ground hog problem

[Doe Shooter]

I have a mobile home on my hunting property. It is 100 miles from my home that I use during hunting seasons. I visit the property maybe 12 times a year. My problem is a ground hog has taken a liking to the area under the trailer and is expanding his tunneling. Any suggestions on eliminating the invader. I'm not adverse to using poison bait. Setting traps and letting them die a prolonged death isn't something I'm comfortable with. I'm 75 and although I have family to help , they have their life full of dealing with their everyday lives. I've never found any bait that a ground hog would take. My best results around home have been 220 connibear or leg hold at the entrance. Gas bombs seem like something I could go with . Any recommendations on those. Any solutions out there?

 

[yoderjac]

I had the same issue when we built our barn. For a couple years I was only down on the weekends. Groundhogs decided to tunnel under the cement slab. Since I was down every weekend, I could use traps. I simply put conibear traps over the hole. I ended up stapling a trap to just an old 2x10 I had lying around. The next weekend, I found the trap in the middle of the field with the board attached and some fir in the trap. I later found the jawbone. I presume a coyote dragged the groundhog, trap and board in tow out into the field, and got tired dragging it and just ate the groundhog there. It works, but you need to be around to check the trap.

Next, I used one of those bombs you light. I taped it to an electric fence post, lit it, and shoved the post as deep into the hole as i could. That seemed to take care of it. I found all the holes around he barn and did the same. I'm not sure if the gas produced is poison of if it just uses up all the oxygen in the hole, but it works.

 

[Mennoniteman]

My experience as a builder dealing with garage customers is that when groundhogs tunnel under or beside a building, 90% of the time there's some type of cover like weeds or brush against the building or somewhere close by. Keeping the area cleaned up and grass mowed works as a big deterrent to groundhogs.

 

[yoderjac]

In my case, they came under an overhang and dug through quarry stone on 2 sides of the barn. On the third side, there was some vegetation.

 

[Doe Shooter]

Thanks for the input fellas

 

[Buckly]

A guy from Texas put me on to this remedy for chucks. Bubble gum.
Use clean gloves and put about 12-15 pieces of the regular double bubble around the hole.
You will see the gum gone and the woodchuck never to be seen again.

 

[Doe Shooter]

A guy from Texas put me on to this remedy for chucks. Bubble gum.
Use clean gloves and put about 12-15 pieces of the regular double bubble around the hole.
You will see the gum gone and the woodchuck never to be seen again.

Why not? What could it hurt? I'll try it. Kinda re-enforces my thoughts that Texas is a country unto itself.

 

[yoderjac]

A guy from Texas put me on to this remedy for chucks. Bubble gum.
Use clean gloves and put about 12-15 pieces of the regular double bubble around the hole.
You will see the gum gone and the woodchuck never to be seen again.

Next thing you know, your sun glasses are missing. The theory behind this technique is that the groundhog is just too cool to stick around.