and then got another 'chuck job and I used the same Comstock. I set it up and as I'm driving along I notice some greenish/brownish stuff on my hand. So I take a whiff and said to myself, "Ponyboy would be proud." By the way, where did the handle ponyboy come from? I had a Indian Paint that I loved to ride but I also was known to put a pretty good dent in a pony of beer when I was younger.

Re: Woodchuck Behavior [Re: NFT] #3794558 05/09/13 05:07 PM 05/09/13 05:07 PM
Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 395 Holt Michigan NFT OP trapper
NFT OP trapper Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 395 Holt Michigan	Its not ADC, its recreation. Just figured I'd get more replies on the ADC forum. Already checked it out with the DNR.

Re: Woodchuck Behavior [Re: NFT] #3794646 05/09/13 06:13 PM 05/09/13 06:13 PM
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,361 mequon, wisconsin P Paul Winkelmann trapper
Paul Winkelmann trapper P Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,361 mequon, wisconsin	NFT, you're probably right, recreating is big with us ADC guys. ( We're also pretty good at re-creating )

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