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.